Key events
Yash Gupta gets in touch: “David Squires made cartoon about Werner after Chelsea-Man City final in 2021. Best player on land outside box. Okay maybe 6th best in this Tottenham team. As long as he contributes well, I think his ‘show’ can be sidelined for now.”
I’m a fan. A total entertainer.
Congratulations, Daniel Harris, for staying awake during this. I was glad the Arc came on in the second half.
Elsewhere, Chelsea and Nottingham Forest drew 1-1. That’s a fine result for Nuno, a manager we all wrote off, didn’t we. (OK, I did.)
Jeremy Boyce gets in touch: “Given the way these two are scoring and conceding it’s either 8 – 8 or 0 – 0 isn’t it?”
Getting that vibe, yes.
Last time out for these two teams.
Fabian Hurzeler makes two changes from Chelsea last week. Yankuba Minteh and Joel Veltman in, Mats Wieffer and Pervis Estupinan dropping to the bench. Ange Postecoglou opts for the same team that smashed Manchester United. That means the Timo Werner show rolls on.
The teams
Brighton: Verbruggen, Kadioglu, Webster, Dunk, Veltman, Hinshelwood, Baleba, Minteh, Rutter, Mitoma, Welbeck. Subs: Steele, Lamptey, Igor, Gruda, Enciso, Ayari, Wieffer, Ferguson, Estupinan.
Tottenham Hotspur: Vicario, Porro, Romero, van de Ven, Udogie, Kulusevski, Bentancur, Maddison, Johnson, Solanke, Werner. Subs: Forster, Dragusin, Bissouma, Gray, Bergvall, Spence, Sarr, Lankshear, Moore.
Preamble
As the season starts to shake out, Brighton’s great start to the season has dissipated, and so have fears that Tottenham are about to explode. Five wins in a row will do that sort of thing. Spurs were impressive against Manchester United, and then in midweek toughed it out at Ferencvaros. A win could take Ange Postecoglou’s team into the top four, where they would like to be. Brighton haven’t won in the Premier League since August and were on the wrong end of a thriller last week with Chelsea. Fabian Hurzeler’s already shown off that he has fire in his belly, and so does Ange. So let’s hope for fireworks in Falmer.
Kick-off at 4.30pm, UK time. Join me.