#FT: Crystal Palace 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur

Venue: Selhurst Park

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Crystal Palace

Sam Johnstone, Marc Guehi, Joachim Andersen, Tyrick Mitchell (Nathaniel Clyne), Joel Ward, Will Hughes (Naouirou Ahamada), Jefferson Lerma (Matheus França), Cheick Doucouré, Odsonne Édouard (Jean-Philippe Mateta), Jeff Schlupp (Jesurun Rak-Sakyi), Jordan Ayew.

Subs: Chris Richards, Jairo Riedewald, Rob Holding, Remi Matthews.

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Tottenham Hotspur

Guglielmo Vicario, Micky van de Ven, Cristian Romero, Ben Davies (Emerson Royal), Pedro Porro, James Maddison (Bryan Gil), Yves Bissouma (Pierre-Emile Højbjerg), Pape Matar Sarr, Son Heung-Min, Richarlison (Brennan Johnson), Dejan Kulusevski (Rodrigo Bentancur).

Subs: Eric Dier, Fraser Forster, Oliver Skipp, Giovani Lo Celso.

MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN

45’ Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Emerson Royal replaces Ben Davies.

53’ Own Goal by Joel Ward, Crystal Palace. Crystal Palace 0, Tottenham Hotspur 1.

60’ Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jesurun Rak-Sakyi replaces Jeffrey Schlupp.

64’ Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg replaces Yves Bissouma.

64’ Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Brennan Johnson replaces Richarlison.

66’ Goal! Crystal Palace 0, Tottenham Hotspur 2. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Brennan Johnson.

70’ Substitution, Crystal Palace. Nathaniel Clyne replaces Tyrick Mitchell because of an injury.

70’ Substitution, Crystal Palace. Naouirou Ahamada replaces Will Hughes.

79’ Substitution, Crystal Palace. Matheus França replaces Jefferson Lerma.

79’ Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jean-Philippe Mateta replaces Odsonne Édouard.

89’ Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Bryan Gil replaces James Maddison.

90’ Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Rodrigo Bentancur replaces Dejan Kulusevski.

  • plasticmotives@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Observations. I expect to be downvoted to hell because dear lord there are a lot of you Spurs fans on here.

    VAR on Ayew’s goal wasn’t a clear and obvious error on the ref’s behalf, hence not being called to the monitor. Surely we all know this now, right?

    First half, I think that Palace made Spurs look average. The possession stats vs every other stat were bonkers. We missed the chance to take advantage and, of course, contrived to fuck it up for ourselves.

    Once that first goal went in, it enabled Spurs to invite the high press which resulted (alongside a 'keeper brain fart) in the inevitable second. After that, the result was in the book, despite the additional intensity at the end.

    Van der Ven is fucking rapid and is a genuine game changer for Spurs - top drawer defender.

    For us, we’re playing with what we can right now. Targeting Ward down the right remains an obvious play for opposition teams because he doesn’t have Ayew doing the dirty work in front of him.

    First half, a point would have been deserved. Second half, Spurs were very clever after they took the lead and, as much as I hate to say it, deserved the win.

    Thank goodness we have some class to come back in to the side in the near future.