Mauricio Pochettino’s side finally got their just rewards for their first half pressure as they levelled things up just seconds into stoppage time.
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Seamus Coleman did brilliantly to prevent Alli turning in a low cross from Kyle Walker before Harry Kane saw a languid 25-yard shot hit the left-hand post and bounce across goal before going out for a goal-kick.
Lennon put Everton ahead against his former club in the 22nd, against the run of play.
Tom Cleverley collected the ball from Leighton Baines’ backheel and lofted in into the area, where Romelu Lukaku nodded it down and Lennon took one touch before lashing it into the net, registering his first goal of the season on only his fourth league start.
Tottenham fully deserved their equaliser after dominating most of the first half and they continued to enjoy the majority of possession early in the second, though a half-chance for Kane following Alli’s clever chest down was all they could muster in attack.
Besic nearly gave Everton victory with a glorious, dipping volley that Hugo Lloris palmed over and from Cleverley’s resulting corner, Ramiro Funes Mori headed fractionally wide. “Today’s performance showed we are ready to be stronger defensively”.
He told Sky Sports 1: “As players we are not going to get too carried away”.
Spurs defender Alderweireld echoed Alli’s comments, saying: ” The first half was one of the best halves of the season for us.
It was a good game of football which highlighted the young English talents in Ross Barkley and Alli, but the two could not find the late magic to snatch their team all three points. “We have to keep going and working hard”.
“We’ve been a little bit lightweight in the way we’ve defended our box, but I think today was an incredible change in the way we defended”. The way we defended was a great platform for our performance.
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Lennon, who spent 10 years at Spurs, did not celebrate, but moments later he nearly created a second goal by cutting the ball back for Arouna Kone, which obliged Toby Alderweireld to block.
