27  Romain SAISS     
16  Conor COADY
39  Leander DENDONCKER     
19  JONNY Otto     

  8  Ruben NEVES
28  Joao MOUTINHO     
18  Diego JOTA
  2  Matt DOHERTY

37  Adama TRAORE 

  9  Raul JIMENEZ

Unused subs: 
21  John RUDDY
  5  Ryan BENNETT
  7  Pedro NETO
10  Patrick CUTRONE
29  Ruben VINAGRE
49  Max KILMAN
56  Benny ASHLEY-SEAL

24  Serge AURIER
  6  Davinson SANCHEZ     
  4  Toby ALDERWEIRELD     
  5  Jan VERTONGHEN 

15  Eric DIER     
17  Moussa SISSOKO

27  Lucas MOURA    (23  Christian ERIKSEN  89)
20  DELE Alli  (  8  Harry WINKS  90+2)
  7  Heung-Min SON  (21  Juan FOYTH  90+2)

10  Harry KANE  (c)     

Unused subs: 
41  Alfie WHITEMAN
18  Giovani LO CELSO
19  Ryan SESSEGNON
29  Oliver SKIPP

A win in a game where Wolves pressed forward incessantly showed that Spurs are putting some steel back into their performances and a last gasp winner is a trait we have also not seen for a while, so Vertonghen's added time goal was welcomed on a lot of levels as Spurs eked out a 2-1 win at Molineux.  The rain made the game a bit of a lottery and it was lucky nobody was sent off, as the tackles went sliding in, but Tottenham kept their cool in the freezing downpour to take three valuable points back to London.

The match had started like a steam train, with both sides restored to reasonably full strength and Spurs sporting an unusual navy blue shirts and shorts, with white socks combination.  Looking like Southend, it would have been a worry if we had played like that, but both sides had early opportunities.  Kane and Moura both failed to control the ball and Jota had a run brought to an end by an Aurier tackle.

A Son shot from the left was beaten away by Patricio to the outside of the area, where Dier won the ball in the air and knocked it right to Lucas Moura.  Making a diagonal run into the right corner of the box, he struck a rising shot that flew past the keeper at his near post to give Tottenham the lead.  It was a cracking shot and Lucas does like scoring at Molineux.

While Wolves looked to get at Spurs, when the attacks broke up, Tottenham looked dangerous on the break, with Dele taking the ball on to force Patricio to block a shot from a tight angle.   Wolves' only real threat in the first 20 minutes was when the home side played the ball around and Jimenez glances a header that went wide, this coming after Traore tried a shot that Gazzaniga took comfortably.  Jimenez should have done better after Wolves worked the ball down their left wing and as the ball came across the striker sliced a shot wide when he should have done better.

Diego Jota was causing problems when he was running at the Tottenham defence and when he took on Davinson Sanchez, his shot was blocked as he broke into the area and the pressure was building on the Tottenham goal.  With corners and lots of possession, there were few worrying moments, but when Patricio had to hurry to keep a back-pass in play, his clearance came to Spurs and was played diagonally to Dele and the dinked pass over the defence to Dier allowed him to shoot first time.  It was desperately unlucky to come out off the base of the upright with the goalkeeper beaten.  A goal then to make it 2-0 would have been a little hard on Wolves, but would have set Spurs up nicely.  Aurier was alert at the back post to head it out for a corner after Traore had beaten Vertonghen to put a cross in, but that was about it for the first half.

When the second half started, it did so as quickly as the first, Doherty ran into the area and had his shot saved, with Moura failing to take Dele's pass in and losing the chance to have a shot.  Jimenez was tackled in the area, Spurs broke with Vertonghen and then Jota drove forward but the Spurs shirts were back in force.  It was end to end stuff, with Wolves perhaps having the best of the possession as the rain teemed down.  Kane went down under pressure from a defender and it looked like a shove, but Attwell waved play on.  It was a back to the walls defensive effort to keep Wolves out as they pressed forward, but again, Moura ran up the field on the right and squared to Dele, who shifted it to his right foot and then bent a shot just wide from the 18 yard line. 

With an hour gone the game all kicked off, with three quick yellow cards and the Wolves players were in the referee's face all the time.  When Moura had the ball taken off him on the halfway line, it was played forward to Jimenez, with it coming off his leg and onto his hand.  He squared it to Traore to his right, who moved forward a short distance before firing a shot past Gazzaniga from a yard outside the box.  It looked like a clear handball, as his arm was away from his body, but the VAR allowed it and the goal was awarded.

Toby wiped out Traore to earn a booking, but a flag giving Son offside drew Son's attention away from going in on goal and then VAR looked at a possible penalty for Spurs when Kane was downed in the area, but again, the ruling went Wolves' way.  The driving rain weren't helping the flow of the game, but Son ran away with the ball before using Dele and Sissoko, but when the ball was played in, it went straight to Patricio.  For all the pressure, Tottenham still looked dangerous with the ball coming out of the defence.  Moura was once more hacked down by Saiss and the referee showed a yellow card, before VAR confirmed that a red card review was rejected.  It was all very confusing.  Dier was then booked when he took out Traore without looking like getting the ball, but the wet conditions made it a long slide with his feet low.

Kane had a couple of chances, with a header from Moura's shot, but it was straight into the keeper's hands and then he tried a shot that he got all wrong and it went way into the stand.  Traore then had a chance with a header, but couldn't convert it, but when Kane brought down Traore and got a yellow card, when the free-kick came in, Moutinho flicked a header that Gazzaniga saved very well and Jota got to the loose ball, but fired wide.  Dele almost got in behind Dendoncker, but the defender just got a toe to the ball to take it away from the Spurs midfielder.  Every tackle was wanted as a decision in their favour by the home crowd, but they weren't getting them and when Traore went over in the Tottenham box when challenged by Jan Vertonghen, it was no penalty and Wolves played on, until they lost it and Dendoncker pushed Kane over to stop any progress the Spurs captain may have made.

Eriksen replaced Moura and it was he who first  in the free-kick that won a corner that he crossed for Jan Vertonghen to stoop and head downwards past Patricio's dive to his right as he ran away from goal towards the penalty spot.  It was a great run to meet the ball and to get the ball down so that it skidded past the keeper and in to hand Spurs a late lead.    Super Jan popped up with a crucial goal !  He had an unchallenged run on the ball from the far post and actually ran towards Moutinho, who put in a half-hearted effort to get to the ball and Jan's header went past five defenders and the goalkeeper to din it's way into the keeper's right hand bottom corner of the Wolves net. 

With added time running out, Wolves tried to pull an equaliser out of the hat, but the only chance fell to Jota, who blazed it wide.  The final whistle brought boos for Spurs from the home crowd, but I am not sure why, as their side were as guilty as Tottenham in picking up four yellow cards each, but perhaps they just thought it was not fair that they were beaten.  It was a dogged performance by Spurs, who had to defend stoically, but there was always the threat that Tottenham could get a goal when they were up the other end, VAR or no VAR.

You could say it was an inspired substitution by Mourinho that turned the match Tottenham's way in the last minute, but how often have we seen corners not reach the far post, so we will have to congratulate Christian Eriksen's delivery, but Jose for putting him there to do so.  Jan's fine run to meet it and turn it into a goal should not be overlooked as it was a good piece of anticipation by the Belgian for his first goal of the season.

All in all, a good, if wet, day out and the home crowd soon skulked away as the Spurs fans were left singing in the rain !

Trevor Whiston