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Joao Gomes had previously only scored once for Wolves following his £15m move from Brazilian side Flamengo in January 2023Joao Gomes scored twice as Wolves gained an excellent win at Tottenham - a result that saw Spurs drop out of the top four in the Premier League.
The visitors went ahead just before half-time when Gomes was left unmarked eight yards out and rose well to powerfully head home Pablo Sarabia's right-wing corner.
But Tottenham made it 1-1 after only 34 seconds of the second half.
Wolves failed to clear a Spurs throw-in and Dejan Kulusevski ran past Craig Dawson and prodded the ball through Jose Sa's legs.
Tottenham had fought back after conceding the first goal to beat Brentford and Brighton in their past two home games and Kulusevski had two chances to put the hosts in front this time.
However, Sa made an excellent save low down to his left and Nelson Semedo blocked a goalbound effort to keep it level.
Those squandered chances proved significant as Wolves sprang a quick counter-attack with Pedro Neto pulling the ball back for Gomes to side-foot home what proved to be the winning goal.
Spurs began the day in fourth place, but Aston Villa's win at Fulham saw them move above Ange Postecoglou's side.
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Tottenham Hotspur
Squad number13Player nameVicario- Squad number12Player nameEmerson Royal
- Squad number17Player nameRomero
- Squad number37Player namevan de Ven
Squad number33Player nameDavies- Squad number29Player nameSarr
- Squad number8Player nameBissouma
- Squad number21Player nameKulusevski
- Squad number10Player nameMaddison
Squad number7Player nameSon Heung-min- Squad number9Player nameRicharlison
- Squad number5Player nameHøjbjerg
- Squad number16Player nameWerner
- Squad number18Player nameLo Celso
- Squad number22Player nameJohnson
- Squad number30Player nameBentancur
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Squad number1Player nameJosé Sá
Squad number23Player nameKilman
Squad number15Player nameDawson
Squad number24Player nameToti
Squad number22Player nameNélson Semedo
Squad number5Player nameLemina
Squad number8Player nameJoão Gomes
Squad number3Player nameAït-Nouri
Squad number21Player nameSarabia
Squad number7Player namePedro Neto
Squad number11Player nameHwang Hee-chan
Squad number2Player nameDoherty
Squad number6Player nameTraoré
Squad number27Player nameBellegarde
Line-ups
Tottenham
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 13Vicario
- 12Emerson RoyalSubstituted forLo Celsoat 85'minutes
- 17Romero
- 37van de Ven
- 33Davies
- 29SarrSubstituted forBentancurat 71'minutes
- 8BissoumaSubstituted forWernerat 71'minutes
- 21Kulusevski
- 10MaddisonSubstituted forHøjbjergat 85'minutes
- 7Son Heung-min
- 9RicharlisonSubstituted forJohnsonat 71'minutes
Substitutes
- 4Skipp
- 5Højbjerg
- 6Dragusin
- 11Gil
- 16Werner
- 18Lo Celso
- 22Johnson
- 30Bentancur
- 40Austin
Wolves
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 1Sá
- 23Kilman
- 15Dawson
- 24Gomes
- 22Nélson Semedo
- 5Lemina
- 8João GomesBooked at 66mins
- 3Aït-Nouri
- 21SarabiaSubstituted forBellegardeat 73'minutes
- 7NetoSubstituted forDohertyat 90+2'minutes
- 11Hwang Hee-chanSubstituted forTraoréat 88'minutes
Substitutes
- 2Doherty
- 4Bueno
- 6Traoré
- 17Bueno
- 20Doyle
- 25Bentley
- 27Bellegarde
- 62Chirewa
- 63Fraser
Referee:Anthony Taylor
Attendance:61,532
Live Text
Match ends, Tottenham Hotspur 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.
Second Half ends, Tottenham Hotspur 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.
Offside, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Matt Doherty is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Ben Davies (Tottenham Hotspur) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Dejan Kulusevski with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Timo Werner (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Timo Werner (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Rodrigo Bentancur.
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Matt Doherty replaces Pedro Neto.
Attempt missed. Pedro Neto (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jean-Ricner Bellegarde with a cross.
Attempt saved. Ben Davies (Tottenham Hotspur) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Giovani Lo Celso with a cross.
Brennan Johnson (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Rayan Aït-Nouri (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Attempt missed. Pedro Neto (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Jean-Ricner Bellegarde following a fast break.
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Boubacar Traoré replaces Hwang Hee-Chan.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg replaces James Maddison.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Giovani Lo Celso replaces Emerson Royal.
Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Jean-Ricner Bellegarde.
Emerson Royal (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Pedro Neto (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Attempt saved. Emerson Royal (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rodrigo Bentancur.
Attempt saved. Mario Lemina (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Craig Dawson.
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