Richarlison turns home Tottenham’s opening goal
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Tottenham are looking to build on their strong form with a third successive win as they take on Everton in north London.
Ange Postecoglou is without the suspended Yves Bissouma, however, as well as the injured James Maddison, Micky van de Ven, Rodrigo Bentancur and Ivan Perisic, and comes up against an Everton side in good form themselves under Sean Dyche, having won all four of their Premier League games in December thus far.
Tottenham Hotspur: Vicario, Porro, Romero, Davies, Emerson, Sarr, Skipp, Johnson, Kulusevski, Son, Richarlison. Subs:Hojbjerg, Gil Salvatierra, Dier, Lo Celso, Forster, Phillips, Veliz, Donley, Dorrington.
Everton: Pickford, Patterson, Branthwaite, Tarkowski, Mykolenko, Gueye, Onana, Harrison, Garner, McNeil, Calvert-Lewin. Subs: Keane, Danjuma, Virginia, Beto, Andre Gomes, Godfrey, Chermiti, Lonergan, Hunt.
Referee: Stuart Attwell (Warwickshire)
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NO GOAL! The referee is asked to go over to the monitor to have a look at the build-up to the goal. It’s judged that Gomes fouls Emerson as he dispossesses him, and the goal is ruled out. Safe to say, Dyche isn’t happy with that decision at all.
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CALVERT-LEWIN PULLS ONE BACK! Or does he? It’s not the best pass from Vicario to Emerson, but he’s then caught on the ball by Gomes, who then gets his head up to slide in Calvert-Lewin. He takes the shot first time, firing it low into the bottom corner, but VAR is having a look at this…
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Assist André Filipe Tavares Gomes
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Goal Dominic Nathaniel Calvert-Lewin
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It’s another lovely sweeping Spurs move through the middle of the pitch, but their final pass is just letting them down at the moment. Son looks to thread it out to Johnson but overhits it straight out of play.
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Spurs have started the half on the front foot, and are helped by a loose pass out from Tarkowski as he gifts it to Skipp. He switches it out to Emerson, who tries to feed Kulusevski, but he’s sandwiched between two defenders and can’t control it.
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Everton get us back under way for the second half!
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Substitution Cristian Gabriel Romero Eric Jeremy Edgar Dier
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Postecoglou will be the happier of the two managers at half-time, but given the problems that Everton have caused them, he won’t be sitting comfortably at this stage. After Son’s goal, they didn’t manage a single shot, and he’ll want them to get their attacking threat back. Everton have shown good signs despite being behind, and Dyche will know that the next goal could change everything, his side just need to be more clinical.
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Spurs are in control at the break with a 2-0 lead over Everton. They got off to a bright start, with Richarlison tapping in Johnson’s cross from close range to put Spurs ahead against his former club. Just under 10 minutes later, they doubled their lead as Son was on hand to drill in the rebound of Johnson’s saved shot. Everton have had chances though, with Vicario having to make good saves to deny Calvert-Lewin, Garner and Harrison.