Following their Europa League celebrations, Tottenham Hotspur had to finish off their Premier League campaign against Brighton on Sunday and they did so with a tired 4-1 defeat.
Spurs held a trophy parade in front of 220,000 Tottenham fans lining the streets of N17 on Friday but had to get themselves back into game mode for the match against a Brighton side pushing for a European spot themselves. Cristian Romero and Son Heung-min missed out with toe and foot problems but Ange Postecoglou only made three changes to the side that started the Europa League final.
Kevin Danso started at centre-back alongside Micky van de Ven in the absence of the injured Romero, while Archie Gray came into midfield for Yves Bissouma and Mathys Tel replaced Richarlison in attack.
Spurs opened the scoring with Dominic Solanke's calm 17th minute penalty after Mathys Tel was tripped in the Brighton box. Tel had a great chance to double the score late in the first half only for Bart Verbruggen to save well from his low shot.
The hosts visibly tired in the second half and Brighton grabbed an equaliser early on as the ball hit Solanke and bounced perfectly for Jack Hinshelwood to smash into the roof of the net. Hinshelwood scored again after the hour mark after Pedro Porro stepped away from him and Archie Gray didn't get across to cover in time, leaving the Brighton man time to backheel the ball into the net as the ball fell his way from a corner.
Brighton got a third when Matt O'Riley scored from the spot, firing the ball inside the right-hand post after Yves Bissouma tried to cover the injured Destiny Udogie and took out Diego Gomez with a late challenge.
It became four for Brighton when Gomez curled in a shot from distance. The Tottenham fans responded with the entire stadium singing 'Oh when the Spurs go marching in' as they waved their flags, knowing this week was not really about this match.
Here are our Spurs player ratings from the match:
Guglielmo Vicario
Made a couple of good saves but was beaten by the speed of Hinshelwood's first goal, the ingenuity of the second one and then couldn't get to O'Riley's late penalty or Gomez' late curling shot. 4
Pedro Porro
Got up and down the right with plenty of sprints and teed up Tel for a great chance in the first half. Stepped away from Hinshelwood for the second Brighton goal. Tired a lot as the game wore on. 5
Kevin Danso
Made some big challenges including one goal-saving one early in the second half. One of Spurs' better defenders on the day albeit with some sloppy passing. 6
Micky van de Ven
Not quite himself after those big celebrations and he came off at the hour mark. 5
Destiny Udogie
Made a couple of good runs down the left but struggled in the second half and lost the ball and seemed to suffer an injury to hand Brighton the chance to break for the penalty. 5
Rodrigo Bentancur
An all-action performance from the Uruguayan in the first half and had to take a yellow card for the team after a break he started should have ended with a Tel goal only for Brighton to break back dangerously. Worked hard but came off after the hour mark with that caution hanging over him. 7
Archie Gray
Made some big tackles in the first half. His second half wasn't as good - in keeping with the team - but he was one of the few ones still running at the end of the game. 6
Pape Matar Sarr
Lasted only a half, during which he put in his usual energy levels. 6
Brennan Johnson
Worked hard defensively without much joy at the other end in the first half before missing a big chance in the box when he scuffed wide from Tel's pull back. A miracle that he lasted 90 minutes after his celebrations since Wednesday. 5
Dominic Solanke
Hit the calmest of penalties off the underneath of the crossbar early on. Unfortunate with Brighton's goal as he knew nothing about the ball hitting him and deflecting to Hinshelwood. 6
Mathys Tel
Bright from the off and won the early penalty after being tripped on a run into the box. Should have made it 2-0 before the break only for Verbruggen to save his shot. Set up Johnson for a big chance before the hour mark with a great run down the left. Quiet after that before he came off. 6
Subs
Wilson Odobert
Came on in the midfield at the break and looked weak in the role compared to Sarr. You'd think it won't be a position for him going forward. 4
Ben Davies
Came on for the final half hour for Van de Ven and didn't have much to do with either goal after that. 5
Yves Bissouma
A clumsy challenge for the penalty and this was another cameo from the bench that was nowhere near his performances when starting, albeit he came into the game with a block. 4
Richarlison
Couldn't affect the game much in the final half hour. 4
Djed Spence