#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.
Gary Neville on Sky Sports being an absolute bellend about Spurs right now
Hope he eats his word s
What did he say?
Just saying that Spurs have no chance of winning the league or even of being a contender for it, generally downplaying how good we’ve been and painting it as an aberration.
It’s pretty incredible how fortunate Tottenham have been so far this season, but I guess as the old adage goes, good things come to those who mate.
Sarrrrrr dude
he is immense. i get the feeling we don’t fully appreciate what he does on the pitch for us
i know it’s pretty much impossible, but it would be hilarious if spurs win it this year just after kane left
It would be even more hilarious if bayern don’t win the league. If that actually happens I’d retire if i were kane. Maybe get into golf like bale did
Just go kick in the NFL
I know it’s pretty much impossible, but it would be hilarious if we could go one match thread without someone commenting this same comment after Kane left
Gary Neville being a prat as usual…
I’m not a Tottenham fan, but as a Chaotic Liverpool one I love this. Kane leaving has them on top 😆
Vicario has turned out to be a gem
Between him, Maddison, Van der Ven, and Johnson, Spurs have had a great transfer window
If you forget Conte’s terrorism, Sarr and Bissouma are like new signings too
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.
I expect to be downvoted to hell
Upvotes for you, I’ll never meet your expectations
Missed the game. Cab someone summarise? Spurs looking dangerous this season. Definitely a title contender
Man, as a chelsea fan, I’ve never liked Spurs. But, if they somehow manage to win the league over arsenal, I would laugh so hard but also really enjoy that.
idk why people keep saying spurs have no depth.
We clearly do right now, and have options. ( of course its not the highest quality like our starting 11 but it will close out the game if we are leading). Also we are not playing any other league besides premier league… and with kane money in the bank, we can easily find more depth added on january which is coming soon.
Moaning aside — how did Bentancur do?
Is there a single player in the league that can put sprint Van De Ven? Seriously he absolutely blows by everyone he’s gone against.
The crazy thing is that the higher Spurs play defensively the less exposed they are in behind because VDV has more time to hunt them down.