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WOLVERHAMPTON – TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2-3
Tottenham led 3-0 after an hour's game against Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday night, but the London team was losing the lead in a spectacular and entertaining football match.
Two penalty shots by young Argentine midfielder Juan Foyth gave the Wolves hope at the end of the match, but "Spurs" was held wide and was hanged at the top of the Premier League.
Maurico Pochettino, relieved, could thank the manager of Wolverhampton, Nuno Espírito Santo, for the match.
– At 3-0, we made sure that they had a very cheap opportunity. We've created our own problems, but it's a tough place, I'm delighted, "said Pochettino, according to the BBC.
Three points ahead of Tottenham, behind erkerival Arsenal and a fourth place in the Premier League, three points from Liverpool.
"We made it difficult for them when we went up to 3-0, we had some control, but we left them in the game again." Unfortunately, we had to give two penalties at the end, said Hugo. Lloris, Tottenham goalkeeper, at Sky Sports.
"It's a difficult program ahead, but we have a solid booth and are trying to make the best possible rotation," Lloris said.
Manchester City will play at home against Southampton on Sunday and Pep Guardiola's men will return to the top of the standings with three points.
Wolverhampton will be 15 points in the middle of the table.
"We have seen three useless goals – no matter who we play – we have to work with the defense – you can never put out the break against the best clubs," said Wolves captain Conor Coady.
"It was a great match with enthusiasm and intensity, there was everything," Nuno Espirito Santo said.
"The result was disappointing, but we had a fantastic response in the second half, Tottenham challenged twice and he defined the game, we had the character back when everyone thought we had lost. and took risks, maybe we gained a point, "said the Portuguese.
Early damage
Tottenham counted on three points in West Midlands after losing the first leg at home against Manchester City on Monday, but had a hard blow after only minutes of play when midfielder Mousa Dembélé had to deal with an injury to the ankle. His Heung-min replaced Belgium.
"It was a tough battle to lose Dembélé after five minutes, we hired an offensive player in Son and had to change our plan," Pochettino said.
Dembélé's injury did not stop the London club, quite the opposite. Although the home team had a lot of balls in the first minute, Harry Kane nearly scored when he opened the scoring after 20 minutes. The Wolf keeper Rui Patricio had to stretch to save the English national team.
Seven minutes later, Tottenham was in charge. Erik Lamela, who made a very good move recently, played on the wall with substitute Son, outside the Wolves, before elegantly placing the ball between Rui Patricio's legs and goal.
Argentina, who recently joined the national team for the first time in two years, has been involved in eleven points in their last 12 Spurs – eight points scored and three goalies, according to the statistics provider. Opta.
Two minutes later, the direction was doubled. Tottenham continued its momentum after the first goal and was besieged as close to 16 meters from the home team. A perfect pass from right wing Kieran Tripper hit Lucas Moura in the box and the Brazilian raised the score to 0-2.
Raúl Jiménez of the local team gave the ball deep in the nets after a good game, ten minutes before the break, but referee Mike Dean shot in the feet, poorly rendered decision to the television reporter.
"It could have made a big difference – it's hard not to feel undisciplined," said Wolverhampton's manager after the match.
Wolverhampton often had the ball in the minute before the break, without anything coming clearly, and Tottenham tried a break with Tomorrow Management.
Offensive "Wolves"
The home team had to go out of their way early in the second half, but Jiménez missed another opportunity four minutes into the match when he was released by Helder Costa.
A few minutes later, Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris made a powerful save on a deep shot from Wolves captain Rúben Neves.
Jiménez was still in the spotlight Saturday night. Ten minutes into the match, the Mexicans would have a penalty in a duel with Kieran Trippier, but the referee Dean rejected Wolves' wars of the attacker.
Wolverhampton failed to exploit the overtime in the game he had at that time and was punished by Tottenham. Formal Lamela made the effort to remove two of the home team players before finding Harry Kane again. The Tottenham striker abused the first opportunity but scored his own goal.
The same Kane forced Rui Patricio to be neutralized right after with a good shot from the edge of the 16 meters.
Two penalties
The local team was then shaken, but had the chance to return to the match when Juan Foyth, who was playing his first League game for Tottenham, faced Jiménez. Rúben Neves was safe from eleven meters.
A little before the end, a new reduction should have happened. Morgan Gibbs-White played very well at Hel Costa, but the Portugal striker miraculously missed the ball out of goal alone with Lloris.
The boss of the Wolves, Nuno Espirito Santo, was annoying for this reason, but found hope when the young Foyth left clumsy and awarded a penalty. Jiménez got the penalty this time and he found himself brutally 2-3.
Within ten minutes of the end, the home team almost started to attack Tottenham's goal, but most of the penny was out of Wolverhampton and three points went back to London.
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