Tottenham's latest comeback win in Premier League history

During the 90 minutes of official play, Tottenham dominated, controlled the ball 71%, finished 26 times with eight shots on target - compared to Sheffield's 6 and 4, but could not score. The difference came in the 74th minute, when Jack Robinson threw straight into Tottenham's penalty area. The ball did not touch any player and bounced towards the far post for Gustavo Hamer to cross the ball with his left foot and hit the post into the net.

In the 86th minute, rookie Brennan Johnson picked up a long pass from his teammate, blocked a touch and then shot to the near corner to hit the away team's net. But the goal was not recognized because of offside. Johnson is a Welsh striker recruited by Tottenham for $58 million on the last day of the 2023 summer market to replace captain striker Harry Kane.

Up to the seventh minute of the total 12 minutes of overtime, Sheffield still held the advantage. But Tottenham exploded three minutes later thanks to the brilliance of substitute striker Richarlison.

In the eighth minute of injury, from Ivan Perisic's corner kick, Richarlison cut in a cross-angle header to equalize the score, scoring his first goal in five appearances in the Premier League this season.

Three minutes later, the Brazilian striker continued to leave his mark with a horizontal pass for Dejan Kulusevski to handle in the penalty area and then scored diagonally, leaving goalkeeper Wes Foderingham rooted to the spot, setting the score 2-1 and sparking an explosion. school bridge in London.

After that, the referee called the match to overtime until the 17th minute, but Sheffield could not score an equalizer for the rest. The away team even had to play without a man from the 14th minute of injury time, when Oliver McBurnie reacted to the referee for blowing a penalty for pulling down without the ball on a Tottenham player.

Tottenham was behind until the 98th minute before winning 2-1, creating the latest comeback in Premier League history, breaking their own record in the match against Leicester in January 2022. At that time, Tottenham won 3-2 thanks to Steven Bergwijn's double in the 5th and 7th minutes of injury, respectively.

The comeback victory against Sheffield also helped coach Ange Postecoglou and his team maintain their unbeaten streak, holding second place with 13 points, two points behind Man City. Previously, Tottenham beat Burnley 5-2, Bounemouth 2-0, Man Utd 2-0 and drew 2-2 with Brentford.

45 minutes into the match at Tottenham Hotspur on September 16, the home team dominated with 69% ball control, finishing 12 times with seven hits on target - compared to Sheffield's 3 and 2. Spurs' expected goals index was also 0.86 - compared to 0.26 for the away team, but could not score.

The best opportunity came in the 19th minute, when Yves Bissouma rushed straight into the middle, passed two away team players and then shot diagonally, which was caught by goalkeeper Wes Foderingham in a face-to-face position. James Maddison - the best player of August in the Premier League - also had two dangerous shots at 34 and 40, but the ball went in Foderingham's right position and missed the post.

Sheffield held the ball little, but proved effective in counter-attacks. In the 23rd minute, Jayden Bogle rushed down the right wing and then passed back to James McAtee for a one-touch kick that was blocked by goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario with his foot. At the corner at the end of the half, Oliver McBurnie headed unmarked and was caught by Vicario. Tottenham maintained dominance in the second half, before exploding with two goals in injury time.

Tottenham: Vicario, Porro (Royal 90), Romero, Van De Ven (Hojbjerg 90), Udogie, Sarr (Richarlison 81), Bissouma, Kulusevski, Solomon (Perisic 81), Maddison, Son Heung-min (Johnson 81).

Sheffield: Foderingham, Ahmedhodzic, Basham, Robinson, Bogle (Trusty 87), Hamer (Davies 81), Souza, McAtee (Norwood 70), Thomas, Archer, McBurnie.