Tue 15 March 2022, 11:00
Tottenham HotspurWe were singing in the rain with our first win at Brighton's Amex Stadium in September, 2018.
We provided the opposition for the official opening of the stadium in July, 2011 - a 3-2 friendly win with Vedran Corluka, Younes Kaboul and Jake Livermore on target - and our first away league game at Brighton's new home since 1983 following their promotion back into the top flight in 2017/18 finished 1-1 in April, 2018. Indeed, we'd only met twice in those 34 years, a 2-1 win in the FA Cup in January, 2005, and 2-0 win in the League Cup in October, 2014.
Coming off the back successive defeats against Watford, Liverpool and Inter in the Champions League, a win was much needed, and delivered with a dominant display in the pouring rain on the south coast.
We controlled the match from start to finish and enjoyed 78 per cent of possession in the first half, taking the lead through Harry Kane's penalty after Glenn Murray handled Kieran Trippier's free-kick. Brighton only rarely threatened and we went 2-0 up with a sweeping move on 76 minutes, started and finished by Erik Lamela, who darted into the box to guide home Danny Rose's low cross. Anthony Knockaert struck a late consolation for the home side.
The win moved us back up to fifth in the Premier League in what would be an historic 2018/19 campaign, as we finished fourth and reached the final of the Champions League for the first time.
Another note - Harry's penalty was his 143rd goal for the Club, at the time matching Jermain Defoe's tally. A week later, he struck twice at Huddersfield to move into fifth in our all-time list - he's now second, having scored almost 100 goals more (he's now on 241).
Brighton 1-2 Spurs - the highlights
Match data
Brighton & Hove Albion (4-5-1): Ryan, Montoya, Dunk (c), Duffy, Bong, Knockaert, Propper, Stephens (Kayal 21), Bissouma (Locadia 79), March (Jahanbakhsh 73), Murray. Substitutes (not used): Button, Balogun, Bernardo, Andone.
Spurs (4-2-3-1): Gazzaniga, Trippier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Rose, Dier, Dembele, Eriksen, Lucas (Dele 78), Son (Lamela 67), Kane (c). Substitutes (not used): Whiteman, Aurier, Sanchez, Wanyama, Winks.
Goals: Brighton - Knockaert 90+3; Spurs - Kane 42 (pen), Lamela 76.
Venue: Amex Stadium, Brighton.
Attendance: 30,531.
