Lucas Moura succeeds in a hat trick as improvised Spurs simplify Huddersfield's work | Soccer

Tottenham thinks he's on the eve of a piece of modern history and it's certainly hard to stay on course with the excitement that's brewing ahead of the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final. in Manchester City, Wednesday night. The Spurs have a 1-0 lead since the first leg.

As such, the visit of a Huddersfield team already relegated to the background was a distraction; an irritation, even. This is in addition to a test of the mentality of the Spurs, that Mauricio Pochettino was right to criticize a few times this season. The points were still imperative for the four main aspirations of the club.

Pochettino could stay quiet here. The victory was clear from the moment Victor Wanyama scored the first goal thanks to Huddersfield's back line. A clinical sleight of hand by Lucas Moura was a hit. The Brazilian celebrated full-time kick with his grandson on the field. How did the crowd like that?

Pochettino's decision to let the majority of his regulars rest before the return of the city was justified. The manager said Friday that Son Heung-min was fit to play but, to the extent possible, he found a way to use it only as a late replacement.

This way of doing things had to go back to three at the back and include Jan Vertonghen. Only Christian Eriksen likely attackers Wednesday began. Pochettino also judged Moussa Sissoko fit to play and the midfielder was excellent, giving a confident tone with an icy roulette at the start. He would leave for an ovation when he was replaced in the 74th minute.

Not Harry Kane, not Dele Alli – who cared for a broken hand – no problem. The Spurs have now won three out of three matches in their new stadium and have kept three draws. Three of the last five Premier League games are at home. They must visit City and Bournemouth.

The news of the team was always going to be an important secondary plot and it was not just that of the Spurs who was recording with some strength. Keeping Huddersfield in the first league has been short-lived and, for club director Jan Siewert, it's time to test the players for the championship and leave out those who could get a transfer fee. summer. Thus, Jonas Lossl, Philip Billing and Mathias Zanka disappear. Siewert also demoted Aaron Mooy and ex-Spur Alex Pritchard.

Huddersfield is awake in the last 20 minutes. Sissoko needed revenge on Karlan Grant; Substitute Steve Mounie missed a golden header and Hugo Lloris tipped a Juninho Bacuna free kick on the crossbar. But the gap between clbades was simple and for most of the game it was difficult to overestimate Huddersfield's gravity. Siewert has now lost 10 of his 11 games in charge.

The strength of the Spurs in depth is sometimes called into question, but Pochettino could appeal to players of proven quality, including Moura, who was in a mood mood from the start. The striker gave Spurs the advantage with the second goal at 27 minutes. The end was low, after Sissoko played it right. He also provided another illustration of why Huddersfield is convicted. Juan Foyth took the ball on the right flank and from that moment on the visitors cracked. The marks were loose and Ben Hamer might have done better to avoid the shot.

Moura would put Huddersfield to the sword in the end. First, he took the Eriksen Cross and guided a shot over Hamer. He then recovered Son's pbad and finished superbly in the farthest corner.

Wanyama's goal was his first for the Spurs since piledriver to Liverpool in February 2018 – all owed to Terence Kongolo and his icy march around Hamer. Fernando Llorente put him on the carpet, rolling Jon Gorenc Stankovic and inaugurating Wanyama;

Llorente even looked very mobile, which was an indictment against Huddersfield 's defense, and he could have increased his lead in the first period. He saw a shot well blocked by Florent Hadergjonaj and took a wide look at Eriksen's free kick. Stankovic did not score a volley from Bacuna's 30-minute corner when he was well placed, it was the sum of Huddersfield's threat in the first half.

Llorente continued to do everything except mark after the interval. He took a Foyth pbad with a nice touch and then, for the first time and on the fly, he shot over Hamer and against the crossbar. He will then be denied a save challenge from Kongolo while Eriksen hits the post with a deflected shot on a fast Spurs counter. Now for the city.