Southampton Vs Tottenham 1-1: Against 10 Soton Players, Conte Sets A Record

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JAKARTA - Tottenham Hotspur had to settle for one point from the match against Southampton in the Premier League at St. Mary's Stadium, Tuesday night, although the hosts had to feature in half the game with just ten men.

However, the draw was enough to deliver Antonio Conte to a record as the first Tottenham coach to miss his first seven league games without losing.

Tottenham fell behind to Southampton captain James Ward-Prowse's goal before returning with Harry Kane's penalty, following Mohammed Salisu's second yellow card.

Conte's men have at least twice scored again against Southampton, but both times have their goals disallowed by the referee and VAR.

Quoting Antara, Wednesday, the draw forced Tottenham, who has 30 points, to drop to sixth in the standings and was overtaken by West Ham United (31) who won in another match.

Meanwhile, Southampton rose in one place to 13th with a collection of 20 points.

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The hosts got off to a good start and threatened several times as Kyle Walker-Peters fired dangerous crosses into the Tottenham defense.

In the 15th minute, Ben Davies had the ball into the net against Southampton, but the linesman had raised the offside flag when the Tottenham defender tried to meet Son Heung-min's free-kick.

Southampton took the lead in the 25th minute when Salissu's throw-in created chaos in the Tottenham box and Ward-Prowse savagely tapped a wild ball into the visitors' goal.

Tottenham's efforts to reply got a bright spot when Son was brought down by Salisu in the forbidden box which was immediately greeted by referee Anthony Taylor by pointing to the spot and giving the Southampton defender a second yellow card.

Kane, the executioner, tricked goalkeeper Fraser Forster to equalize in the 41st minute while continuing a fertile trend against Southampton with his 11th goal in 12 meetings.

The 1-1 score lasted until halftime and Tottenham tried to take advantage of the unequal situation to reverse the position.

Kane celebrated eight minutes into the second half after finishing Harry Winks' long ball but the goal was ruled out after Anthony Taylor was tipped off by VAR.

Tottenham continued to press and in the 67th minute, the ball was again nestled into the Southampton goal because Forster failed to catch it perfectly when anticipating a cross. But Tottenham's goal was again annulled because Forster was judged to have been violated by Matt Doherty.

Attack after attack continued to be launched by Tottenham, but Forster made at least three good saves from Bryan Gil and Lucas Moura shots.

In contrast, Southampton had a chance to create a surprise in the second minute of injury time in a counter-attack that was ended by Armando Broja's shot, but the ball hit Davinson Sanchez and ended up flying over the bar.

The 1-1 draw lasted until dispersal, forcing Southampton to extend a bad record of never winning in the closing match of the year for the last 11 years.

Tottenham next travel to Vicarage Road to face Watford on Saturday (1/1), while Southampton host Newcastle United at St. Mary's a day later.