C8Deportes (27.10.2023).- Driven by a stroke of fortune, an own goal at the beginning of the second half by Joel Ward with the game in the air, later rounded off by a goal from Korean Heung-Min Son, they moved to the top of the Premier League on Tottenhama revelation in this first section of the English competition.
Tottenham has earned the right to dream, enjoying an unthinkable start to the season. The London painting that aims to extend this state of inspiration that each date enjoys has left behind the shadows of recent years.
The victory, in addition to spoiling Crystal Palace’s good work in the London derby, accentuated the bad streak in head-to-head matches with the Selhurst Park team that still cannot beat its neighbor. Only one win in the last seventeen duels between the two.
Australian Ange Postecoglu’s team was assured of finishing as leaders at the end of this tenth round. In the match that opened the day, the Spurs extended their lead in first place to five over Manchester City and the Arsenal of the Spanish Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta, who face Manchester United and Sheffield this weekend, respectively.
Meanwhile, Tottenham continues doing its thing. Undefeated in the tournament, he added his eighth victory, his fourth in a row.
Everything turns out for Postecoglou’s team, which was overwhelmed in the first minutes by the order and drive of its rival, eager to put aside the setback suffered on the last date, against Newcastle, where it conceded a painful 4-0 that It stopped its good progression.
Jordan Ayew first and Odsonne Edouard a minute later, highlighted the merits of the Italian goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario who supported the visitors at the beginning.
The local dominance was then shaken by Tottenham, who began to reach the other area more easily. Richarlison crossed to JAmes Madisson who had the visitors’ first chance but shot wide.
Postecoglou’s team was stuck and woke up in a stroke of fortune at the beginning of the second half. Tottenham underlined its good start to the season, the most successful since 1960-61, when it took the lead on the scoreboard. It was in a play that started with a throw-in. A subsequent cross from the Spanish Pedro Porro found Pape Matar Sarr who gave the ball to James Madisson, inside the area. He shot at goal, badly. But he ran into the ball with Joel Ward who put the ball in his own goal.
It was a frustration for Roy Hodgson’s team who had deserved more. He could have equalized from a corner in the next play but found himself with the second goal against, in a team play.
After the hour mark, in the 66th minute, a quick combination on the left came to fruition. Madisson received the ball and passed to Brennan Johnson in the area that sees only Heung Min Son. The Korean, first of all, pushes the ball into the net, without opposition, to seal the match.
Hodgson looked for solutions from the bench and a quick reaction that did not come. The pace dropped and Tottenham maintained control of a match that regained its excitement in added time, in the 94th minute, with the goal from Senegalese Jordan Ayew after receiving a long ball from Joachim Andersen and which needed the VAR filter to get on the scoreboard. .
– Datasheet:
1 – Crystal Palace: Sam Johnstone; Joel Ward, Joachim Andersen, Marc Guehi, Tyrick Mitchell (Naouirou Ahmed, m.70); Jefferson Lerma (Matthew Franca, m.79), Cheick Oumar Doucoure, Will Hughes (Nathaniel Clyne, m.70); Jordan Ayew, Jeffrey Schlupp (60 m) and Odsonne Edouard (79 m).
2 – Tottenham: Giuglielmo Vicario; Peter Porro, Christian Rosemary, Micky Van de Ven, Ben Davies (Emerson Royal, m.46); Yves Bissouma (Pierre Emile Hojbjerg, m.64), Pope Mother Sarr; Dejan Kulusevski (Rodrigo Bentancur, 90), James Maddison (Bryan Gil, 89), Richardson (Brennan Johnson, 64); and Son Heung-Min.
Goals: 0-1, m.53: Joel Ward, own goal; 0-2, m.66: Heung-Min Son; 1-2,m.94: Jodan Ayew.
Referee: Andrew Madley. He showed yellow cards to Joachim Andersen and Jordan Ayew of Crystal Palace and Brennan Johnson of Tottenham.
Incidents: match corresponding to the tenth day played at Selhurst Park in London.
IT MAY INTEREST YOU: Barcelona exporter Víctor Valdés is missing
Share this post
2023-10-29 00:40:28
#Tottenham #dream
