For the second time in the space of two gameweeks, Tottenham Hotspur welcome a team from the South Coast to North London, as Bournemouth lie in wait for Saturday afternoon's Premier League contest.
The Lilywhites somehow scraped past Brighton & Hove Albion in a chaotic 2-1 win last weekend, while Gary O'Neil's men came away from the King Power Stadium with a 1-0 triumph over Leicester City.
A few seconds after De Zerbi had been banished from the touchline, Stellini - who completely ignored the skirmishes going on around him - cut an aghast figure as he was also given a red card, with both teams seeing out the remainder of the match without their managers barking instructions from their technical areas.
Even the most ardent of Tottenham fans can acknowledge the good fortune their side were blessed with against Brighton, as Son Heung-min and Harry Kane's strikes either side of a Lewis Dunk header propelled Spurs to a gritty win, but the Seagulls had two goals disallowed and have received an apology from the PGMOL after Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg's stamp on Kaoru Mitoma inside the area went unpunished.
With just eight games left to go this season, though, an ugly win is far more preferable to a valiant defeat, and fifth-placed Spurs remain just three points worse off than Newcastle United and Manchester United, although their northerly counterparts still boast a game in hand.
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