Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Brighton: Late Trossard goal stuns sluggish Spurs

Leandro Trossard's superb late goal gave Brighton a gutsy win that dealt a blow to Tottenham's hopes of finishing in the top four.

Following a game of few clear-cut chances, Trossard swerved into the Spurs area in the final minute of normal time before producing a fine finish past Hugo Lloris.

Steven Bergwijn then missed a chance to equalise at the start of stoppage time - one of the home side's rare opportunities.

Spurs stay in fourth, just ahead of Arsenal, while Brighton - in 10th - are on course for their highest-ever top-flight finish.

Graham Potter's side enjoyed the better of a first half where Spurs looked oddly sluggish despite not having played for nearly a week, but after the hosts appeared to improve in the second half, they were undone by a combination of poor defending and fine skill from Trossard.

The Belgian eluded Eric Dier before opening up his body to send a shot with the outside of his right foot low into the far corner of the net.

More to follow.

Player of the match

TrossardLeandro Trossard

Brighton & Hove Albion

Squad number11Player nameTrossard

Squad number8Player nameBissouma

Squad number25Player nameCaicedo

Squad number3Player nameCucurella

Squad number5Player nameDunk

Squad number34Player nameVeltman

Squad number10Player nameMac Allister

Squad number2Player nameLamptey

Squad number12Player nameMwepu

Squad number1Player nameSánchez

Squad number18Player nameWelbeck

Squad number13Player nameGroß

Squad number20Player nameMarch

Squad number14Player nameLallana

Line-ups

Tottenham

Formation 3-4-3

1Lloris

4Romero15Dier33Davies

12Emerson Royal30Bentancur5Højbjerg3Reguilón

21Kulusevski10Kane7Son Heung-Min

Substitutes

Brighton

Formation 3-5-2

1Sánchez

34Veltman5Dunk3Cucurella

2Lamptey13Groß8Bissouma25Caicedo11Trossard

12Mwepu10Mac Allister

Substitutes

Live Text

Match ends, Tottenham Hotspur 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 1.

Second Half ends, Tottenham Hotspur 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 1.

Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.

Emerson Royal (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Leandro Trossard (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Foul by Emerson Royal (Tottenham Hotspur).

Attempt missed. Steven Bergwijn (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Harry Kane with a headed pass.

Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Leandro Trossard (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner.

Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Foul by Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur).

Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Steven Bergwijn replaces Son Heung-Min.

Attempt missed. Leandro Trossard (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Danny Welbeck.

Attempt saved. Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pascal Groß with a cross.

Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Cristian Romero.

Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Solly March replaces Tariq Lamptey because of an injury.

Attempt missed. Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Tariq Lamptey.

Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Adam Lallana replaces Moisés Caicedo.

Attempt saved. Tariq Lamptey (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pascal Groß.

Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Harry Winks replaces Rodrigo Bentancur.

Foul by Emerson Royal (Tottenham Hotspur).

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