Twenty-four hours later, champions Manchester City host Manchester United as the Premier League in England returns with a derby bonanza after the international break.
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The teenager has been tracked by Spurs all summer and has signed a five-year deal with the Premier League side after initially flying into England at the weekend.
Spurs is confident of landing the Udinese left-back as their seventh summer signing.
Spurs surprisingly fell behind inside 12 minutes of their home opener in the north London sunshine, with Saints captain James Ward-Prowse defying an intense start from the hosts to volley home Moussa Djenepo’s cross from 18 yards.
Richarlison has now become Tottenham’s fourth window signing, following Fraser Forster, Ivan Perisic and Yves Bissouma into the north London club.
The 34-year-old arrives in North London after departing the Saints following the expiry of his contract and has signed a two-year deal with Antonio Conte’s side.
The Italian, who is contracted until next summer, has been coy about his future, regularly refusing to commit himself to being at Spurs for the long run.
A win for Arsenal would have been enough for them to clinch a top-four finish in the English Premier League for the first time since 2016.
The Manchester City legend has been doing an internship with Tottenhams U18 team – and there is now talk of him being offered a long-term contract by Spurs.
After Son Heung Min had given the London club a surprise 56th minute lead, Luis Diaz’s deflected shot 18 minutes later salvaged a point for Jurgen Klopp’s side but this was a case of two points dropped rather than one gained.
Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal and Manchester United are all in a fierce contention to book a place in the UEFA Champions League next season.
Conte tested positive at the weekend and has subsequently been distancing in order to avoid spreading the virus.
Defoe returned to Sunderland in the January transfer window following his exit from Rangers and made seven League One appearances for the Black Cats, coming off the bench for the final 16 minutes of his side’s 0-0 draw with Lincoln City last Saturday.
The 23-year-old has been in impressive form for his Italian club this season, scoring 15 times and registering four assists in 25 appearances in all competitions.
The Red Devils fell to pieces in a 4-1 defeat to rivals Manchester City last time out, while Antonio Conte’s side put five unanswered goals past Everton.
Kane registered three goals and an assist in his five Premier League appearances for Spurs last month and broke the record with Son Heung-min for the most goal combinations in the history of the competition in the 4-0 thumping of Leeds United at Elland Road.
Mee beat Cristian Romero in the air at the back post to head in a free-kick from Josh Brownhill and earn the Clarets their third win of the season.
Spurs Dejan Kulusevski opened the scoring inside five minutes at the Etihad Stadium with his first goal for the club.
The hosts fell to a 3-2 defeat at home to Southampton last time out, while Bruno Lage’s side could not get the better of 10-man Arsenal as they slumped to a 1-0 defeat.
Spurs raided Serie A – more specifically Juventus – to sign Rodrigo Bentancur and Dejan Kulusevski during the January window.