Tottenham fight back from two goals down to salvage point against Bournemouth

Son Heung-min’s 84th-minute penalty rescued a point for Tottenham from two goals down in an entertaining 2-2 draw with Bournemouth.

Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou was in desperate need of a lift after Thursday’s flat display in their Europa League defeat at AZ Alkmaar and had Cristian Romero back, but watched the Cherries take control in N17.

Marcus Tavernier’s 42nd-minute goal gave Andoni Iraola’s high-flying side a deserved half-time lead before Evanilson made it 2-0 after 65 minutes.

Micky van de Ven had been introduced for his eagerly-anticipated return by this point and after Pape Sarr reduced the deficit with a cross-cum-shot, two other substitutes combined to earn the hosts a point.

James Maddison played through Son, who was brought down by Kepa Arrizabalaga and the Tottenham captain picked himself up to deny Bournemouth a victory which would have sent them sixth.

Postecoglou shuffled his pack after a lacklustre display in Alkmaar with six changes made and Romero able to start for the first time since December 8.

Romero wore the armband with Son dropped to the bench, but immediately showed rustiness with a left-footed pass straight to Evanilson and only a fine save by Guglielmo Vicario kept it goalless.

That one-on-one opportunity occurred after barely 15 seconds, but four minutes later another followed as Yves Bissouma was dispossessed and Vicario came to the rescue again with a low stop to deny Justin Kluivert.

Spurs did slowly begin to regroup against their European qualification-chasing opponents only for Romero to be forced to bring down Kluivert on the edge of the penalty area in the 17th minute, but Tavernier’s resulting free-kick hit the wall.

Dominic Solanke had Tottenham’s first shot on target after 22