With an epic reaction, Tottenham Hotspur was dispatched with a win in the end thanks to Rodrigo Bentancur. She turned it over to Leeds United and beat him 4-3 in the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium by the 16th date of the Premier League to leave behind the defeats.
The story began complex from the beginning, and although he hinted at an improvement as the minutes went by, he achieved an agonizing victory in the last minutes, a game in which he wasted several situations, but also suffered with his weak defensive level in London.
Antonio Conte’s team found themselves at a disadvantage at the start. Crysencio Summerville broke the parity with a strong left-footed shot to the near post for the visitors, but little by little he began to get ahead of the game with Dejan Kulusevski.
Precisely, the Swede reached the bottom line and gave Emerson a chance, but the goalkeeper rejected it. However, Rodrigo Moreno responded with a left-footed cross shot that hit Hugo Lloris’ left post. And a little later, the tie appeared.
Harry Kane took a bad rejection from Illan Meslier inside the area and finished off a high right foot to equalize. Still, the joy was short-lived because Moreno himself was in charge of putting the partial 2-1 over the end with a left-footed shot with which he beat Lloris.
Before closing, Richarlison had his goal with a shot that was covered by the goalkeeper. Until in the complement, the Spurs were able to tie the game with a strong shot by Ben Davies on the edge of the area after a shot by Kane that was intercepted in front of the goal.
Then Kulusevski was able to reverse it, although his shot came off the right post. And when he wasn’t expecting it, Moreno put Leeds back on top with a cross to put the hosts in trouble again. But the reaction was quick, and all thanks to Rodrigo Bentancur.
First, he captured a rebound inside the area, controlled his chest and defined a right foot, with a deflection along the way, to tie the game. And two minutes later, after a great play by Kulusevski on the right, he pushed into the net with his left foot with the goal at his mercy to turn it around.
Even the expulsion of Tyler Adams later simplified the problems later. Tottenham Hotspur smiled again after two losses in a row and the elimination in the EFL Cup, and now they can look forward to the comeback after the World Cup when they face Brentford in the Premier League.
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