 | How new time-wasting rules impacted Premier League – 101-minute games! |
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and both produced dramatic late turnarounds this weekend as this season’s stricter stoppage-time rules made an impact in the . Here, the PA news agency looks at how much time has been added this season and the increase in stoppage-time goals. As the clocks hit 90 minutes on Saturday, Spurs trailed 1-0 while Villa were locked at 1-1 with . Richarlison was ??s hero, scoring a 98th-minute equaliser before setting up Dejan Kulusevski’s winner just over two minutes later.
There have been 22 stoppage-time goals in 48 games this season, compared to just five in last season’s first five rounds of matches. Eighteen have come in the second half, meaning 14.8 percent of all this season’s goals, and 19.4 percent of those in the second half, have been scored in time added on by the officials.
Spurs have scored four stoppage-time goals this season – Emerson Royal with the other in the first half of their draw with .
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