Tottenham – Aston Villa 1-2 (Lo Celso 22′ | Torres 45’+7, Watkins 61′)
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM – Relax and take a moment if you can. Think back to Antonio Conte’s Tottenham Hotspur days and imagine the scenario. Conte will be without Harry Kane and a number of other senior players due to injury and suspension. He was forced to play in a defense full of full-backs, and in midfield were Brian Gil and Giovani Lo Celso, two forgotten pieces of a long-abandoned plan. Think of the demeanor before a game, the frown of a man fighting a battle alone against his own strength.
Now think about what the next game would have been like for spectators, regardless of who Tottenham played. This would be for the purists, since those purists were also sick people who didn’t like watching players shoot and had a fetish for people who went on a great journey of self-preservation by dealing with the post-game media. .
This obviously means everything and nothing. Tottenham lost at home to Aston Villa on Sunday afternoon and for many that will be the law. Those who are biased against the Spurs will use any praise in a loss as a trigger for intense anger, humor or bitterness, or both. If this were my club, we wouldn’t be praised for this. Being perceived as a media darling is both a blessing and a curse. Someone will Say “Sperry” later. and what’s even more remarkable is that some people will still find it funny.
But the point is that Tottenham are fun to watch, for better or for worse. They finished eighth last season, at the end of one of the bleakest, dullest and most boring seasons in memory, and now they’re exciting to watch.
They create a lot of opportunities, but there is a gap in their own country. Their games, best exemplified by Sunday’s game, are a kind of knockout playground where you almost expect the coach to run out and tell everyone to stop playing with the ball. They miss a goal and everyone seems surprised, even though they missed four free throws in the last seven minutes.
Ange Postecoglou has had to endure a lot in recent months, including losing his best player, his best defenders and his best midfielders, whether temporarily, long-term or permanently. This autumn is increasingly like a two-month game of Tottenham Hotspur Buckaroo, removing parts of the team and waiting for everything to collapse and explode.
Rodrigo Bentancur’s recent injury may have been a turning point. When he left there was no control in the midfield. Defensively, Emerson Royal and Ben Davies are the center backs as these eras form a parallel universe on another planet. You can’t make things so weird and expect everything to be fine most of the time.
Aston Villa are too good at the moment under Unai Emery. Of course, they are already quite chaotic. At one point in the second half, Emery waved his arms downward so violently to calm the players that he appeared to float half a foot above the turf. But they were almost at full strength, which meant exactly the weapons Tottenham didn’t have: a centre-forward in unstoppable form, a midfield capable of both control and chaos, a good combination in central defense and options on the bench.
So there will be slings and arrows. The question is whether Tottenham peaked in October or whether the honeymoon is over. If there is one rule in Premier League life that governs all others, it is that three defeats in a row means a crisis for a club in the top half.
Sitting in the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium couldn’t have felt less like this. Of course, Tottenham have their shortcomings. Of course, they miss Yves Bissouma, Pape Matar Sarra, Christian Romero, Mickey van de Ven, Bentancur, James Maddison and others. Of course, home fans want to win every game, and of course losing from a winning position hurts more than most. But I think they understand it, and I think we should understand it too.
On the other side stood a cheerful fan community, eyes wide open, slightly lost in thoughts of fairy tales and dreams. At this rate, Villa are on course to 82 points, 18 more than in any Premier League season since 1993. Their top position will sometimes lead to a decisive defeat, but at the same time they will look at weaker opponents and those who do. , the flocks are calling to scare. Peers. They are now also ahead of Tottenham. These are the new top four contenders.
Source: I News
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