Southampton strike back to stun Spurs

Southampton scored twice in two minutes to deal Tottenham's top-four chances a bitter blow as they won a breathless game 3-2 in a rain-soaked north London.

Spurs looked to be heading towards the points going into the final 10 minutes as a Jan Bednarek own goal and a Son Heung-min effort either side of Armando Broja’s strike gave them a 2-1 lead.

But headed goals from Mohamed Elyounoussi and Che Adams in quick succession turned the game on its head and handed the win to the visitors, which on the balance of play was thoroughly deserved.

Ralph Hasenhuttl’s men, who felt Son’s goal should have been ruled out for a foul, had Spurs on the rack for the majority of the first half and they deserved the luck they had in seeing Steven Bergwijn’s stoppage-time leveller ruled out for offside.

They handed a first home defeat to Antonio Conte, whose side missed the chance to close the gap on the Champions League places to just a point.

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There was a taster for what was to come in just the fourth minute as Adams squandered a great chance as he fired straight at Hugo Lloris from point-blank range as Southampton started brightly.

Spurs came to life and had a goal ruled out for offside as Cristian Romero was flagged following a header from Son's free-kick before Sergio Reguilon missed a golden opportunity to open the scoring.

Lucas Moura started an electric break, which involved Son and Harry Kane, who teed up Reguilon, but the Spaniard fired straight at Fraser Forster.

But Forster was picking the ball out of his net moments later as another slick move resulted in Spurs taking an 18th-minute lead.

The ball was worked out to Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg on the right and his low cross was turned into his own net by Bednarek with Son ready