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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Sport
Sam Tabuteau

Unexpected Tottenham hero proves key to building much-needed momentum

When the full-time whistle blew at Molineux, the first player to be mobbed by his team-mates was not the match-winner, Joao Palhinha, but Tottenham’s stand-in goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky.

On a cathartic afternoon, Kinsky’s scrambling save from Joao Gomes’ stoppage-time free-kick ensured Spurs would hold on for their first league win in 118 days while claiming their first clean sheet since New Year’s Day.

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