- Kinsky’s 98th-minute stop preserves a precious clean sheet
- Palhinha strikes late to snap Spurs’ 15-match league drought
- De Zerbi’s side dig deep amid injury concerns for Solanke and Xavi Simons
Tottenham finally remembered how to win a Premier League match, grinding out a 1-0 at Molineux thanks to a late Joao Palhinha finish and an outrageous, stoppage-time save from Antonin Kinsky. For those tracking form and odds on the best football betting sites, this felt like a genuine pivot point for Roberto De Zerbi’s project.
Kinsky Answers The Call, Demons Parked At The Door
Let’s be honest: this was all about one colossal moment. Deep into added time, Joao Gomes bent a free-kick towards the corner and Kinsky, at full stretch, clawed it away — a proper goalkeeper’s save, the kind that wins you seasons as well as matches. It banked a first league win of 2026 and finally ended Spurs’ 15-match winless run. The reaction told you everything: team-mates sprinting to pile in on the 23-year-old.
It mattered more because of the backstory. Only last month in the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, the former Slavia Prague stopper endured a nightmare at Atletico Madrid, hooked inside 20 minutes by then-boss Igor Tudor after two early errors. Since Guglielmo Vicario’s hernia surgery, Kinsky has started three on the spin and looked progressively calmer. De Zerbi praised his keeper post-match, essentially saying he’d earned this day — not just for the save, but for the character to come back swinging.
Palhinha The Match-Winner, But Injuries Cloud The Picture
Palhinha’s late run and tidy finish with eight to play set the stage, and his nod to Kinsky afterwards was spot on: the save was worth as much as the goal. Still, Spurs didn’t escape unscathed. Dominic Solanke hobbled off with a left-leg muscle issue that De Zerbi downplayed, while there’s greater concern around Xavi Simons’ knee, even if the Dutchman reportedly felt better after full time.
The silver lining? Mathys Tel looked lively from the bench, and De Zerbi name-checked options to shuffle the front line — Tel or Lucas Bergvall off the left, Randal Kolo Muani or Souza on the right — without ripping up the blueprint. The Italian was clear: keep the tweaks minimal, keep the heads strong, and keep the message simple.
Bottom line: Spurs have their foothold again. One goal, one massive save, and a reminder that resilience, not aesthetics, will drag them back into the fight.
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