{"id":32419,"date":"2026-04-19T13:14:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T11:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=32419"},"modified":"2026-04-19T13:17:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T11:17:49","slug":"brightons-rutter-denies-spurs-crucial-victory-with-last-gasp-strike","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/brightons-rutter-denies-spurs-crucial-victory-with-last-gasp-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Brighton\u2019s Rutter denies Spurs crucial victory with last-gasp strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Brighton &amp; Hove Albion\u2019s Georginio Rutter broke Tottenham Hotspur\u2019s hearts with a stoppage-time equaliser to earn his side a 2-2 draw that left the hosts in the Premier League relegation zone on Saturday.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It had looked as though a great strike by the superb Xavi Simons in the 77th minute had secured Tottenham\u2019s first league win in 2026 but in a nerve-jangling climax, Rutter swept a shot high into the net.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Tottenham are now winless in 15 league games and remained 18th in the table, having played a game more than the two sides directly above them, and a first relegation since 1977 is looming large.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Pedro Porro had lifted the tension when he headed Tottenham into the lead in the 39th minute. But Brighton, who could have gone sixth with a win, levelled in first-half stoppage time thanks to a sublime volley by substitute Kaoru Mitoma.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Tottenham have 31 points from 33 games, with West Ham United on 32 and Nottingham Forest 33.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":32421,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-32419","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Tottenham are now winless in 15 league games and remained 18th in the table","published_date":"","news_description":"Tottenham are now winless in 15 league games and remained 18th in the table","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32420,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32419\/revisions\/32420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=32419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}