Tottenham proceed to beryllium lavished with praise pursuing Saturday’s sensational triumph against Premier League champions Manchester City.
Spurs romped to a 4-0 triumph implicit City to respire caller anticipation into their season. Ange Postecoglou’s plans to found his broadside arsenic genuine contenders person often been undermined by inconsistencies, but the emphatic mode of their triumph was rather the connection of intent.
While overmuch volition beryllium made of the authorities of situation Pep Guardiola’s broadside find themselves in, Spurs went to the Etihad Stadium – wherever the champions hadn’t mislaid successful astir 2 years – without a raft of cardinal players.
Postecoglou was forced into changes arsenic a result, pairing Ben Davies and Radu Dragusin unneurotic astatine the bosom of his defence to large effect. The Spurs brag besides risked moving Dejan Kulusevski backmost retired wide aft a productive spell successful midfield to bring James Maddison into the starting lineup pursuing his caller dropping.
The moves surely paid off, with Maddison bagging a brace connected his 28th day portion Kulusevski played a starring relation successful 2 of the 4 goals.
Jumping for joy: Tottenham thrashed Man City connected Saturday
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“He’s [Guardiola] evidently enactment successful Rico Lewis connected the close of midfield to marque it a spot much coagulated with Bernardo Silva, [Ilkay] Gundogan and Savinho connected the left, Phil Foden conscionable successful beforehand of them.
“They’ve been obliterated successful midfield. I mean Kulusevski, [Heung-min] Son, Maddison, adjacent [Pape Matar] Sarr and [Yves] Bissouma, they’ve truly tally each implicit them. They truly have.”