Tottenham, nine men, is defeated at the last minute as Aké takes victory for Bournemouth | Soccer

Tottenham does not make it easy to rank among the top four in the Premier League. On a crazy afternoon in Bournemouth, they played for 42 minutes with nine men, after seeing Son Heung-min and substitute Juan Foyth expelled, while they were lucky not to lose Eric Dier against a other red card. Their rap sheet also featured five yellow cards.

Mauricio Pochettino's exhausted squad clung to the stopping point and it must have been said that Bournemouth was an oddly toothless opponent. But the home team, which has suffered so much at home lately, found the fatal blow when Nathan Aké showed more desire than anyone around him to head Ryan Fraser's corner.

The result for the Spurs was that unless the results involving the teams immediately below them were favorable to them on Sunday, they will need a result – perhaps a win – at home against Everton on the last day of the season next Sunday.

The mediocre form of the Spurs continues. They have now lost seven of their last 11 league games and this was not the preparation that they had in mind for the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals in Ajax on Wednesday, where they led 1-0.

The Pochettino players were the architects of their own defeat. His boredom himself was put in trouble when he lost momentarily in 43 minutes to push Jefferson Lerma and Foyth into a bad challenge against Jack Simpson almost immediately after he came into play in mid-air. time. .

Bournemouth played as a mid-table team at the end of his season, but they could take advantage of the final when Aké managed to cross a congested penalty area to carry the decisive blow. Pochettino did not lose the irony that the concession followed a deadlock, while the Spurs had the power to defend properly.

The Spurs finished the first period with 10 men, but their strength could and should have been shorter. Dier skated on a thin layer of ice from the moment he was cautioned against Fraser while the winger was pausing and there was outrage from the home support when he returned to return Joshua King on another counter in Bournemouth in the 34th minute.

The television broadcasts showed that Dier had not touched the ball and then slightly raised his leg to make sure he stopped King. The entire Bournemouth team headed to Craig Pawson to demand the removal of Dier. When he let the game go on, they were almost taken by surprise when the Spurs pierced Dele Alli. Pawson had the hiss on his lips before he seemed to think better.

The shock was palpable. Dier came out with one and he would get away with another reckless challenge 42 minutes after jumping into Callum Wilson inside the box. Dier had nothing to do with the ball and the man, and it was mysterious to know how Bournemouth had not had a penalty. Pochettino withdrew Dier at the break because he had become a danger to his team.

Pawson's red card for Son felt a bit hard. That being said, Son gave him a decision to make because he raised his hand and pushed Lerma, after feeling frustrated after conceding a free kick to Fraser. Lerma fell dramatically. The son should know better.

Pochettino replaced Toby Alderweireld – who had a yellow card – by Foyth at half-time and the young Argentinian dropped him. He had been on the court for just over two minutes when he crashed the ball and launched a powerful tackle against Simpson. The only thing to say for his defense was that it was not two feet away. Pawson had no other choice.

Before the dismissals, the main character was Mark Travers, the 19-year-old Bournemouth debutant, who became the first teen goaltender to play a Premier League game since Joe Hart for Manchester City in October 2006.

The afternoon of Travers almost started badly when Lucas Moura spotted him out of his line and almost beat him with remarkable effort. But Travers quickly found his bearings and he managed a series of saving throws in the first half-hour, the best of which was the reversal to avoid a head to Alli.

Travers could come back on a more usual stop to deny Alli; a reversal of Lucas and a smart block to foil the Brazilian. His also let pbad 31 minutes when he ran around Steve Cook only to raise the ball high. Maybe it was the beginning of his irritation.

It was a curious performance of Bournemouth. When the Spurs had 11 men, they left room for them, especially between the lines of Christian Eriksen and Alli, and when they had the numerical advantage, they did not lay siege to them. Spurs goal.

Hugo Lloris had denied King after 38 minutes, as Simpson headed straight for the goalkeeper, stopping play in the first half. Afterwards, Jordan Ibe worked on Lloris from a distance and his replacement, Lys Mousset, whistled his head. Ake showed them how to death.