Brennan Johnson scored the first goal of his Tottenham Hotspur career on Saturday but it came in a losing cause at Wolves.
Johnson, a summer signing from Nottingham Forest, fired home from a Pedro Porro cross to give his side the lead inside the opening three minutes at Molineux Stadium.
A flying start for Spurs as they grab the lead inside 2 and a half minutes! #WOLTOT
— NBC Sports Soccer (@NBCSportsSoccer) November 11, 2023
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Spurs held that lead until beyond the 90-minute mark, despite fielding a patched-up defense without Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven or Destiny Udogie.
But Wolves, inspired by super-sub Pablo Sarabia, then scored two goals in added time.
He scored the equalizer himself with a stunning two-touch finish following a chipped through pass from Matheus Cunha.
Sarabia then assisted Mario Lemina for the winning goal in the 97th minute.
The former Paris Saint-Germain forward had only entered the action in the 87th minute. No player in Premier League history had ever scored and assisted after being introduced so late into a game.
87 - Pablo Sarabia's introduction in the 87th minute today is the latest a player has come on to both score and assist in a single Premier League game. Supersub. #WOLTOT pic.twitter.com/XhbPf4kxvY
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Tottenham have now lost back-to-back games in the Premier League, after being unbeaten in their opening 10 matches under Ange Postecoglou.
Speaking to BBC Sport after Saturday's defeat, Postecoglou said: "I cannot question the effort and the commitment. In the first-half we scored a good goal and then played a bit conservatively.
"I did not think we were as positive as we could be, the second-half was a bit better but there is a lot of players having their first start and we were never going to get the same fluency."
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