Tottenham threw away a two-goal lead to lose 3-2 at Brighton on Sunday in the Premier League and here are our Spurs player ratings.
Spurs came into the match having won five in a row in all competitions and they arrived at the Amex Stadium just two-and-a-half days after their 2-1 victory at Ferencvaros in the Europa League on Thursday night. Postecoglou named the same starting XI to face Brighton that triumphed 3-0 at Manchester United last Sunday.
Micky van de Ven and Rodrigo Bentancur were rested on Thursday and returned to the team as did Destiny Udogie after coming off at half-time at United. Brennan Johnson had scored in five consecutive games and was looking to continue that streak. With Son Heung-min still out, Timo Werner made it three starts in a row with 17-year-old Mikey Moore on the bench after his eye-catching full debut in midweek
Tottenham opened the scoring within 24 minutes when James Maddison won a ball back in the Brighton half, fed Dominic Solanke and the striker played a perfect ball through to Johnson, who finished expertly with a first-time finish to make it six goals in as many games.
After a spell of Brighton pressure, Spurs got a second goal through Maddison. Solanke sent Werner away down the left and he pulled it back inside to Maddison. The midfielder took a touch and curled a low shot that the diving Brighton goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen fumbled through his hands and into the net.
Brighton grabbed a goal back early in the second half through some messy Spurs defending. Van de Ven missed an interception for a bouncing cross into the box and then Udogie made a mess of his attempted clearance and the ball fell to Yankuba Minteh to fire low into the bottom right corner of the net.
The hosts levelled before the hour mark. First Kaouru Mitoma found a way through some weak defending and then Georginio Rutter ran on to his pass, skipped past a couple of half-hearted tackles before burying a shot into the bottom corner.
Only five minutes or so later it was 3-2 to Brighton as Danny Welbeck headed home. Udogie and Bentancur were far too easily beaten by Rutter and he picked out the unmarked striker to head into the net. Tottenham huffed and puffed but it was always Brighton from that point who looked more likely to score again.
Here are our Tottenham player ratings from the game:
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