Good evening and welcome to our live text coverage of the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Brighton & Hove Albion from the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium! The home side are sitting in ninth place in the Premier League table and had a shock 1-0 defeat to Royal Antwerp in the Europa League on Thursday night, while Brighton have struggled so far this season and find themselves in sixteenth place with only one win and two draws. We will be bringing you all the build-up, highlights and talking points from the match tonight, so stay tuned ahead of kick-off at 19:15.

Premier League / Matchday 7

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium / 01.11.2020

Tottenham Hotspur

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Brighton & Hove Albion

H. Kane(13' PEN)
G. Bale(73')

T. Lamptey(56')

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ByPete Sharland

Updated 01/11/2020 at 21:20 GMT

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End of 2nd Half

90+6'

FULL-TIME: Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion

Spurs were looking lethargic for a long period of the game after Kane scored the opener following a controversial penalty decision. Lamptey equalising for Brighton added to their confidence. But the changes Mourinho made to bring on the likes of Bale and Lo Celso gave Spurs the attacking impetus they needed to edge ahead and clinch it, while VAR and refereeing decisions will likely compete for the headlines from this tight encounter.

90'

The fourth official signals that there will be a whopping 6 minutes of added time! Is that enough time for Brighton to get back into this?

88'

CLOSE!! Bale links up well with Lo Celso, finding him around the edge of the area. Lo Celso tries to curl it into the top corner but it goes over.

85'

Mourinho brings off Son for Ben Davies to tighten up the defence and try to wrap up this game. Since the arrival of Reguilon, Davies has started to be deployed a lot more as a centre-back rather than his natural left-back position.

B. Davies

Tottenham Hotspur

Off

H. Son

Tottenham Hotspur

Fouls1

Fouls against2

Wide1

Corners2

83'

Gross sends the ball into the box in search of Welbeck, but Lloris goes to contend for it also. It falls to Lallana but he is unable to find a teammate with his subsequent pass.

79'

Brighton's goalscorer Lamptey is replaced by the diminiutive Argentinian attacking midfielder Alexis MacAllister. Could potentially a signal a change of system to a 4-2-3-1.

Lamptey has been fantastic today, especially going forward.

74'

Sensing a need for more of a presence up front, Graham Potter perhaps belatedly decides to substitute on Danny Welbeck for his Brighton debut and gives Trossard a breather, who put a shift in while playing in the unfamiliar role of striker but you could clearly see it is not his natural position.

D. Welbeck

Brighton & Hove Albion

Off

L. Trossard

Brighton & Hove Albion

Blocked Shots1

73'

That was Gareth Bale's first headed goal in the Premier League since October 2012 v Southampton and his first Spurs goal in 7 years and 6 months. Wow.

73'

GOALL!! That's what I get for criticising Bale's heading! The Welshman scores his first Tottenham goal since rejoining the club thanks to a marvellous right-footed cross from Reguilon that enabled him to score with a pinpoint header as the two players signed from Real Madrid link-up to put Spurs 2-1 ahead.

Goal

G. Bale

Tottenham Hotspur

Goals1

On target1

Wide1

71'

POST AGAIN!! Bale's first act is to head the ball onto Kane who somehow fails to score from very close range, smashing the ball against the post.

I know that was Bale's first touch of the game, but he still should have done better with that header. He was open in the box yet did not even jump and although he nearly assisted Kane, it did look to be intended as a shot.

70'

Despite almost just scoring, Lamela departs the pitch for Gareth Bale, who is still in search of his first Tottenham goal since rejoining the club this summer.

G. Bale

Tottenham Hotspur

Off

E. Lamela

Tottenham Hotspur

Fouls2

Fouls against1

Hit Post / Hit Bar1

Wide2

68'

CLOSE!! Lamela finds a little bit of space just outside the box to drill a low shot against the post. It almost ricochets off the post into the goal but Sanchez reacts remarkably quicker to push it away.

67'

Corner for Brighton and it's a good delivery. Webster soars through the air to meet it but he was unable to control his header and it goes wide.

66'

March appears to be hurt after a tough tackle, hobbling off the pitch and Bernardo comes onto the pitch to fill in for him at left wing-back.

Bernardo

Brighton & Hove Albion

Off

S. March

Brighton & Hove Albion

Fouls3

Offsides1

Free Kicks2

Corners1

64'

Giovani Lo Celso will enter the game to replace Ndombele it what is more or less a like-for-like substitution. The Frenchman struggled to impact the game this evening.

G. Lo Celso

Tottenham Hotspur

Off

T. N'Dombele

Tottenham Hotspur

Yellow Cards1

Fouls2

Fouls against1

59'

That decision was probably the first time I have seen a referee go to his monitor on the touchline and yet not overturn his decision. Have a feeling this could be another match in which VAR and refereeing decisions grab the headlines...

58'

Another long VAR check ensues to examine that March challenge on Hojbjerg in the build-up to the goal. From the slowed down replays you can see that March did get some of the ball, but he also got a lot of Hojbjerg. To the anger of the Spurs players, the referee eventually indicates that the goal will stand. Game on!

55'

GOOALLL!! Spurs players were calling for a free-kick after an erratic challenge on Hojbjerg. The ball ends up with March on the left. His cross finds Gross on the edge of the area, who lays off Lamptey to his right in acres of space and the young right wing-back sends the ball past Lloris for his first ever senior goal and that is Brighton's equaliser.

49'

Another penalty appeal from Spurs as Kane cuts inside and gets brought down in the box, but this time the referee does not act in their favour.

2nd Half

45'

Back up and running again with the second half!

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