YYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jan Paul van Hecke spins his man in the box and pulls it back for Georginio who smashes in from 15 yards!!! It's a terrific finish.
90'+3'
KADIOGLU INTO THE SIDE NETTING
Yankuba Minteh's cross from the left finds Ferdi Kadioglu at the back post, but he passes it into the side netting when he has a golden opportunity.
90'
EIGHT MINUTES ADDED TIME
Albion are essentially playing against ten men now, with Xavi Simons suffering badly from cramp.
82'
Substitution
Babis Kostoulas replaces Yasin Ayari.
78'
Yellow Card
Xavi Simons is booked for taking off his shirt in the celebrations.
77'
Goal
Xavi Simons curls the ball in from the edge of the box.
75'
Substitution
Danny Welbeck, Jack Hinshelwood and Kaoru Mitoma are replaced by Georginio, Matt O'Riley and Maxim De Cuyper.
71'
KINSKY CLEARS
Micky van de Ven gets his toe to the ball just before Danny Welbeck tries to get a shot away from ten yards, with the Spurs skipper stabbing it back towards his own goal, which Antonin Kinsky does well to keep out.
68'
VAN HECKE AND VERBRUGGEN TO THE RESCUE
Xavi Simons twists and turns in the Albion box but Jan Paul van Hecke blocks two shots before Joao Paulhinha's shot pinballs through the box and Bart Verbruggen somehow gets his leg to the the ball to keep it out.
67'
WELBECK HITS THE WALL
The free-kick (see previous post) isn't utilised as Danny Welbeck bends his strike straight into the Tottenham wall.
65'
Yellow Card
Kevin Danso intentionally blocks the run of Kaoru Mitoma as he looks to dart into the box. Booking and a free-kick in a dangerous position.
57'
GALLAGHER BLOCKS VERBRUGGEN'S PASS
That's very close to a Tottenham goal. Conor Gallagher charges down Bart Verbruggen's kick down field and blocks it, but it flies behind for a goal-kick. Could have gone anywhere.
53'
Yellow Card
Roberto De Zerbi gets a booking for venturing halfway down the touchline to shout instructions across the pitch. Think he's been told a couple of times by the fourth official not to do that.
48'
DANSO DOES WELL
Yankuba Minteh gets down the right and crosses low, Danny Welbeck is stretching to reach the ball but Kevin Danso does superbly to get there first and clear.
47'
VAN HECKE HEADS OVER
Jan Paul van Hecke rises highest to meet Pascal Gross' cross, but the Dutchman heads over from ten yards.
46'
Second Half begins
Tottenham get the second half underway.
45'+6'
All level at the break.
What a terrific equaliser from Kaoru Mitoma. After a spell of real pressure from Tottenham
All level at the break.
What a terrific equaliser from Kaoru Mitoma. After a spell of real pressure from Tottenham, it was a moment of wonderful quality that got Albion back into this.
45'+6'
HINSHELWOOD GOES CLOSE JUST BEFORE HALF-TIME
Ferdi Kadioglu crosses in from the left and Jack Hinshelwood gets a terrific contact on it, but guides his header just wide of the top left corner!
It's the last action of the half.
45'+3'
TOT
0-0
BHA
Goal!
Mitoma
PICK THAT OUT!!!
WHAT A GOAL FROM KAORU MITOMA!!!
Pascal Gross crosses in from the right and our Japanese sensation volleys home in spectacular fashion to equalise!
45'
FIVE MINUTES ADDED TIME
41'
SIMONS HITS THE POST
Albion are riding their luck here. Dominic Solanke slaloms his way down the left and finds Xavi Simons. He cuts into the box and rolls a low shot against the woodwork. Pedro Porro is there for the follow up but his rocket is somehow tipped over by Bart Verbruggen.
39'
Goal
Xavi Simons crosses in and Pedro Porro heads in from seven yards.
37'
Yellow Card
Mats Wieffer goes into the book for a foul on Xavi Simons.
35'
Yellow Card
Yves Bissouma catches the boot of Yasin Ayari as the Sweden international bursts through midfield. He goes to ground and the former Albion midfielder is booked.
30'
Offside
Watching that back, nobody is offside. Yankuba Minteh swings in the best cross of the day, finding Jack Hinshelwood at the back stick to nod back across goal. Danny Welbeck is rushing in to tap home, but Micky van de Ven gets there first, smashes the ball against the frame of the goal and fortunately for him it bounces away from the target. The flag goes up, but no Albion player is offside.
21'
MITOMA BLOCKS, KOLO MUANI SMASHES OVER
Kaoru Mitoma's first action is to block a Xavi Simons shot from the edge of the box that drifts just wide of the bottom left corner. Bart Verbruggen was at full stretch to make sure it wasn't going in.
The ball then falls for Randal Kolo Muani in the box, but the forward blasts it into the stand behind the Albion goal.
20'
Substitution
Kaoru Mitoma replaces the injured Diego Gomez.
17'
DIEGO GOMEZ DOWN
This looks bad for Diego Gomez. The Paraguayan pulls his shirt up over his face after landing awkwardly having gone up for a header.
He's going to be able to walk off the pitch, but that's his afternoon done.
Kaoru Mitoma is ready to replace him.
9'
WIEFFER GETS A TALKING TO
Stuart Attwell has a word with Mats Wieffer after a slightly clumsy challenge on Xavi Simons. There's a bit of a coming together afterwards between the two Dutchmen, but ultimately Mats comes away from his chat with the referee without a booking.
Destiny Udogie then bursts into the box, but tries to win a penalty under pressure from Yankuba Minteh, with Attwell rightly waving away the hosts' shouts for a spot-kick.
4'
BOSCAGLI CLEARS
Tottenham certainly appear to have their tails up in these early exchanges. Destiny Udogie gets down the left and crosses in, with Olivier Boscagli reading the danger and clearing away.
1'
Kick-off
Pascal Gross takes the kick-off, which goes back to Bart Verbruggen and he leathers it up the pitch.
TOTTENHAM STRENGTH
The stadium announcer has just listed off the Tottenham team and it's almost difficult comprehend that they're in a relegation battle.
THE TEAMS ARE OUT
Albion are led out by Danny Welbeck. All the Tottenham fans have had flags put on their seats for today's game, which they're waving ahead of kick-off.
Albion arrive at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
The Albion team to take on Tottenham.
HURZELER ON TOTTENHAM'S LEAGUE POSITION
Tottenham sit 18th in the Premier League heading into today's clash in north London, which Fabian Hurzeler puts down to the intensity of the Premier League.
"I think everyone is a little bit surprised, but on the other side it's very important to understand how ruthless the Premier League can be, how tight the Premier League is.
"You need to be on your highest level every weekend and we experienced a bad run in the season. If you're not doing the right behaviours on a daily base then you have no chance at the weekend.
"It's maybe a little surprise for everyone. But it also shows how intense and ruthless the Premier League can be."
The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
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