Xavi Simons’s reaction at the final whistle said everything

Credit : Catherine Ivill/Getty Images

Pedro Porro and Kevin Danso sank to their knees, Xavi Simons looked ready to cry and the Tottenham Hotspur fans filed out of the club’s £1bn stadium feeling like their team had been beaten once again.

In fact, Spurs had drawn but the way in which the London club had a first Premier League victory of 2026 snatched away from them hurt just as much as all the many losses.

A spectacular strike from Simons, after Kaoru Mitoma had cancelled out Porro’s opener, appeared to have clinched what would have been a massive victory for Tottenham over Brighton.…