Brighton v Tottenham LIVE: Result and reaction after hosts complete crazy comeback to beat Spurs

Brighton scored three times in 18 second-half minutes to fight back from two goals down to stun Tottenham and claim a 3-2 win after an entertaining encounter at Amex Stadium.

Spurs were on course for a sixth consecutive victory in all competitions when Brennan Johnson and James Maddison struck before half-time to put Ange Postecoglou’s men in control.

That made it six goals in six matches for Johnson, but Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler introduced Pervis Estupinan at the break and the Seagulls were transformed with Yankuba Minteh able to reduce the deficit in the 48th minute.

The impressive Georginio Rutter levelled 10 minutes later with a fine finish before ex-Arsenal forward Danny Welbeck completed the comeback when he headed home what proved the winner after 66 minutes.

“I think in the first half, it was not a tactical thing, it was more about playing with intensity and fulfilling the plan with energy,” Hurzeler explains. “We tried to get that back at half time - the players showed a great reaction and played amazingly in the second half.

“A little bit of intensity was missing, we weren’t ruthless. If you win those personal duels, you gain confidence, and that really changed. We won more balls. Most of the time we controlled the transitions, and we have enough quality in possession to score. Not everything was bad in the first half, even if it seemed bad.”

“It’s obviously amazing. In the first half, we were bitterly disappointed and frustrated. The performance we put in was embarrassing, and it was nothing that we want to be part of. We showed our character. Our attitude was right in the second half, we came out fighting and got the three points.

“I’ve been getting a few more opportunities. There was an opportunity in the first half that I should have done better with, but I kept going. At half time, you’ve got to give credit to some of the senior boys in the dressing room who weren’t even on the pitch - Jason Steele and James Milner basically told us that the bare minimum is to fight and compete. Everyone is together in this. We want to be challenging the establishment and we know we’ve got the quality to do it.”

Remarkable. Brighton were nowhere at half time, on their way out of the game as Tottenham seized control with James Maddison’s goal just before the interval. What followed was bonkers, a brilliant 20 minute turnaround in which Spurs capitulated and Brighton seized their moment quite magnificently. Tough questions for Ange Postecoglou - and another real statement victory for Fabian Hurzeler in his young Premier League managerial career.

Cristian Romero’s forward pass is slightly more purposeful but still bending out of the path of Brennan Johnson. That might be that...

An aimless lump forward from Spurs does Brighton no harm, though.

A great chance for a fourth! Brighton break at speed through Julio Enciso and Brajan Gruda, and there are teammates queueing up on the right as the pair dilly-dally. Tottenham eventually squeeze them out, prompting a frustrated slap of the air from an unused Danny Welbeck.

Four minutes for Brighton to survive having orchestrated a crazy comeback.

Joel Veltman almost immediately concedes a corner with Mikey Moore lurking.

Into the final 60 seconds of regulation time with Spurs showing few signs of swinging this back their way. Dominic Solanke can’t get to a Pape Matar Sarr cross that always looked ambitious.