Defeat Everton, Tottenham Hotspur Return To The Top Four

Tottenham Hotspur duo Richarlison (left) and captain Son Heung-min celebrated the goal. (X/@SpursOfficial)

Tottenham Hotspur returned to the top four after beating Everton 2-1 in a Premier League England match at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Saturday, December 24 evening WIB

Tottenham had been knocked out of the top four after reaping bad results in a row. Even before, Tottenham had perched at the top of the standings and competed with Arsenal and Manchester City.

After reaping disappointing results, Tottenham finally returned to the Champions League zone. The North London club is ranked fourth after beating Everton.

The victory made The Lilywhites have point 36. Totteham also succeeded in displacing Manchester City, which had 34 points, down to fifth. Only, Man City has one postponed match.

Meanwhile, Everton's brilliant record has stalled. Previously, The Toffees recorded four consecutive wins that managed to get them out of the relegation zone.

The defeat made Everton's position threatened. The team was ranked 16th with 16. They were only four points ahead of Luton who was in 18th position or the relegation zone.

In that match, Tottenham immediately kicked off the opponent's defense. As a result, striker Richarlison had already broken into Everton's goal when the game had only been running for nine minutes.

The Brazilian national team striker completed an assist fromUS Johnson to beat goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.

The goal made Tottenham even more excited. It was proven that only nine minutes later, Tottenham added goals.

This time, captain So Heung-min who solidified the team's advantage to 2-0. The score lasted until halftime.

In the second half, Tottenham lowered the tempo of the game. But the team struggled to add goals. On the other hand, Everton managed to reduce the lag.

Everton scored through Andre Gomes in the 82nd minute. Furthermore, Arnaut Danjuma almost equalized towards the end of the match. But his attempt failed so that the final score remained 2-1 for Everton.