Premier League: Tottenham Stumble On Wolves' Two Injury Time Goals To Lose
Wolverhampton made a thrilling late comeback to wrestle 2-1 home win from Tottenham after traling for much of the game until injury time with both goals coming within six minutes.
Tottenham stunned the hosts with the opening game in earlier stages as Kulusevski's backheel strolled to Pedro Porro ,who slid a pass to Brennan Johnson to tap pass Jose Sa into the goal.
The hosts remained resilient until injury time when they leveled the scoring in a fast break from Mattheus Chunha's lob that found Pablo Sarabia for the finish, and the deciding resulted six minutes late from yet another fast break, as Apblo's cross found Mario Lemina to slid past onrushing Sa.
Having to lose dealt another blow to Spurs' title chase after losing to Chelsea last weekend for back-to-back loss and their first successive defeat since last season in May. They are the second top-flight club to be beaten by Wolves so far this season after Manchester City's 2-1 loss in September.
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Wolves showed great attitude through the game even after trailing Spurs, they remained resilient and not frustrated. Lemina had through the game showed to be a strong figure in the team and his winning goal was a comsolation to his contribution to the game.
In a game in which James Madisson was ruled for injury from last game against Chelsea, Pape Sarr was instrumental to Spurs' vibrance in the midfield and Son was not allowed much space. in the attack by Wolves. Spurs' performance might have been hindered by not having Madisson and Christian Romero, who was red carded in the last game against Chelsea.
The turnaround to claim the victory was well deserved for Wolves and that was the eighth time for a team trailing rallied in the injury time to beat a side already in the lead.
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