You can take any player or manager out of Spurs but you can never take Spurs out of Spurs ! We always got this bad habit of dropping points against shyte teams we supposed to beat easily even after getting a big win. It seems we are still affected by the curse of Wembley. Also, WBA are also back as our bogey team as well ! We have now only won 1 of our last 5 matches against them, with the rest finishing in 1-1 draws. Annoyingly, WBA came into this match without a manager and being winless in 10 matches and we almost lose to them !
Credit to Kane for scoring our only goal and Alli for assisting it. That was Kane's 7th goal against WBA. Too bad that Kane couldn't get another goal. Unfortunately for us, Kane lacked the usual clinical touch apart from the goal. It seems he is still not fully fit since coming back from injury. We only seem to play well when Kane is on form. Alli did well to get another assist but he too had a poor match. In fact, it was Alli who lost the ball stupidly in midfield for their goal. Son had a few goal scoring chances but his shots lacked the usual power or accuracy.
Our midfield had a poor match. We badly missed Wanyama as Winks were poor. Annoyed with Eriksen as he was never in the match. Eriksen supposed to inspire us but he has been poor for us since getting the hattrick for Denmark in the World Cup play-off. Felt Eriksen should have been replaced by Sissoko. Atleast Sissoko works hard despite lacking the finishing touches. It seems like Eriksen and Alli has become too comfortable at Spurs knowing they will start every match. Maybe both should be dropped for a few matches for them to get back their form.
Really annoyed with the way our defence conceded the goal so early in the match. Sanchez and Lloris should have been more alert. Instead, Sanchez was pushed off the ball too easily while Lloris was too slow to react for the shot which went into goal in slow motion. I think Alderweireld would have tackled the ball easily. Sanchez needs to be more composed like Alderweireld in situations like these. The defence also went to sleep late in the match when WBA had an open goal which they missed.
The decision to move to Wembley seems like one of our worst decision in history now. Apart from the win over Liverpool, we have been poor in all other matches in the league. Our failure to beat shyte teams like Burnley, Swansea and now WBA will surely come back to affect us later in the season. Remember, our failure to beat teams like WBA, Bournemouth, Sunderland and West Ham was the one which ultimately cost us the league title last season. And we have already lost too many points to these bottom teams this season. Pochettino badly need to improve our Wembley form and results if we want to stay in top 4 in the league this season.