A Game Of Two Halves... Brighton 3-2 Tottenham [INSTANT MATCH REACTION]

[@birdseye_studios]

We needed this to be move on to the next level. The signs are still there, the players just need to grow and learn that you need more than just good football. You need resolve, fight and mentality. This should wake them up!

[@superstarlevlyn5355]

Well spot on ❤️🧠💨

[@carlosmorales-r3k]

Nothing will change, didn’t you listen to what Conte and Jose said ? Mr Levy Club will not change for the better

[@Michael-fy6ux]

This manager is clueless mitoma was causing havoc on the wing and this clown does nothing to stop it, the only manager EVER that just stands on sideline hands in pocket NEVER gives instructions to his players...

[@moonheadstuff]

One point I haven't heard mentioned is that Romero has lost his man so often recently, and seemed oblivious to any impending danger. Nowhere near 'World's Best CB' currently

[@engineere2865]

The most amazing thing from today is im not amazed. Seen for years now.

[@charles_preston]

Try anti-depressants.

[@simon3057]

Kaoru Mitoma was a real baller, no Spurs defender can deal with him. He spun, tossed and destroyed the Spurs defence left, right and center

[@charles_preston]

1st half he did very little. 2nd half Romero & Udogie fell asleep.

[@simon3057]

@@charles_preston he ripped them to shreds

[@charles_preston]

@@simon3057 You must be a Brighton supporter, surely?

[@Wearespurstv]

He taught porro Japanese

[@simon3057]

@@charles_preston According to your logic, saying a player played well based on what I saw means I support the other team? Ok based on your logic I'm just going to say Timo Werner was a baller, he was MOTM performance and amazing player 🙄

[@ultimateblaze23]

ange is a strange manager when it works like Newcastle, Brentford, teams can't even get out their half when it doesn't work they look like a joke, easy to score on and can't create

[@paulwilkinson3115]

The problem is we keep playing the same way even when the opposition has worked us out!! there has to be a plan B.opposition know we wont change so they do!!!

[@thecountofmontecristo8280]

It's all well and good having a team full of attacking players that love getting forward, including your full backs and centre backs. But you have to respect the defensive side of the game and the effort needed to stop your opponent. It feels like Ange's belief that we will score 1 more than you is infecting the players minds, because off the ball they look disinterested. Johnson and Porro for the first goal make almost zero effort to work together and stop the danger before it even gets to Udogie to miss hit his clearance. Everyone outside the club can see it, in the media, opposition teams and their fans...SPURS ARE EASY TO PLAY AGAINST. The team is just too soft and doesn't make games hard and uncomfortable for the opposition. That's on Ange and his ridiculous obsession for just attacking and a total disregard for the defensive side of the ball. Goodbye Ange, you are done here.

[@ThamesmeadTheHiddenParadis-s9p]

Glad that he had his laptop there to type in what time all those goals went in. Especially Danny Welbeck's winner! Hilarious.

[@johnmccrea7094]

Ange is a one trick pony,we cant defend and when we squander chances like we do its always going to come back to haunt you. Any manager with tactical know how wins that game today. We are making same errors over and over again and that is down to the manager.

[@duyetpham2003]

The Battle of The High Line. One will for sure take the win and unfortunately, it's the young up and coming manager besting the old timer...it sucks, so bad.

[@wyswygsommer2769]

Most of our goals in this season came from high pressing, which cost a lot of energy. As soon as we run out of gas, the whole team fell apart.

[@grahammerry7031]

You wait till after Christmas. It's impossible to play at this pace all season

[@charles_preston]

@@grahammerry7031 Explain then how Oil City & Liverpool under Klopp were successful?

[@grahammerry7031]

@@charles_preston TBF They kept the ball better. Got better athletes. Technically better players. Name one player in the current Spurs team who would have got into either Man City or Liverpool teams? I can't think of any. We'll run out of gas in January

[@iljimae5126]

All three goals went right through Udogie. Captain Son’s leadership is needed.

[@brianfoster8008]

It was just written in the stars, two nil up, cruising. Cue Spurs to fall apart and another loss before an international break for us all to brood over.

[@duyetpham2003]

We shall never have a good international break, won't we ???

[@jmo4952]

Against any decent wingers Udogie and Porro really can't defend. At HT or at least once we conceded Ange should have balanced it out with an extra CM or CB for one of the attackers.

[@charles_preston]

Ange doesn't play defensive formations. We already tried that with Jose & Antonio, yawn!

[@robertstewart9245]

How many goals have spurs conceded after a udogie cock up or bad defending

[@DirtyDoubler]

This ☝🏽

[@grace_and_peace1550]

Spence should have been given a run today. Should have made 3 subs at half time but aye I’m just a fan

[@duyetpham2003]

@@grace_and_peace1550 massive spit in the face for the guy. Not being in the Europa League squad and enduring that joke of a performance on the bench.

[@lucacarbone9243]

I can't believe this.We bottled it

[@radstevens]

they dropped off at half time, had nothing to do with intensity of play but mentality- was already 2-2 at the hour and 3-2 by 65min … MENTALITY MENTALITY MENTALITY

[@merschavonia4745]

Sorry Barnaby, it has been the same under Mourinho, Nuno and Conte. Our players can’t play under pressure, it has always been like that. As soon as something goes against us we crumble, even when United lost a 2-0 lead and went one man down, they tried their best to get back into the game and it paid off. We crumbled, who went for the rebound for Udogie’s shot? No one! Whether they would’ve gotten there or not, show some ambition to win!

[@carlosmorales-r3k]

Good to see Barnaby being fair here, the game management is always abysmal, we were lucky on Thursday night not to concede more. Trophy winning sides don’t give away a 2-0 leads to Brighton!

[@duyetpham2003]

Trophy winning sides, especially a Big Six btw, don't give 2 - 0 leads to mid table teams like Brighton, or get destroyed 3 - 0 to Fulham last season, or lose 4 - 0 to an injury ridden Newcastle at St. James Park last season as well. In short, we are tarnishing that Big Six status alongside Man United sitting 9th at a possible 6th place minimum finish this week.

[@azzyinthebrambles5649]

Look how Brighton understood the idea of getting solid when they got the lead. Still attacked, but got in shape, got solid. Whether we can't do it or have no interest in doing it, it's simple: defensively it's a mess and it costs us again and again. We conceeded and the energy changed, but we just carried on and they tore through us for two more. Ange seems to see all this as just part of football. No attention paid to entire parts of the strategy of the game. Ridiculous.

[@thecountofmontecristo8280]

It's not just about shape though, it's about what the players do within that shape. If you want to close down your opponent, you have to show the desire to do that. When you are a little bit tired it is easy to just jog towards the opponent which is akin to doing nothing. Defending starts at the front, but Johnson is so poor at providing any defensive cover or willingness to close down and get back into position - not when he feels like it, but every single time or get off the field. The worst part is Porro is probably the weakest of the fullbacks so he needs the most help, yet he gets none from Johnson and Bentancur is hardly gifted with the kind of ability where he can cover ground quickly and help. The entire team is just too geared towards attacking that it makes it so soft and vulnerable under pressure - minimal pressure. There is simply no balance in the team. If you keep signing and playing players that only want to attack then you make yourself vulnerable defensively. That is what I see from Ange's teams. He has no understanding of balance. Picking ultra offensive full backs along with zero real defensive midfielders and attacking wide players that don't really track back with effort and determination to shut the opposition down is perhaps okay at home against weaker opponents. But away, that is a recipe for disaster. The only reason it looks okay is because Brighton started slow and went down 2 goals. What if they'd started the way they finished the game? Imagine the reactions if it read Brighton 3-0. Eventually everyone is going to wake up to the reality to Levy simply jerked from ultra defensive to ultra offensive. He's like a f*cking bipolar girlfriend running a football club. Find a manager who can bring balance.

[@duyetpham2003]

Honestly that's what set other teams even mid table ones like Fulham, West Ham and Brighton from us. They have qualities with tanks at the go for both halves. We on the other hand, lack that deeply from them. Praise me January can't come any quicker...we need reinforcements, again, like we always do. So far, we've signed 3 young players and a backup CB who can't even scrape a hell of a minute from being off the bench and on the pitch. And our current setup, pardon my negativity and finger pointing but Cuti shouldn't be captain in the first place. Son should have been if he was there if not, let Vicario be captain. He has that high responsibility and energy to command his box even if it's just for defense. Cuti let off his foot on the gas 2 nil up and the whole team just look at him and go: "eh, why not?".

[@charles_preston]

Our first loss (by one goal) in six games (five victories)... and you want to insult our Manager?

[@footballfan4314]

What about ange saying subs aren’t important?

[@michaelgiles7515]

They looked worn out

[@jeffrey6171]

FACT OF THE DAY: ANGE HAS NEVER BEATEN A TOP 10 TEAM AWAY FROM HOME WHEN ITS 11 VS. 11. 😂😂😂

[@Stand663]

Udogie has really regressed. And Maddison and Bentacur are lightweights. They are frequently outmuscled in midfield.

[@pavelivanov2999]

You are wrong about Solanke not pressing in the 2nd half. If you rewatch it, you would see that he is going for the ball, but no one else goes to support him. At one point he realizes that he wont get help and there is no point in 1 guy pressing, no chance to get the ball or do anything. Maybe he was tired and he would not have pressed either way, but that would just be speculation.

[@YaGetNoLuurrv]

This club will never change

[@paulomarroti634]

It really won't with your mindset. I get the frustration and we all have it but we've played well this season and deserved to win every game we've won. 1 loss in 5 and for everyone to cry like all the work we've done is undone. That is the real bottling and that's on our fans

[@YaGetNoLuurrv]

@@paulomarroti634 STFU, this club is forever a let down, wish it wasn't the club I ended up choosing to support

[@duyetpham2003]

@@paulomarroti634 it's the manner we lost that really set the tone for the whole fanbase...2 - 0 up and we could have just sit deep and defend with our lives, catching them off guard on the counter if there was an opening. Instead, we shot ourselves in the foot and bottled it, Everton - styled.

[@superstarlevlyn5355]

Udogie cost us all the 3 goals and today, he wasn’t playing with hunger today and his performance was lethargic

[@wabisabi3619]

First half we looked incredible second half we were stuck in the mud. Nothing working for us. Second half Brighton played the way we were in the first.

[@arpitsrivastava6937]

The only reason we are doing well in Europa is because those teams are facing us for the first time under Ange. His tactics have been found by every single club in the league, and any decent team knows that you just have to take the lead and then watch us make side passes and put in empty crosses like muppets. Let's just focus on Europa and getting Champions League football from it

[@stefanblois7275]

Ridiculous, we just beat Man Utd 3-0 this time last week. Have some perspective.

[@birdseye_studios]

This is a lie! The problem today were from weak resolve: mentality and late changes from Ange.

[@paulomarroti634]

Over reaction, the players just didn't come out looking for a 3rd but rather trying to see out the game. That's a mentality issue rather than a tactical one. When the nature of the game changed, our players never stood up to take charge of the game and be more aggressive

[@Ishfarzzz94]

@@stefanblois7275 yeah but united is kinda dogshit. you have to admit udogie and porro are great going forward but awful at defending. this match was all about game management which spurs didn't

[@arpitsrivastava6937]

@@stefanblois7275 Utd are a Championship level side. What did we do against Newcastle? What did we do in the NLD? Nothing.

[@BSAArklay]

I wonder if Brighton will give us Porro back because Mitoma completely owns him.

[@joekiddyshaw5757]

No defensive solidity whatsoever, but what do you expect when our manager tells everyone within earshot we don't give a hoot n hell about defending our goal However many they score we'll score more . . . really ???

[@charles_preston]

We conceded 5 goals in our first 6 games. Stats don't lie, mate.

[@alexsibanda6390]

Bentancor, Udogie and Werner shd've been substituted early 2nd half. Angie was clueless 2nd half. The other manager twicked things into 2nd half, Ange didn't do anything to help matters,completely clueless. Ange didn't seem to hv any clue almost all 2nd half. If this's what Spurs are going to go thru,then Ange shd be out! Werner has no value,he misses every chance!

[@jimmakris946]

Early 2nd half??? We were already behind early 2nd half.... No mate, it's not the managers fault, the players let him down and they let us the fans down... Got cocky and complacent

[@duyetpham2003]

@@jimmakris946 no I agreed for a bit, blood is on Ange's hand as well. Sure he took responsibility but I won't mind if he at least chew out his players for once instead of taking the blame for them. But he didn't, or so far as I've heard...

[@charles_preston]

Five wins out of six not good enough? Troll.

[@ulfanfinneriksen4643]

Spurs should have been 4 up after the first half. At 2-0 how about sit back stay solid the first 15 in the second half?

[@bbaddd]

Solanke was absolutely gassed

[@jonathonlee9081]

Thanks for thorough revue. How’d you get scar on ur left cheek?

[@paulomarroti634]

2:57 I call bullshit on you, at 2-2 I was screaming for us to get Sarr on for madders or kulu. He's been a gamechanger for us against qarabag, ferencvaros and United coming on as a sub getting goals and helping us retain the ball better. Our players stepped out as if the game was already won and we were just meant to see through the game away from home like Brighton wouldn't want to come out fighting

[@paulomarroti634]

Despite all this though, I'm disappointed we don't have a character on the team who would shout get everyone to step up and be more aggressive. Ange shouldn't always have to bark orders when the game is obvious that we need to step things up

[@DirtyDoubler]

Arrogance and complacency, from both players and manager. Credit to BHA, played the full 90 mins.

[@spencerpeel2462]

That's all on ange

[@stefanblois7275]

Why? The defenders were making simple individual errors which cost us.

[@spencerpeel2462]

He didn't make the changes after going one nil Down should have brought on sarr and basuma on and why did he wait so late to make changes you must adapt in football if you don't you will never win trophy s

[@stefanblois7275]

@@spencerpeel2462 If the defenders are switched on and don't make basic errors we win this 2-0. No matter if Ange is in the dug out or not.

[@ryancouture1436]

It was a poor half. Ange needs to take responsibility. We can grow from this,and that's what needs to be demanded, from the players, but mostly from the manager. Ultimately, he needs to be the leader, especially when our captain is out.

[@OriginalSpikeyTee]

Ange needs to be careful before he becomes Ange Postegogwho

[@stephengerskin1745]

When they scored the first goal we should have made 5 changes.

[@duyetpham2003]

Well there goes my time staying up till 10:30 P.M...and there goes my mood heading into international. Bunch of clowns, getting comfortable in a 2 nil lead...1 nil up, 2 nil up YOU DON'T TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE GAS!!! It's Brighton ffs, it's an away game. Hyped up for a 6th place finish and ended up nothing with 9th...

[@dantaylor8437]

We just some tough players. Some hard players that have been there before

[@johnlindus2170]

the mid week match enthused but glossed over, it could have endedn3-3, if they had a striker, so going into this match i had some doubt if we could pull it off and within the first twenty minutes the same signs were there we could have been a couple down . Welbeck missed a sitter but scored the winner from the same position, he positions at the centre of our goal, our two central defenders looking like his wingmen. i don't go along with the septic view this player or that player is no good. All our players are at a standard, including Werner, there are few matches we have lost in the last 18 months when we have played badly so how do we lose, even when we were two up Brighton remained resolute we hadn't broken them, we lose because the system is flawed and good teams know how to exploit the flaw . Even at 2-2 did we get back and form a better defensive structure . No we don't do that,. we lose winning and that seems OK for the manager. As the saying goes, adapt and survive, Brighton got the third made substitutions and went to 442. We made substitutions but just change legs not the system, we are better than a middle table teams but its where we could end up,

[@gunzlepug]

Spurs never ruthless enough to punish opponents. At 2-0 up press on FFS!

[@EricKalison-j1e]

Changes were needed. Guys got really soft. Destiny got lit up. But honestly they were not running all over the place

[@wabisabi3619]

Will also say, I love big Ange… but the subs were too late and I don’t think mikey Moore was the right decision. Secondly, the boys going into their shell on the pitch… well he was standing there shaking his head looking shell shocked himself. Let’s look forward and move past this game and hope to see that the issues Brighton exposed are corrected.

[@ulfanfinneriksen4643]

Spurs were first and won all 50/50's in the first half. Second half the opposite. Spurs play a style with very fine margins and very little control. Very entertaining and very frustrating.

[@BrandonG81]

2 steps forward, 2 steps back

[@ElizaBeipitha]

Big Ange is the PL RayGun.

[@georgeo2664]

Highline for life ❤

[@EricKalison-j1e]

Soft is a label you don’t want as a pro. My issue with Timo is just wasted opportunities. He struggles in the end result. Not reason we lost but he had a ton of chances 1st half and I wish he was better at the end

[@alexsibanda6390]

Udogie can be very careless,cost the team badly. Was getting caught off position all the time. Brighton were feeding off Udogie's side! Couldn't just clear the ball easily. Djed Spence is a much better player than Udogie. Werner's job is to also score goals but hasn't scored any..

[@EricKalison-j1e]

Players coasted. Let them run all over us. Showed real softness. It’s the premier. Ya think they were gonna quit!

[@gamra]

Two goals up, why not Get tighten up or when 2-1 up why. He only knows How to play one way we could control the game. Why not tighten up at the back brighton had nothing to lose was going to go all in anyway.

[@grahammerry7031]

Unfortunately Barnaby. Mitoma is Japanese. Our very big Korean sponsors and fan base wouldnt allow it

[@dantaylor8437]

I actually hate Brighton

[@pascalewulum1438]

We need a goal why not throw on Lankshear, what’s the point of Sarr and Bissouma at 3-2 down

[@jasonstanley775]

Barnaby had us realist fans in the mud eh, no like 23 years of the same story. We've played ball bag, one of the worst United teams in decades and 3 other poor sides but we had clicked. Awful tactics awful subs tino weiner wing backs being played as full backs no num 6 same probs still there

[@poodle5159]

Udogie looked high after half time. By far his worst performance in a spurs shirt

[@clivegardener9539]

we have TWO wingers that are taking n=money under FALSE pretence's. Johnson cannot, i repeat, CANNOT protect his side of the pitch, he EXPOSES Porro who; to be truthful IS NOT a defender (full back) and therefore we will always be under pressure... He does not take on anyone, not even one twos. Once he passes the ball back, he seems not to be interested in the game after that. As for crosses, they are futile. What do they do in training? .....as for Werner? HOW does he start a game? How has he not scored a goal at all this season, with all the chances that has come his way.... To be fair ANGE has to shoulder FULL blame. High pressing game REQUIRES extreme stamina however, you have FIVE, 5, subs USE THEM. Thus we are able to maintain this philosophy of Ange, High press.....There is NO 'one way' to win, the game is always fluid and therefore you must have ALTERNATIVE plans to TRY to win games. Ange real lack of using subs when you can see that changes HAD to be made. He was shaking his head but, not making the changes until TOO LATE

[@bennwaters5851]

Hahahahaha now the spuds know how far UTD have fallen. You thought you were going to win a trophy after that performance. This is the EPL you need a plan B and C

[@Gggg-cq1ih]

😂😅 Im so used to this ish

[@jeffrey6171]

Ange out now!! He’s getting fired before the end of October 🎉🎉🎉

[@radstevens]

Kulu should be captain. Romero and Maddison aren’t leaders of men

[@EricKalison-j1e]

Players need to look at themselves

[@winstoncoerecius]

Romero don't know how to spell the word 'defence' nor the word attack with a pinger of a ball.

[@azharmobin6595]

Bentancur and Udogie were terrible and should have been subbed.

[@DirtyFozzy]

Team is embarrassing Romero. If everyone had his mentality we’d be Premier League champions right now.

[@johntanner9534]

This is what happens when our captain is out. All you Son haters just shut up now.

[@proffpuff]

No criticism not allowed only positive messages because it obviously our fault for this cluster fu. K . The fans are as deluded as the club

[@nicksundae5499]

I love how all of a sudden the entire fanbase hates ange and all of our players suck 🤦‍♂️

[@colinstephens415]

Going nowhere with no clue,weak squad awful poor season 😴

[@steveononye3972]

Naive team Naive manager back to reality after a gassed up week. Arsenal 2 nil would close shop. May Ange continue with his tactics and high line football 😅😅 naive manager😂.

[@brianrw1968]

hahahaha!

[@philipn5162]

When the going gets tough, we fold

[@josiahrogers6961]

We’re moving backwards.

[@atheist666]

How is a new low being beaten by a better team with a better manager? Stop crying