Spurs undone by a late Wolves charge in a major blow to their hopes of a title challenge
2018/2019 Premier League
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Match Report
Wolves dealt a huge blow to Tottenham’s title aspirations with a shock 3-1 Premier League victory at Wembley on Saturday.
A 5-0 Boxing Day win over Bournemouth lifted Spurs above Manchester City into second but it was their failure to put this match to bed while they were on top that ultimately cost them at Wembley.
Harry Kane gave the home side the lead with a wonderful strike midway through the first half and Spurs - after scoring 11 goals in their last two matches - might have expected to kick on and subject Wolves to another hammering.
But the home side could not add to their tally despite dominating possession and Wolves produced a stunning second-half revival, with Raul Jimenez and Helder Costa finding the net after Willy Boly had equalised with the visitors’ first shot on target, ending Spurs' five-match winning run in the league.
Match Events
22' GOAL! Tottenham 1-0 Wolves (Kane)
KANE PUTS SPURS AHEAD! Wolves fans may feel there was a foul that should've stopped the attack, but Spurs take the advantage. Kane cuts back to create more space for himself as he comes in from the right wing and curls the ball past the keeper and into the far netting. 1-0 Spurs!
72' GOAL! Tottenham 1-1 Wolves (Boly)
BOLY EQUALISES FOR WOLVES! He makes his run from the edge of the box into the centre and there are no Spurs players around him as he gets his head to the ball and beats Lloris to find the bottom corner. 1-1!
83' GOAL! Tottenham 1-2 Wolves (Jimenez)
JIMENEZ PUTS WOLVES AHEAD! He gets the ball on the edge of the box and hits his shot low, through Alderweireld's legs and squeezes the ball past Lloris into the bottom corner. 2-1 Wolves!
87' GOAL! Tottenham 1-3 Wolves (Costa)
COSTA GETS WOLVES' THIRD! He runs into the box with the ball and just gets ahead of Alderweireld to get his shot away and he curls it around Lloris to find the bottom corner. 3-1 Wolves!
Player Rating
Line-ups
Tottenham XI: H. Lloris, M.Sissoko, T. Alderweireld, C. Eriksen, K. Trippier, Son Heung-Min, H. Kane, B.Davies, D. Alli, Winks, D. Sánchez
Subs: D. Rose, Lucas, Gazzaniga, G.K Nkoudou, K.W Peters, J.Foyth, O. Skipp
Wolves XI: Rui Patrício, R. Bennett, W. Boly, M. Doherty, C. Coady, Ivan Cavaleiro, R. Jiménez, L. Dendoncker, J.Castro , Adama Traoré, Rúben Neves
Subs: J. Ruddy, João Moutinho, Hélder Costa, Léo Bonatini, R. Saïss, Rúben Vinagre, M. Gibbs-White