Tottenham Hotspur woke up late but managed to find their footing in a 2-2 comeback draw with Bournemouth in North London on Sunday.
Bournemouth, on the other hand, will feel a chance wasted after Justin Kluivert and Evanilson staked the side to a 2-0 lead away from home in a fun-to-watch encounter.
WATCH – Tottenham Hotspur vs Bournemouth full match replay
Cherries keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga was caught out by Pape Sarr and then conceded a penalty to Heung-min Son that the South Korean converted to tie the game.
Bournemouth sit eighth after collecting a 44th point of the season, while Spurs break out of a four-team log jam to move 13th with 34 points.
More to come…
How to watch Tottenham Hotspur vs Bournemouth live, stream link and start time
Kick off time: 10am ET Sunday
Venue: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
TV Channel: Peacock
Streaming: Premier League on Peacock
Tottenham Hotspur vs Bournemouth final score: 2-2
Marcus Tavernier 42′, Evanilson 65′, Pape Sarr 67′, Heung-min Son pen 85′
Tottenham Hotspur vs Bournemouth live updates
Heung-min Son goal — Spurs 2-2 Bournemouth (85th minute)
Son rolls it the wrong way of a diving Arrizabalaga, a confident strike to end a goal slump.
Tottenham penalty
Kepa Arrizabalaga was way out of his goal, and Heung-min Son makes the most out of a silly Kepa slide to win a penalty.
Pape Sarr goal — Spurs 1-2 Bournemouth (67th minute)
Out of nothing, an answer.
Pape Sarr thinks he has Kepa Arrizabalaga well off his line anticipating a cross, and he sends a pinpoint aerial effort top corner.
Sarr’s screamer gives Spurs hope v. Bournemouth
Whether it was supposed to be a cross or shot doesn’t matter as Pape Matar Sarr’s strike sails into the back of the net to make it a one goal game for Spurs against Bournemouth.
Evanilson goal — Spurs 0-2 Bournemouth (65th minute)
This one will count.
Kluivert slips Evanilson through Danso and Micky van de Ven, who has replaced Romero, and the Brazilian dinks it over the keeper.
Evanilson chips Bournemouth 2-0 ahead of Spurs
The Cherries take a 2-0 lead thanks to Evanilson’s lovely finish in the second half at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Offside denies Kluivert
Antoine Semenyo was casually coming back into an onside position when he played the ball prior to an Evanilson run that finished with Kluivert snapping the ball into the goal.
It wasn’t spotted in the run of play, but VAR didn’t miss it.
Still 1-0 to Bournemouth, 52′.
Spurs subs
Bissouma and Johnson exit the fray as Ange Postecoglou looks to fix this game with Lucas Bergvall and Heung-min Son.
Marcus Tavernier goal — Spurs 0-1 Bournemouth (42nd minute)
It’s a terrible pass from Pedro Porro, well behind his target, and it gives Milos Kerkez a 60-plus yard runway down the left.
The Hungarian sends a high, huge cross over the fray and Tavernier slides it over the line.
*We initially wrote James Tavernier, the longtime Glasgow Rangers leader and Marcus’ big brother.
Tavernier tucks away Bournemouth’s opener v. Spurs
Bournemouth take the lead right before halftime as Marcus Tavernier finishes off a wonderful cross from Milos Kerkez to make it 1-0 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Romero chops down Kluivert just outside box
Romero’s rough and rusty return continues with a foul breaking up a dangerous 2v2 Cherries rush.
James Tavernier and Kluivert stand over the free kick from the left side of the arc.
Tavernier smashes the wall and Spurs get it out for a second only for Evanilson to head into the arms of Vicario.
0-0, 19.
Vicario again!
This time the Italian denies Justin Kluivert after a bad Spurs giveaway in the midfield, and he collects a tepid bid at the rebound to give him three saves in five minutes.
Seventeen seconds!
We nearly have a goal 17 seconds into the game.
Cristian Romero is rusty, and he make a mistake right away that sends Evanilson toward goal.
The big man takes his shot but Guglielmo Vicario makes a great save to limit the danger to a corner.
Tottenham Hotspur lineup
Vicario, Porro, Romero, Danso, Spence, Bentancur, Bissouma, Sarr, Johnson, Odobert, Solanke
Bournemouth lineup
Arrizabalaga, Kerkez, Cook, Huijsen, Hill, Christie, Adams, Tavernier, Kluivert, Semenyo, Evanilson
Tottenham Hotspur vs Bournemouth preview — By Andy Edwards
It’ll be another quick turnaround for Tottenham Hotspur following their humbling 1-0 defeat away to AZ Alkmaar in the Europa League on Thursday, when Ange Postecoglou’s side hosts relentless (but slumping) Bournemouth on Sunday (10 am ET).
To add (re-)injury to insult, Dominic Solanke hobbled off in stoppage time, just 20 minutes after he came off the bench for his first action since Jan. 15 (knee injury). Spurs’ $83-million striker (signed from Bournemouth in the summer) took a knee to the back as he went up and contested a high ball into the box, but Postecoglou indicated it wasn’t “anything too bad … a knock” after the game. Still, the timing couldn’t be worse with Spurs’ attack generating next to nothing in three of their last four halves of football. Center backs Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero were unused substitutes on the bench on Thursday, and their experience and composure on the ball will be badly needed against Bournemouth after Kevin Danso and Archie Gray were unable to cope with Alkmaar’s high press — precisely what the Cherries are known for.
After going 11 games unbeaten from the end of November to January (7W-4D-0L), Bournemouth have lost three of its last four games in the PL and the Cherries now find themselves in danger of falling away from the Champions League chase (7th place, three points behind 5th-place Chelsea). After averaging 2.3 goals per game during their purple patch (joint-most points, 25, in the PL during those 11 games), Andoni Iraola’s side has scored just four times in four games since, with three coming in the same game against last-place Southampton. Evanilson’s absence (broken foot) wasn’t felt immediately, but eventually the goals dried up and the Brazilian was missed. Alas, the 25-year-old started (and scored) in last weekend’s FA Cup victory over Wolves and is expected to make his first PL appearance since Jan. 4.
Tottenham Hotspur team news
OUT: Richarlison (lower leg), Radu Dragusin (torn ACL – out for season), Dejan Kulusevski (foot) | QUESTIONABLE: Dominic Solanke (back), Ben Davies (undisclosed)
Bournemouth team news
OUT: Julian Araujo (thigh), Illia Zabarnyi (suspension), Enes Unal (knee), Marcos Senesi (thigh), Adam Smith (knock) | QUESTIONABLE: Ryan Christie (groin)
Tottenham Hotspur vs Bournemouth prediction
Aside from playing at home, where they have lost more games (7) than they have won (5) this season, what advantage do Spurs have here? Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Bournemouth.
