Despite losing to Everton, Tottenham still pushed Man United out of the Top 4

Tottenham welcome back captain Hugo Lloris for their trip to Goodison Park without Antonio Conte in the dugout. Interim coach Cristian Stellini has vowed to give the team a new boost as they aim to take all three points against Everton to regain third place in the table.

Son Heung-min played poorly even though his team needed a win.

Despite being underestimated, the home team Everton started the game better and almost opened the scoring in the second minute after a decisive shot from Demarai Gray. On the other side of the field, Harry Kane repeatedly missed scoring opportunities for Tottenham while Son Heung-min also could not beat goalkeeper Jordan Pickford in a one-on-one position in the 43rd minute.

Abdoulaye Doucoure received a red card early in the second half.

The tempo of the match was pushed up very high after the break with many unpredictable developments. In the 58th minute, after a dispute for the ball along the sideline, Abdoulaye Doucoure got angry and used his hand to push Harry Kane in the face and was sent off. Eight minutes later, center-back Cristian Romero joined the attack and was fouled by Michael Keane in the Everton penalty area. Not missing the opportunity, Harry Kane accurately kicked the penalty, defeating goalkeeper Jordan Pickford to open the score for Tottenham.

Harry Kane made his mark with the opening goal from the penalty spot

Tottenham's huge advantage in both personnel and goals was not maintained until the end of the match. In the 88th minute, after coming on as a substitute, Lucas Moura kicked Michael Keane's ankle with the sole of his boot and the Brazilian midfielder was given a red card, leaving Tottenham with only 10 players on the field.

Lucas Moura (27) also received a red card for foul play.

Misfortunes never come singly… Right in the last minute of regulation time, Michael Keane himself made up for his mistake with a shot from outside the box, defeating the entire away team's defense and goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, sealing the final 1-1 result of the match. Dropping 2 valuable points, Tottenham missed the opportunity to move up to 3rd place because although they had the same 50 points as Newcastle, they were behind the "Magpies" in goal difference (+12 and +22).

Michael Keane made amends with a beautiful equalizer in the 90th minute

A little consolation for Harry Kane and his teammates when they replaced Man United in 4th place, also thanks to a better goal difference than the "Red Devils" (+12 and +4). The opportunity for Man United to return to the top 4 rankings is that they have played 2 fewer matches than Tottenham, promising to create a three-way race to compete for 2 of the 4 Champions League spots between Newcastle, Tottenham and Man United.

Everton temporarily escape relegation race

Dong Linh - Photo: Reuters

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