Brighton & Hove Albion vs Tottenham Hotspur LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction

WELBECK CAN’T FINISH! The first real opportunity of the match for the hosts, Mitoma uses the outside of his boot to play a delightful pass towards the penalty spot for Welbeck - bending around the line of defence in the process. The striker goes sliding in to beat Vicario but gets his contact all wrong, sending it well wide of the far post!

A rare sight, Veltman is called by the referee for a foul-throw, after rushing to get the ball back in play only to have it bounce out of bounds before dropping to the feet of Baleba. He’s given another try to get it right, with David Coote a little lenient towards the right-back.

Baleba switches play out to the left after Rutter is unable to hold off both Udogie and Bentancur, with Mitoma immediately looking to attack Porro. With Romero closing in to help his full-back tighten the space, the Japan international is forced into an awkward toe-poked cross towards the six-yard box, with Vicario able to dive across his line to push it away.

Werner has the pace to get past Veltman, driving towards the byline before laying it off for Maddison. The tricky midfielder looks to win an inch of space ahead of the Brighton right-back, but eventually goes down under a challenge that is not given as a penalty. Veltman then goes over to help his opponent back to his feet - somewhat cynically - then goes down comically after a rather tame move of the elbow from Maddison. It ends with a talking-to from the referee and nothing more, with Verbruggen allowed to restart play from a goal-kick.

Johnson has scored six goals in 10 games for Tottenham this season, already surpassing his goal tally from the whole of last season (five in 34 appearances).

After a rather lengthy VAR check, it is confirmed that Porro was in an offside position during the initial pass, with the goal not allowed to stand. It remains 0-0, at the midway point in the first half.

Assist Dominic Ayodele Solanke-Mitchell

THE WATCH SOUNDS BUT THE FLAG GOES UP! Johnson plays a sublime pass down the right wing for the overlapping Porro, whose chip to the far side of the penalty area is headed towards goal by Werner. Verbruggen makes the initial stop but he can only spill the effort into Maddison, who bundles it over the line! There appears to be some question but the goal-line technology does sound - only for the celebrations to be cut short due to the offside flag!

Rutter and Van de Ven do battle in midfield, with the centre-back throwing his opponent to the ground, with the Brighton winger’s head colliding with the knees of Kulusevski. He appears to be okay after taking a moment to regain himself, with the hosts allowed to restart play from a free-kick inside the centre-circle.

Veltman’s risky pass back to Verbruggen at his near post immediately triggers Werner and Solanke to press, with the goalkeeper able to get it away narrowly, at the cost of a throw-in high up the pitch for Tottenham.