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Antonio Conte’s Tottenham earn draw after Everton penalty ruled out by VAR

07-Nov-2021 16:33:50 | The Guardian

The anticipation of Antonio Conte’s first Premier League game in charge of Spurs proved more captivating than the reality. Giovani Lo Celso struck a post in the 88th minute but, as in the final sterile hours of Nuno Espírito Santo’s short reign, there were no shots on target from a team featuring Harry Kane, Son Heung-Min and Lucas Moura during a feisty but low-quality draw with Everton.

Rafael Benítez’s team had the edge in the second half, a penalty award was overturned after a review and Mason Holgate sent off for serious foul play late on, also after a pitch-side review by the referee Christopher Kavanagh. Everton’s performance was a marked improvement on recent efforts and, other than Lo Celso’s drive, the home side contained Spurs comfortably as the visitors failed to register a shot in two consecutive Premier League games for the first time since the data was recorded in 2003-04.