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*** Tottenham Hotspur vs Anderlecht OMT ***
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Just got back. Really enjoyed the game. Anderlecht impressed me more tonight than when they beat us. Okaka is a whiny git.
Thought we did ok, was a very open game. Alderweireld is an exceptional centre back. I also thought Mason had a really good game. Controls our tempo. I'd start him v Arsenal.
Alli looked a bit tired, Son rusty, Kane sharp and Demebele... What a strike!
Thought we did ok, was a very open game. Alderweireld is an exceptional centre back. I also thought Mason had a really good game. Controls our tempo. I'd start him v Arsenal.
Alli looked a bit tired, Son rusty, Kane sharp and Demebele... What a strike!
Papercut
Jermaine Jenas
I need a sign or a dream first haha
Baleforce
Arthur Rowe
I disagree with that, it's fine if the keeper (and only the keeper) tells you to let it run, if nobody shouts though you assume the worst and deal with it
Lloris may well have told him to in which case it's on him, other than that Verts has to make it safe
milo
Jack L. Jones
He is signalling that he is going to let it run. I did not see any sign of another player telling him that he needed to deal with it.
I am not absolving Vertonghen of any blame here but I do think that it was primarily a communication issue.
Kandi1977
Garth Crooks
Well, we can all agree that it was a case of bad defending by the team, but also a brilliant pass and good move by Anderlecht. Very similar to Eriksens pass to Kane for the 4th goal vs Bournemouth
Baleforce
Arthur Rowe
that's my point, defenders aren't allowed to let it run unless the keeper instructs them to, they should be automatic, ball comes in like that, ball goes to row Z
IMO it's his job to clear that ball unless he has a shout to do otherwise - especially when letting it run to the keeper.
It may be that Hugo shouted and shouldn't have - I couldn't hear a shout though. It's always helpful if your team mates are shouting to put the ball into the stands, but that still should be the default position unless told otherwise.
braineclipse
Steve Sedgley
Are people underestimating Anderlecht a bit?
Last season in the Champions League they were in a tough group with Dortmund, Arsenal and Galatasaray... Finsihed third on 6 points, some way off the top spots, but still. They picked up 3 points from 3 draws away from home against those teams, beat Galatasaray at home, narrowly lost to Arsenal at home and got thumped 3-0 by Dortmund at home. '
According to Wikipedia they've had 6 players called up to the Belgian national team in the last couple of years. No regular starters at this point, but Defour has over 40 caps and a couple of others on 20 or more. Quite a few non-Belgian internationals too.
Thought we looked a real class above when things clicked for us, but we were inconsistent and made too many individual errors to truly dominate. But they made it difficult for us. Like us they were inconsistent, but their highest level seems really good. I think a lot of their players would fit in well at mid-table PL clubs at the very least.
Good to get the win in the end, although it could have tipped either way after their equalizer. Good to see a better game from Trippier, Davies looking fairly solid again. Great goal from Dembele and Kane is clearly back to his very best. Great assist from Eriksen too and Mason looked good and his little ball in to Eriksen for the goal was well played.
It seems a problem for us to really up our game and intensity in these EL games. A bit like cup games against lower league sides it seems our players aren't quite fully focues. Perhaps it's just a natural part of football when you're clear favourites, but part of it is probably a learning process for our young squad.
Last season in the Champions League they were in a tough group with Dortmund, Arsenal and Galatasaray... Finsihed third on 6 points, some way off the top spots, but still. They picked up 3 points from 3 draws away from home against those teams, beat Galatasaray at home, narrowly lost to Arsenal at home and got thumped 3-0 by Dortmund at home. '
According to Wikipedia they've had 6 players called up to the Belgian national team in the last couple of years. No regular starters at this point, but Defour has over 40 caps and a couple of others on 20 or more. Quite a few non-Belgian internationals too.
Thought we looked a real class above when things clicked for us, but we were inconsistent and made too many individual errors to truly dominate. But they made it difficult for us. Like us they were inconsistent, but their highest level seems really good. I think a lot of their players would fit in well at mid-table PL clubs at the very least.
Good to get the win in the end, although it could have tipped either way after their equalizer. Good to see a better game from Trippier, Davies looking fairly solid again. Great goal from Dembele and Kane is clearly back to his very best. Great assist from Eriksen too and Mason looked good and his little ball in to Eriksen for the goal was well played.
It seems a problem for us to really up our game and intensity in these EL games. A bit like cup games against lower league sides it seems our players aren't quite fully focues. Perhaps it's just a natural part of football when you're clear favourites, but part of it is probably a learning process for our young squad.
StephenH
David Ginola
What a 'proper' game that was.
Two teams going for it. Thought most Spurs fans did underestimate Anderlecht, yet again @braineclipse.
Thought we were very sloppy with some our passing, more importantly we will need to up or defending or a curtain tall frenchman will have a field day in the air against us on Sunday.
Two teams going for it. Thought most Spurs fans did underestimate Anderlecht, yet again @braineclipse.
Thought we were very sloppy with some our passing, more importantly we will need to up or defending or a curtain tall frenchman will have a field day in the air against us on Sunday.
parklane1
Tony Galvin
It was a very good game against a good side and we were tested. Anderlecht started really well and we hung in there for the first 15 minutes and from there we took a share of the game. The problem is that so many fans think we should do better against sides like Anderlecht but ( imo) that's flimflam, they are a good side with good players and were always going to giv us a game ( which they did).
Can not believe that some are blaming Jan for the goal is was all down to Davies ( who I like and think is a better choice then Rose), he was ball watching and allowed the player to run in behind Jan, he should have either ( a) given Jan a shout or (b) instead of ball watching looked to see who was running into the box and if he done that could have put a challenge in.
Now as I have said I am a fan of Davies so I am not having a dig at him just seeing it as it was. The thing is most goals are scored after a mistake and its up to the manager to point them out so they may be avoided in the future.
Great goal to win the game by Dembele and I hope he keeps up the good form because when he performs he is a big asset to us, as for the rest well I think Alli needs to have a break from being a starter ( all kids need one), good to see Song back and although he looked a bit rusty ( which was natural after being out for a while) he got the assist. Toby was my MOM and despite what some think of Walker he is without doubt ( imo) our best RB.
Can not believe that some are blaming Jan for the goal is was all down to Davies ( who I like and think is a better choice then Rose), he was ball watching and allowed the player to run in behind Jan, he should have either ( a) given Jan a shout or (b) instead of ball watching looked to see who was running into the box and if he done that could have put a challenge in.
Now as I have said I am a fan of Davies so I am not having a dig at him just seeing it as it was. The thing is most goals are scored after a mistake and its up to the manager to point them out so they may be avoided in the future.
Great goal to win the game by Dembele and I hope he keeps up the good form because when he performs he is a big asset to us, as for the rest well I think Alli needs to have a break from being a starter ( all kids need one), good to see Song back and although he looked a bit rusty ( which was natural after being out for a while) he got the assist. Toby was my MOM and despite what some think of Walker he is without doubt ( imo) our best RB.
Finney Is Back
Luka Modric
Was anybody else in the Olive Branch pub after the game?.... I thought for a while that it was going to get rather hairy...
There were probably about 40 Spurs fans in there having a drink in there and probably a couple of hundred Anderlecht outside, some chucking a few bottles etc.... about 10 of their security escort with them but no police to be seen anywhere. They were probably there for around 20 to 30 minutes in all before the meat wagons turned up.
There were probably about 40 Spurs fans in there having a drink in there and probably a couple of hundred Anderlecht outside, some chucking a few bottles etc.... about 10 of their security escort with them but no police to be seen anywhere. They were probably there for around 20 to 30 minutes in all before the meat wagons turned up.
Lemonade Money
Les Medley
The Olive Branch looks like it was designed to be difficult for opposing fans to attack!
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
Proper old-fashion European tie. Great game
braineclipse
Steve Sedgley
Btw. Anyone else curious about how Lamela and Eriksen seemed to operate primarily on opposite flanks to where they usually line up? As always there was quite a bit of movement and interchanging going on, but it seemed like Lamela clearly had his starting position on the left. (Yes I know they swapped towards the end of the Villa game too)
Perhaps just Poch playing them in different roles to keep them developing, could easily prove helpful as they do move around a lot anyway? Or something about this game that made it more beneficial?
Perhaps just Poch playing them in different roles to keep them developing, could easily prove helpful as they do move around a lot anyway? Or something about this game that made it more beneficial?
Finney Is Back
Luka Modric
I wonder whether Poch does it to establish whether the opposition are looking to man mark any of our players or make sure that specific players are always close when they receive the ball?
braineclipse
Steve Sedgley
There's barely a team in the world that would man-mark Eriksen or Lamela to the extent that they would shift that player with them across to the other side of the pitch I think.
alekaras
The ITK of IDK
The way I saw it, it was an extremely difficult pass to defend. The pace and direction of the ball would have made it difficult for Verts to deal with it and prevent Ezekiel from getting to it and scoring, even if he didn't let it through. And even if Davies was tracking Ezekiel, given the angle at which the ball came he would have been on the wrong side of Ezekiel.
Spurs7891
Jermaine Jenas
Happy with the win but it was another unconvincing performance in Europe. We had to rode our luck to get this win. We again fell asleep after taking the lead and almost got punished for it. Fortunately for us, Anderlecht didn't take the chances that came their way. We really need to improve a lot if we want to progress very far in the EL this season.
Credit to Kane and Dembele for scoring for the 3rd consecutive match. It must be a record of sorts to have 2 players scoring for the 3rd consecutive match. While it is sweet to see Kane continuing his goal run, it is even more better to see Dembele suddenly become a goal-machine ! Don't know what happened to Dembele as he suddenly looks like can score for fun ! And it was a great goal from Dembele, probably one of the best long range goals we have scored ! Let's hope he can keeps on scoring ! But a bit disappointed that it took us so long to kill the game off. After the goal by Kane, we really should have got another to seal the match. Instead, we wasted a few good chances and also was unlucky when Davies's shot hit the post.
Credit to Eriksen for assisting the goal for Kane. Thought Lamela had a good game even if he was rather quiet. He could have scored atleast 1 goal if Alli's pass to him had been more accurate in the 2nd half and he was unlucky not to be given a penalty when he was tripped in the 2nd half as well. It was nice to see Son returning from injury and assisting the goal for Dembele. It will be a timely return of Son as he will be very usefull against Arsenal.
We just can't seem to keep a clean sheet nowadays. Really disappointed we conceded that late goal which could have been costly to us. Both Alderweireld and Vertonghen should have dealt with the cross that resulted in their goal. Anderlecht too had few more chances but they couldn't make use of that. This shows our defence need to improve more if we want to achieve something this season.
It is nice to beat Anderlecht for the first time ever. It has now put us top of the group in EL. Hopefully it will boost our confidence when we play Arsenal tomorrow.
Credit to Kane and Dembele for scoring for the 3rd consecutive match. It must be a record of sorts to have 2 players scoring for the 3rd consecutive match. While it is sweet to see Kane continuing his goal run, it is even more better to see Dembele suddenly become a goal-machine ! Don't know what happened to Dembele as he suddenly looks like can score for fun ! And it was a great goal from Dembele, probably one of the best long range goals we have scored ! Let's hope he can keeps on scoring ! But a bit disappointed that it took us so long to kill the game off. After the goal by Kane, we really should have got another to seal the match. Instead, we wasted a few good chances and also was unlucky when Davies's shot hit the post.
Credit to Eriksen for assisting the goal for Kane. Thought Lamela had a good game even if he was rather quiet. He could have scored atleast 1 goal if Alli's pass to him had been more accurate in the 2nd half and he was unlucky not to be given a penalty when he was tripped in the 2nd half as well. It was nice to see Son returning from injury and assisting the goal for Dembele. It will be a timely return of Son as he will be very usefull against Arsenal.
We just can't seem to keep a clean sheet nowadays. Really disappointed we conceded that late goal which could have been costly to us. Both Alderweireld and Vertonghen should have dealt with the cross that resulted in their goal. Anderlecht too had few more chances but they couldn't make use of that. This shows our defence need to improve more if we want to achieve something this season.
It is nice to beat Anderlecht for the first time ever. It has now put us top of the group in EL. Hopefully it will boost our confidence when we play Arsenal tomorrow.
Defence was fine, that wasn't the issue. The problem was that we didn't kill them off and instead of that started to do backheels and shooting on goal with the outside foot instead of just using the other foot.