Tottenham wins controversial Brighton

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Son Heung-min and Harry Kane both scored, but referee Stuart Attwell was at the center of the game when he denied Brighton's penalty in the 70th minute, when the two teams drew 1-1. Midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg stepped on Kaoru Mitoma's foot in the Tottenham penalty area, but Mr Attwell ignored it. The referee also gave Tottenham a quick throw-in without giving VAR time to review the situation and intervene.

Nine minutes later, Tottenham scored a 2-1 victory. Son overlapped for Dejan Kulusevski, let the midfielder pass back to the second line for Kane to shoot to the far corner. Kane said the longest record for Tottenham to 273 goals, in 427 games. And the home team reduced the gap with the top 4 to three points, although they still played more than one match.

The match heated up right before the ball rolled, when two Italian coaches argued with each other, interim host Cristian Stellini and Roberto De Zerbi. After the ball rolled, the coaching staff of the two teams also argued several times about situations on the field that caused the referee to stop the match. By the 60th minute, both coaches were sent off by the referee.

Brighton kept the ball 60% of the time and created twice as many chances, but Tottenham opened the scoring thanks to Son Heung-min's brilliance in the 10th minute. Receiving the ball from Ivan Perisic from 25 yards to the left, Son cut The long-range high corner did not give goalkeeper Jason Steele a chance to stop. He became the first Asian player in history to reach 100 goals in the English Premier League.