Post Match report for the Tottenham game - Saturday, 8th April 2023

PREMIER LEAGUE 22/23: Spurs V Brighton - 8/4/23 P28


* * * * * RULES ENFORCED GIVE A QUESTIONABLE RESULT * * * * *


RESULT: 2-1 ~ Dunk . (h-t 1-1)


VENUE: the Hotspur Stad, Tottenham N17 - fourteenth away match of 28 fixtures to date . Sat 3:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: Brighton fans went up into the sprawling metropolis for a meeting with one of the big six, a club aiming for a podium finish but currently abiding in fifth place.
WEATHER: suny intervals . GATE: ? . KIT: crimson . ATMOSPHERE: big stad vibe
REF: the officiating team allowed the game to get out of control and were complicit in cause & effect.

ROBERTO de ZERBI looked at forthcoming fixtures and realised there were sequential trips to Chelsea & Forest immediately ahead, then later visits to Arsenal and finally Villa, with previously postponed Newcastle still to be advised.
He already had a strategy for run-in action, perceived individual tactical game-plans before kickoffs and owned a set of in-play reactions to significant moves & changes during this April & May countdown.
RdZ continued talking highly of his starters, substitutes and squad players. Their boots would now do the walking.
INJURED: 2 Lamptey 14 Lallana 19 Sarmiento . REHAB: 15 Moder . SQUAD: 49 Moran
STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1

TEAM . . . . . . . . . 23 Steele
. 34 Veltman 5 Dunk 6 Colwill 30 Estupinan
. 7 March 13 Gross 25 Caicedo 22 Mitoma
. . . . 10 Mac Allister . . . 18 Welbeck

SUBS: 28 Ferguson (), 4 Webster (69), 20 Enciso (85)
BENCH: 1 Sanchez (gk) 29 van Hecke 21 Undav 26 Ayari 27 Gilmour 40 Buonanotte


GOALS:
1-0 - 10 . hosts take the lead with a strike that finds extremities of the frame with Steele left helpless to stop it.
1-1 - 34 . DUNK opens his account for the season with a dynamic header from a March cross at a corner.
2-1 - 79 . an error going forwards gives the ball to locals who find their striker and he puts it away.


YELLOWS: Gross . RED: 59 De Zerbi - sent to the stand again.

INCIDENTS: 6 Mitoma effort & VAR check, 16 Gross try, 16 hosts effort, 17 Mitoma handball, 23 Mac A on targets, 26 Caicedo post, 27 Mac A shot, 29 hosts dig, 35 hosts miss, 36 Mitoma try, 38 March wide, 43 hosts over,
52 Steele saves, 55 Mac A handball & VAR check, 64 hosts over, 65 hosts miss, 69 Veltman header, 74 hosts dig, 81 Ferguson pop, 82 Dunk header, 90 Enciso header, 96 Mitoma header

CHANGES: 66 Ferguson for Welbeck . 69 Webster for Colwill .
85 Enciso for Veltman

FIRST HALF: going behind early meant travellers were chasing the game at a hot home stadium.
Visitors responded and had majority of possession and goal-scoring attempts until the interval.
SECOND HALF: a scuffle in the technical area following visitors second disallowed score caused disruption in a scrappy half.

IN THE END: a disjointed performance from the away outfit and lack of clinical finishing contributed to defeat.

NUMBERS: poss 35%-65%, on target 3-4, off target 6-13, corners 3-7,
fouls 15-15, yellows 3-1, subs 3-3, shape 3421-4231 . . . . . gd16 pt46 po7

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