Wolves stun Tottenham with stoppage-time goals

Wolverhampton Wanderers stunned Tottenham Hotspur with stoppage-time goals from Pablo Sarabia and Mario Lemina to clinch a 2-1 win on Saturday, denying the visitors a chance to return to the top of the Premier League table.

Even though they had a makeshift back four, Spurs took the lead in the third minute when Pedro Porro found Brennan Johnson for a tap-in. Spurs then held on to their slender lead for 90 minutes and looked set for victory.

As Wolves' Hwang Hee-Chan and Sasa Kalajdzic saw their shots go just wide, defeat seemed inevitable. But substitute Sarabia gave the home side an equaliser in the 91st minute when he expertly controlled a cross and volleyed home from an angle.

With a draw on the cards, Lemina then timed his run in the 97th minute perfectly to get on the end of a Sarabia pass to stroke the ball into the bottom corner for all three points in a stunning finish.

Spurs have now suffered back-to-back defeats after losing for the first time in the league under Ange Postecoglou on Monday when Chelsea emerged from north London 4-1 victors after an action-packed encounter.

There were also longer lasting consequences for Spurs from defeat to Chelsea as influential summer signings Micky van de Ven and James Maddison were ruled out with injury until the new year.

However, there were no signs of immediate trouble on as Postecoglou's team made a perfect start.

Porro's low cross picked out Johnson at the near post and the Welshman prodded in his first goal since a £47.5 million move from Nottingham Forest.

That was as good as it got for the Tottenham attack all game as the visitors were eventually made to pay for relying on a makeshift defence.

Cristian Romero and Destiny Udogie were also suspended after being