Steven Bergwijn’s injury-time double for Tottenham stunned a Leicester City side that seemed destined for certain victory, and revived the London club’s hopes of a top-four finish, as well as extending their unbeaten start under Conte to nine league games.Spurs dominated the opening stages, and looking to add to his 17 goals in 16 matches against Leicester – his most against a single opponent – Harry Kane could have handed his side the lead from two gilt-edged opportunities. Luke Thomas was responsible for the first not nestling in the back of the net, clearing the shot off the line after Kane had beaten three defenders to set up the shot from close range. Shortly afterwards, at the peak of the visitors’ pressure, Kane headed onto the bar following a corner.In typical fashion, the ‘Foxes’ broke swiftly with their first attack of the game five minutes later, and Patson Daka finished from a tight angle, though he was aided by some sketchy defending. Tottenham didn’t take this lying down, and continued their onslaught against the hosts. When Pierre-Emile Højbjerg had another attempt cruelly cleared off the line it seemed like Spurs were destined for an irritating night at the hands of Brendan Rodgers’ tricky side.Moments later though, Spurs won the ball on the halfway line before working it through to Kane. The striker made up for his earlier misses with his 250th club-level career goal, cutting inside past Çaglar Söyüncü before curling in off the post from inside the box.This set up an angsty second half, and the battle turned into an end-to-end encounter, but once again, despite Tottenham’s dominance in terms of the number of chances, Leicester found themselves ahead with 15 minutes to play. Harvey Barnes made an instant impact off the bench, teeing up James Maddison to fire in off the right post.
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