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11/08/25 09:54:00
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11/08 09:07 CST Tottenham and Man United both score stoppage-time goals in 2-2
draw in Premier League
Tottenham and Man United both score stoppage-time goals in 2-2 draw in Premier
League
By STEVE DOUGLAS
AP Sports Writer
Tottenham and Manchester United both scored stoppage-time goals in a wild
finish to their 2-2 draw in the Premier League on Saturday.
Just when it looked like Richarlison's glancing header in the first minute of
added-on time had sealed victory for Tottenham, United equalized with a header
of its own from Matthijs de Ligt five minutes later.
United extended its unbeaten streak in the league to five games --- three wins
followed by two away draws --- for its best run in the one-year tenure of Ruben
Amorim, who is clearly benefitting from having more time to prepare for games
because of no European involvement this season.
Tottenham has only won one of its six homes games so far, yet showed
commendable resilience to fight back from conceding a 32nd-minute goal to Bryan
Mbeumo --- his fifth of the campaign.
The hosts dominated the second half and grabbed an equalizer in the 84th
through substitute Mathys Tel's shot that deflected in off De Ligt. Tel had
only been on the field for five minutes, having come on for Xavi Simons in a
substitution that was jeered by some sections of the home crowd at Tottenham
Hotspur Stadium.
When Richarlison glanced in Wilson Odobert's edge-of-the-area shot, Tottenham
looked a big favorite for all three points --- especially considering United
was down to 10 men at that point because of an injury to substitute Benjamin
Sesko. United had used all five substitutes and couldn't replace the striker.
There was still time for De Ligt to find space at the back post at a corner to
direct a header goalward and over the line before Tottenham goalkeeper
Guglielmo Vicario clawed the ball away.
At the conclusion Tel said he had a "50-50" feeling.
"Second half, our reaction was good, we changed the game," the French forward
said. "But we're also mad because we had to win today."
Later, Arsenal takes a six-point lead into a match at Sunderland, while Chelsea
hosts Wolverhampton in one of three other games.
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Steve Douglas is at https://twitter.com/sdouglas80
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