EXCLUSIVE: Brighton star Tariq Lamptey explains game plan that led to gutsy win over Tottenham

Brighton winger Tariq Lamptey revealed they came to north London with a game plan and executed it to perfection in their 1-0 win over Tottenham in the Premier League on Saturday.

A Leandro Trossard strike in the 90th minute was the difference as the Seagulls halted Tottenham’s winning streak with a deadly blow that gave them little chance to respond.

The win moved Brighton who had also beaten Arsenal 2-1 last week to 10th on the league table and on track for a top half finish-while momentarily slowing Tottenham’s Champions League aspirations.

The Lillywhites might have been let off though following Arsenal’s 1- defeat at the St Mary’s, which means Spurs remain fourth, three points ahead of the Gunners but having played a game more.

Manchester United however benefitted from the both teams dropping points with Cristiano Ronaldo’s hat-trick earning the Red Devils all three points and moving them to 54 points, and above Arsenal on goal difference.

Brighton who had lost six straight games before the victory over Mikel Arteta’s men last week were the best side against Tottenham and deserved the three points they got.

Midfielder Yves Bissouma put up a midfield clinic while the likes of Moisés Caicedo and Leandro Trossard  looked a class above every one in the middle of the pitch in white.

After the game, pacy winger Tariq Lamptey revealed they had executed the game plan to perfection and limited Tottenham by playing as unit.

The 21-year-old Brighton winger told LondonWorld.com: “The boys played fantastic today and It was a really good performance all round.

“We got confidence from the performance from last week and we dug deep today and every one was fantastic and we were happy with the result. It’s not easy to come to a place like this so we were happy.

“To be fair we worked on a lot of stuff on the training ground to try and we applied that and replicated that in the game with our pressing because we knew we had to get it spot on if we were to get something from the game.

“Now we just have to take it game by game and look at every individual opposition and try to do your best in every game and try and get your best from there.

“They are a top team with World class players all over the pitch so we just had to make sure that we played as a together and try to implement our game plan which eventually brought us the results.”

Tottenham will now hope to return to winning ways when they travel to Brentford who guaranteed their Premier League status for next season with a win at Watford.

The Bees will host the Lillywhites with virtually nothing lose and everything to gain while Spurs will be looking over their shoulders knowing anything but three points could be damaging to their Champions League ambition.