In a ridiculous night of football, Steven Bergwijn and Spurs staged a stoppage-time turnaround to beat Leicester 2-3.
The Foxes had the ball and the lead with just 20 seconds left to play when Bergwijn scored a dramatic equaliser after a great Matt Doherty run caused some chaos in the Leicester box.
Straight from kick-off, Leicester gave the ball away from Youri Tielemans. The ball was advanced to Harry Kane who slid it behind the wildly high-line Leicester were holding and Bergwijn rocketed into the space, took the ball, skipped around Kasper Schmeichel and slid home.
The internet, it’s safe to say, lost their minds. Andrew Gaffney seemed happy enough with the drawn and a Bergwijn goal:
Bergy has had some great little touches since he came on and I'm glad to see him score again. #thfc
— Andrew Gaffney (@GaffneyVLC) January 19, 2022
One minute later…
AMAZING!
— Andrew Gaffney (@GaffneyVLC) January 19, 2022
dsfasmhdfbasdfkjb
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) January 19, 2022
https://twitter.com/MQUTins/status/1483913278577430530
OMGGGGG
— Oliver Young-Myles (@OMyles90) January 19, 2022
Wow
— Matt Law (@Matt_Law_DT) January 19, 2022
Oh my word, what a comeback for Tottenham!!!
Unbelievable! This is a madness!#LEITOT #THFC
— ReviewFootball (@ReviewFootball) January 19, 2022
Jonny Singer tried to stay calm and analyse Leicester’s catalogue of errors that led to that goal:
There's so much to unpack there:
Leicester should never have allowed Spurs that much ball in stoppage time
Bergwijn should have been sent off
Tielemans plays about the worst pass of all time
Schmeichel HAS to come— Jonny Singer (@Jonny_Singer) January 19, 2022
Some couldn’t help but make the obvious joke:
Oh Leicester. That's very, very, very Spursy.
— Scott Oliver (@reverse_sweeper) January 19, 2022
Conte: Cosa vuol dire Spursy?
— James Horncastle (@JamesHorncastle) January 19, 2022
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Aaron West thought this felt like a game of FIFA:
Every time I think the coding in fifa is ridiculous the real life goes and does this
— Aaron West (@oeste) January 19, 2022
Gab Marcotti was bewildered:
2-1 up, 2-3 down in the final 60 seconds of injury time… Welcome to the Funhouse#LEICESTERTOTTENHAM #whereelsebutin
— Gabriele Marcotti (@Marcotti) January 19, 2022
Others couldn’t help but laugh:
That’s such a hilarious way for Leicester to lose that match
— Zito (@_Zeets) January 19, 2022
Spurs did what now?
— Carl Anka (@Ankaman616) January 19, 2022
https://twitter.com/MFoxx2/status/1483914320690008067
Charlie Eccleshare was blown away by Bergwijn:
Genuinely unbelievable. Bergwijn without a PL goal all season, scores two in stoppage time. #THFC somehow win it 3-2.
— Charlie Eccleshare (@CDEccleshare) January 19, 2022
Reddit users became attached to Bergwijn:
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Asif Kapadia stated the obvious:
I think it’s safe to say Leicester blew that…
— asifkapadia (@asifkapadia) January 19, 2022
Review Football felt the result reflected poorly on Brendan Rodgers’ managerial ability:
Brendan Rodgers…I don’t think he’ll ever be a top four manager.
The same problems he had with Liverpool all those years ago are still surfacing with Leicester.
Good going forward but so vulnerable in defence. #LEITOT #THFC
— ReviewFootball (@ReviewFootball) January 19, 2022
Antonio Conte, on the other hand, is making some history:
Longest unbeaten starts at a new club when joining mid-season in the Premier League:
◎ 12 games – Ole Gunnar Solskjær
◎ 10 games – Thomas Tuchel
◉ 9 games – Antonio ConteChoose your adventure. ?? pic.twitter.com/10odBrJwKn
— Squawka (@Squawka) January 19, 2022
Andrew Gaffney: very happy
Football, man. There is nothing like it. #coys
— Andrew Gaffney (@GaffneyVLC) January 19, 2022
Eric Dier: does memes
— Eric Dier (@ericdier) January 19, 2022
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