Summary

  • Trossard converts fine team move to give Brighton win over Tottenham

  • Win takes Seagulls seven points clear of bottom three

  • Result: West Ham 1-3 Liverpool - Salah (2) and Wijnaldum

  • Defender Dawson with late consolation for Hammers

  • Result: Leicester 1-3 Leeds - Dallas, Bamford & Harrison goals after Barnes opener

  • Result: Chelsea 2-0 Burnley - goals for Azpilicueta & Alonso

  • Tuchel earns first win as Chelsea manager

  1. goal

    GOAL - Brighton 1-0 Tottenhampublished at 17 mins

    Leandro Trossard

    Breakthrough!

    It's a really well worked goal for Brighton, as Pascal Gross is played through by Alexis Mac Allister and picks out Leandro Trossard inside the six-yard box with his cut-back.

    Spurs need to wake up!

    Trossard scores a goalImage source, Getty Images
  2. Postpublished at 19:31 Greenwich Mean Time 31 January 2021

    Brighton 0-0 Tottenham

    Glenn Murray
    Brighton striker on BBC Radio 5 live

    Pretty even, both teams are trying to pass their way through the other. If anything, Brighton are edging it slightly but it's a good game of football so far.

  3. Postpublished at 15 mins

    Brighton 0-0 Tottenham

    Solly March squeezes in a cross from the left past Moussa Sissoko but Leandro Trossard can't control it and it rolls out for a goal-kick.

  4. Postpublished at 12 mins

    Brighton 0-0 Tottenham

    Neal Maupay, the only Brighton player to have scored more than two league goals this season, battles well on the left as he attempts to bring his side forward.

    The hosts keep the ball in the Spurs half, before Alexis Mac Allister drives a shot over the bar from about 20 yards out.

  5. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 19:27 Greenwich Mean Time 31 January 2021

    Brighton 0-0 Tottenham

    Tom McQuillin: As a Spurs fan who lives in Brighton this is a fascinating game. Brighton play some lovely football but have been struggling to get results while Spurs play borderline unwatchable football but also have been struggling. Something’s got to change today.

    Colin Reardon: Højbjerg seems very similar in playing style and gait to the great Steve Perryman!

  6. Postpublished at 10 mins

    Brighton 0-0 Tottenham

    Not too much urgency from either side so far. It's certainly a rather different contest to my earlier game between Leicester and Leeds...

    It's Spurs' turn to dominate possession now but they keep getting forced back to the halfway line.

  7. Postpublished at 8 mins

    Brighton 0-0 Tottenham

    Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg tries to play Gareth Bale in with a ball over the top, but Bale is beaten to it in the air.

    It's going to be brought back though after Hojbjerg was caught late following his attempted pass.

  8. Postpublished at 19:23 Greenwich Mean Time 31 January 2021

    Brighton 0-0 Tottenham

    Glenn Murray
    Brighton striker on BBC Radio 5 live

    Both teams are comfortable in possession and giving each other respect, sitting back in a defensive shape as the other team tries to build an attack.

  9. Postpublished at 6 mins

    Brighton 0-0 Tottenham

    Both teams are trying to get the ball down and play, but it's Brighton who are doing better at keeping hold of it at the moment.

    Lots of touches at the back for Ben White, Lewis Dunk and Adam Webster in the opening stages.

  10. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 19:21 Greenwich Mean Time 31 January 2021

    #bbcfootball or text to 81111 (UK only)

    Average Aspie: Time for Gareth to step up tonight. Top 4 still very much in our hands so we need to win this.

  11. HITS THE WOODWORKpublished at 4 mins

    Brighton 0-0 Tottenham

    It's almost a perfect start for Brighton!

    The hosts build patiently from the back but are quickly up the other end and Pascal Gross grazes the outside of the post after good work from Alexis Mac Allister.

  12. Postpublished at 2 mins

    Brighton 0-0 Tottenham

    It's a back three again for Tottenham tonight.

    It's been a decent start for Brighton, who are pressing high up the pitch and giving Spurs little time in possession.

  13. KICK-OFFpublished at 1 min

    Brighton 0-0 Tottenham

    Away we go in the fourth and final Premier League game of the day!

  14. A reminder of the teams...published at 19:14 Greenwich Mean Time 31 January 2021

    Brighton v Spurs (19:15 GMT)

    Brighton boss Graham Potter has named the same side that drew 0-0 with Fulham in midweek.

    Tottenham make four changes, as Gareth Bale, Toby Alderweireld, Davison Sanchez and Moussa Sissoko come in.

    Brighton XI: Sanchez, White, Dunk, Webster, Veltman, Gross, Bissouma, Mac Allister, March, Maupay, Trossard.

    Spurs XI: Lloris, Sanchez, Alderweireld, Rodon, Davies, Sissoko, Ndombele, Hojberg, Bergwijn, Bale, Son.

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  15. Postpublished at 19:13 Greenwich Mean Time 31 January 2021

    Brighton v Tottenham (19:15 GMT)

    Gareth Bale did, of course, score the winner in November as Tottenham beat Brighton 2-1.

  16. 'Spurs will find a way'published at 19:10 Greenwich Mean Time 31 January 2021

    Brighton v Tottenham (19:15 GMT)

    Mark Lawrenson
    BBC football expert

    Brighton have been playing pretty well but they still haven't won at home in the league this season and, until that changes, they are not going to pull away from the bottom of the table.

    I don't see the Seagulls getting three points here, either.

    Tottenham have not really hit top gear for a few weeks now but I think they will find a way of winning this one.

    Prediction: 0-2

  17. Welsh trio startpublished at 19:08 Greenwich Mean Time 31 January 2021

    Brighton v Tottenham (19:15 GMT)

    Gareth Bale's inclusion today, alongside Joe Rodon and Ben Davies, means Tottenham are the first side to start three Welsh players in a Premier League game since Swansea v Man City in May 2015.

    They're the first non-Welsh club to do so since West Ham against Newcastle in January 2009.

  18. Postpublished at 19:07 Greenwich Mean Time 31 January 2021

    Brighton v Tottenham (19:15 GMT)

    Is this the game that finally sees Gareth Bale announce himself back in the Premier League?

    It's just his second league start since his return to the club.

    Brighton will certainly be hoping not...

  19. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 19:05 Greenwich Mean Time 31 January 2021

    #bbcfootball or text 81111 (UK only)

    The Robinsons: I’m sure I’ll regret saying this but I think today’s the day Gareth Bale plays his best football. Gives Spurs a headache when Kane is back again... Maybe

  20. 'We never lost focus'published at 19:03 Greenwich Mean Time 31 January 2021

    FT: West Ham 1-3 Liverpool

    Liverpool

    Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson, speaking to MOTD: "We've had two very good games, two very good performances and two good results.

    "The games come quick and fast and we have another big game in midweek. We have to continue this form through to the end of the season. West Ham are a big threat at set-plays and counter-attacks.

    "I thought we defended well as a team. I thought Nathaniel Phillips was outstanding but everybody played a part. Overall we're delighted with the performance.

    "We know the quality in our squad especially in the final third. Yes, we had a little blip where we didn't score. but we never lost focus. That's football sometimes. We need to keep the consistency and see where it takes us. Hopefully we have one or two players coming back in the next week or so."