Tottenham, led by its temporary coach, rose to fourth place in the England Football Championship , drawing with its host Everton 1-0 on Monday, in a match that the two teams ended with ten players at the end of the twenty-ninth stage.
Tottenham raised its tally to 50 points, ahead by goal difference from Manchester United, who fell to fifth place by losing to Newcastle III, 0-2, on Sunday. Newcastle, in turn, has 50 points, but Tottenham played two games more than its competitors.
Tottenham played the match under the leadership of its Italian coach, Christian Stellini, who was an assistant to his compatriot Antonio Conte, after the latter was dismissed from his post last week.
Stilney previously supervised some of Tottenham's matches this season when Conte was recovering from gallbladder surgery.
The Tottenham board decided to appoint Stellini until the end of the season before choosing a new coach.
For the second time in a row, Tottenham gave up winning away from home, after advancing in its last match before the international break over Southampton 3-1 until the last minutes before the latter scored two goals to come up with a valuable point in its struggle to remain among the elite clubs.
The first half was very monotonous, as both teams failed to create real chances at the goal gate.
The turning point in the second half was in favor of Tottenham, when Everton's international financial midfielder, Abdellay Doucoure, was sent off after a fight between him and Harry Kane (58).
Matters got worse for Everton after the referee awarded a penalty kick in favor of Tottenham ten minutes after the expulsion incident, following a mistake made by defender Michael Kane. Harry Kane successfully set out on it (68), raising his tally to 22 goals this season, in second place for the top scorer after Manchester City's Norwegian top scorer Erling Holland. with 28 goals.
Tottenham thought that he was on his way to collect the three points and rise to third place, but he, in turn, was subjected to an accident by his Brazilian striker Lucas Moura in the 88th minute, six minutes after his participation as a substitute.
And Tottenham paid a dear price for this expulsion, because Everton equalized immediately after this incident by the center of his defense, Michael Keane, who fired a missile into the net of French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, who returned between the three woods after an absence since February due to injury.