Tottenham Hotspur – Brighton: Premier League – Live! | Soccer

Mauricio Pochettino talks to Sky Sports. "For me, it's a game to win absolutely. It's so important. It will be difficult because Brighton is a good team and they need points to survive. We must be strong. The three points matter a lot to us and we have to make sure we fight. Anything can happen, you have to be focused. Our performance must be perfect. "

Chris Hughton adds: "We will have to be on the defensive and we will have to work incredibly hard. Look at the team they have designated: no idea of ​​letting some players rest is certainly not the case. With the capacity they have, you can not be open. We have not been good enough to play this way. "

Last Wednesday's epic, of course, was not the first Spurs victory against Manchester City. Who could forget one of the biggest FA Cup finals of all time, the 1981 replay? Today's visiting manager, Chris Hughton, played Tottenham's left-back in the final. Tonight, he found two other stars of this team and photographed with Ossie Ardiles and Ricky Villa. The three men look very handsome. Fans of City and Arsenal may be dull, but there was something special about this replay: sensational goals, gorgeous kits, sound roll, blurry colors under the lights, John Motson. Peak FA Cup.

A quick look into the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium lodge. A beautiful quiet environment with a lot of subtle lighting. They really did a good job with this new place, did not they? Let's hope that next season, they will have shirts that do not look like a hot cycle with socks at all, and aesthetically they will be perfect.

Many changes of the weekend. The Spurs make five exchanges after their 1-0 loss to Manchester City. Hugo Lloris, Kieran Trippier, Danny Rose, Victor Wanyama and Fernando Llorente are back. Paulo Gazzaniga, Davison Sanchez, Eric Dier, Ben Davies and Juan Foyth are relegated to the bench.

Brighton made six changes to the team named for the 0-0 draw at Wolves. Martin Montoya, Bernardo, Yves Bissouma, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Jurgen Locadia and Florin Andone are present; Bruno, Gaetan Bong, Solly March, Davy Propper, Jose Izquierdo and Glenn Murray are absent.

Tottenham Hotspur: Lloris, Trippier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Rose, Eriksen, Wanyama, Alli, Lucas Moura, Llorente, Son.
Subs: Sanchez, Janssen, Dier, Foyth, Gazzaniga, Davies, Skipp.

Brighton and Hove Albion: Ryan, Montoya, Dunk, Duffy, Bernardo, Bissouma, Stephens, Gross, Jahanbakhsh, Andone, Locadia.
Submarines: Bong, Kayal, Balogun, Murray, March, Button, Burn.

Arbitrator: Chris Kavanagh (Lancashire).

Life was good for Brighton and Hove Albion on a Saturday afternoon in early March. Anthony Knockaert cut the ball on the right side and sent a screamer to the top left corner of the Crystal Palace net. The rivals of Brighton were defeated and the Seagulls pbaded in relative comfort from 15th place, five points from the relegation zone by a match in hand over the Cardiff city to 18th.

Everything seems to be a long time ago now. Brighton lost then four league games. Three of those four defeats were at home, against teams from the lower half of the division. They did not score a single goal. So in this regard, slamming this series of defeats with a 0-0 draw at Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday was a boost.

Not much of one, however. Brighton is now 17th, just three points from Cardiff. They still have their game in hand. But while the Bluebirds still have some games to win against Fulham and Crystal Palace, Brighton has not yet faced Arsenal, Manchester City and … here they are … Champions League semi-finalists, Tottenham Hotspur, who desperately want to win tonight to continue the race for a place among the top four.

And although Brighton has not scored 570 minutes of football, the Spurs have not yet yielded to their new stack, which has won all three matches so far. At first glance, the most plausible way for Brighton to claim one point would be to park the bus and hope for another draw. The only problem is that the Spurs have not had one of those in the league since 67 games. It will be difficult to contain dynamic hosts. It's a win at home according to the forms book, as well as the bookmakers. It's on!

Start: 19:45 Paris time.