Brighton & Hove Albion 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur: Harry Kane scores as visitors reignite top-four hopes

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Harry Kane

Harry Kane scored as Tottenham reignited their top-four hopes by condemning Brighton to a sixth successive Premier League defeat.

England forward Kane raced onto Rodrigo Bentancur's incisive pass to drive a low effort past Brighton goalkeeper Robert Sanchez and seal a deserved win for the visitors.

The goal brought up Kane's 95th away from home in the Premier League, a new record and, but for some errant finishing, he could have added to his tally.

Cristian Romero had earlier put Spurs in front, deflecting in Dejan Kulusevski's low effort past a helpless Sanchez and into the bottom left corner.

The result sees Antonio Conte's side move up to seventh in the table and was the perfect response to their defeat against Manchester United at Old Trafford last Saturday.

However, the ease with which the Italian's side won will concern Seagulls manager Graham Potter, whose side remain 13th having won just once in their last 10 matches.

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Brighton & Hove Albion

Squad number1Player nameSánchez
Squad number34Player nameVeltman
Squad number24Player nameDuffy
Squad number5Player nameDunk
Squad number3Player nameCucurella
Squad number13Player nameGroß
Squad number8Player nameBissouma
Squad number20Player nameMarch
Squad number10Player nameMac Allister
Squad number11Player nameTrossard
Squad number9Player nameMaupay

Squad number2Player nameLamptey
Squad number15Player nameModer
Squad number18Player nameWelbeck

Tottenham Hotspur

Squad number1Player nameLloris
Squad number4Player nameRomero
Squad number15Player nameDier
Squad number33Player nameDavies
Squad number2Player nameDoherty
Squad number30Player nameBentancur
Squad number5Player nameHøjbjerg
Squad number3Player nameReguilón
Squad number21Player nameKulusevski
Squad number7Player nameSon Heung-Min
Squad number10Player nameKane

Squad number12Player nameEmerson Royal
Squad number23Player nameBergwijn
Squad number27Player nameLucas Moura

Line-ups

Brighton

Formation 4-2-3-1

1Sánchez
34VeltmanBooked at 45minsSubstituted forModerat 78'minutes
24Duffy
5Dunk
3Cucurella
13GroßSubstituted forLampteyat 78'minutes
8BissoumaSubstituted forWelbeckat 62'minutes
20March
10Mac Allister
11Trossard
9MaupayBooked at 7mins

Substitutes

2Lamptey
12Mwepu
15Moder
17Alzate
18Welbeck
23Steele
25Caicedo
42Leonard
60Sarmiento

Tottenham

Formation 3-4-2-1

1Lloris
4RomeroBooked at 54mins
15Dier
33Davies
2DohertySubstituted forEmerson Royalat 80'minutes
30Bentancur
5Højbjerg
3ReguilónBooked at 43mins
21KulusevskiSubstituted forBergwijnat 90+2'minutes
7Son Heung-MinSubstituted forLucas Mouraat 80'minutes
10Kane

Substitutes

6D Sánchez
8Winks
12Emerson Royal
14Rodon
22Gollini
23Bergwijn
27Lucas Moura
42White
44Scarlett

Live Text

Match ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Tottenham Hotspur 2.
Second Half ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Tottenham Hotspur 2.
Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Robert Sánchez.
Attempt saved. Sergio Reguilón (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Harry Kane.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Steven Bergwijn replaces Dejan Kulusevski.
Attempt missed. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Emerson Royal.
Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Robert Sánchez.
Attempt saved. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Pierre-Emile Højbjerg.
Foul by Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur).
Shane Duffy (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Offside, Tottenham Hotspur. Lucas Moura tries a through ball, but Dejan Kulusevski is caught offside.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Emerson Royal replaces Matt Doherty.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Lucas Moura replaces Son Heung-Min.
Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jakub Moder replaces Joël Veltman.
Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Tariq Lamptey replaces Pascal Groß.
Attempt missed. Marc Cucurella (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Neal Maupay (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Danny Welbeck.
Foul by Leandro Trossard (Brighton and Hove Albion).

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