Match Report – Tottenham 4 – 0 Huddsf & # 39; ld

Report as Moura returns Spurs third in the Premier League

Lucas Moura scored his first hat trick at the new Tottenham stadium. The Spurs recovered their third place in the Premier League for at least 24 hours, thanks to a complete 4-0 win over Huddersfield.

While Harry Kane was injured and Heung-Min Son was resting before the Champions League clash with Manchester City on Wednesday, Mauricio Pochettino made seven changes by challenging his marginal players to retain the top four Spurs.

And Moura delivered his first goal in a devastating manner after Victor Wanyama's first match, before completing his triple with clincal strikes in the last three minutes.

Huddersfield relegated organized a rally before the late double of Moura. Hugo Lloris scored Juninho Bacuna's free-kick for a free kick in the center. The Spurs victory was not questioned, however, as they scored a goal and a place above Chelsea before the Blues moved to Liverpool Super Sunday.

A sense of unnecessary worry was generated inside the new Spurs stadium, which failed to convert their domination into goals. However, two shots in 144 seconds improved the atmosphere in an instant.

Fernando Llorente took part in the opening match, occupying two defenders of Huddersfield and placing the ball in the path of Wanyama, who made an excellent ball game to bypbad Ben Hamer and convert his first goal of the season.

One of them quickly became two as Moussa Sissoko broke into the space left vacant by Huddersfield's defense, sent the ball back to Moura and the Brazilian took second place from the Spurs with a devastating arrival.

Llorente looked wide in 39 minutes and was close to a third early in the second period when he spun behind Huddersfield's defense, grabbed Juan Foyth's long ball and sent a repeat volley against the bar.

After 65 minutes of play, Llorente saw another center of the head clear before Karlan Grant, after being released behind the Spurs defense, failed to deceive Lloris with a first chance of the match for Huddersfield.

71 minutes before Steve Mounie found himself headed for a spectacular stop, Terlor Kongolo stopped Llorente from taking the lead.

Bacuna seemed to go back 10 minutes from the end on a directional free-kick, but Spurs captain Lloris turned the ball over the wood, setting the stage for Moura to get the last word.

The Brazilian scored his second goal on the counter after Eriksen found him in the space at the edge of the box in 87 minutes. two trips to Manchester.

Opta Stats

• Tottenham have won their first four Premier League matches against Huddersfield without conceding a goal, as they have done so far against Cardiff.
• Huddersfield have lost 26 of their 34 Premier League appearances this season, the most common defeats at this point of the season in the competition (Sunderland level in 2005-06).
• Tottenham has won all five Premier League matches this season without Harry Kane.
• There was only 144 seconds between Tottenham's first and second goals against Huddersfield Town.
• With seven goals and five badists in 853 minutes of action, Fernando Llorente (Tottenham) recorded the highest involvement rate per minute of all Tottenham players this season, in all competitions (71.1).
• Huddersfield 's Ben Hamer has conceded 21 goals in seven Premier League appearances this season, at a pace of one minute every 26.3 minutes, the worst rate of all goalkeepers this season to have disputed over 39. ;a match.

Man of the Match – Lucas Moura

From the Spurs point of view, there was remarkable performance all over the field, but that day belonged to Lucas Moura. His finals became better every time he found the back of the net, buckling the performance of the Spurs with his first hat trick in European football.

And after?

Tottenham will travel to Manchester City on Wednesday for his return leg in the quarter-finals of the Champions League (8 pm local time), before returning to Etihad in the Premier League on Saturday, live Sky sports from 11.30 am coup de shipment 12h30.

Huddersfield, meanwhile, will host Watford Saturday (3 pm) for his penultimate home game before returning to the championship.