Brighton v Tottenham LIVE: Premier League result and reaction as Spurs comeback falls short

59 mins: Another sub for Brighton as Buonanotte, who has looked lively down the flank, is clapped off with Carlos Baleba coming on. The Cameroon international will probably play more centrally in a holding role.

56 mins: Good save from Steele as Spurs start to turn the screw! Udogie sees his first shot blocked and the second is saved by good reflexes from the Brighton stopper.

Richarlison then given a yellow card as he pushes Pedro in the throat out on the right touchline. From the free-kick, Lewis Dunk gets a shot away in the box but it’s scuffed wide

53 mins: Better from Tottenham. Good work by Son and he plays the ball into the feet of Richarlison, who turns and fires a shot at goal but it goes wide. Probably should have been on target.

The flag then goes up for the following move where Richarlison forces a save from the legs of Steele.

49 mins: A succession of corners for Brighton but Spurs do enough to scramble them away and survive - for now. They’ll need to start making inroads at the other end to get back in this game though.

46 mins: Just 35 seconds into the second half and Spurs have the ball in the net after a neat finish from Richarlison but the offside flag immediately goes up to rule it out. Correct decision as the Brazilian was offside.

Back underway at the Amex. A half-time sub for Brighton as Igor Julio comes off and Pervis Estupinan comes on at left-back. He’s returning after being out injured for a couple of months and that’s big for the Seagulls.

Here are the goals from a breathless first half of football, as well as one of Vicario’s crucial saves.

PHEW! What a half of football that was! Brighton lead 2-0 at the break after Jack Hinshelwood’s thumped finish and Joao Pedro’s penalty after Dejan Kulusevski hauled down his man in the box.

I’ve almost lost count of the number of times the post has been hit! Twice for Brighton and once for Spurs, I think. Meanwhile Guglielmo Vicario has made a couple of superb saves for Spurs.

But Tottenham will believe they can still get back into this after Richarlison came so close and the Seagulls do look slightly exposed defensively at times.

45+4 mins: Tottenham have had a few corners this half but all well defended by Brighton. Dunk heads away the latest inswinger from Porro to launch a counter-attack.

45+1 mins: Now the woodwork is hit at the other end! Richarlison takes aim from outside the box and his bouncing shot is beyond Steele but clips the outside of the post and goes wide.

That would have brought Spurs right back into it! Five minutes of added time, by the way.