Wolverhampton Wanderers avoided becoming only the fourth club to lose their opening six Premier League matches, but suffered late heartbreak as Tottenham Hotspur rescued a 1-1 draw deep into stoppage time.
Spurs arrived with ten points from five matches and dictated the first half. Mohammed Kudus was first to test Wolves, meeting Xavi Simons’ bouncing cross with a back-post header that Sam Johnstone tipped onto the bar. Kudus then combined neatly with Lucas Bergvall and found the far corner with a sweeping first-time finish, only for the flag to go up for offside after a clever flick on. Chances kept coming for the visitors as Bergvall hooked an acrobatic effort towards goal and Kudus was denied again by Johnstone, while Richarlison was inches from turning in at the back post before André’s intervention took the ball away. Wolves had offered little, though on the stroke of half time Matt Doherty clipped a half volley against the woodwork to send the sides in level.
Wolves avoided the unwanted distinction of trailing at the interval for a tenth match in a row, but the pressure resumed after the restart. Then, against the run of play, the visitors struck when Spurs failed to clear a corner and Santiago Bueno prodded in his first goal for the club. Tottenham’s fifteen match unbeaten run against sides starting the day bottom of the table was suddenly under threat, and Wolves nearly doubled their lead with fifteen minutes left, only for Guglielmo Vicario to block Hugo Bueno’s low drive with his foot.
Just as it looked as if Vítor Pereira’s team had done enough, Spurs found a leveller in added time, João Palhinha steering a measured finish into the bottom corner from the edge of the area to break Wolves’ resistance. The point lifts Tottenham to third, four off the pace, while Wolves collect their first point of the season but remain at the foot of the table.
