Misery seems to be the only thing that unites at Tottenham, where things have gone very sour pretty quickly. Is anyone enjoying this? willfordy25 on Conte's Spurs.
After their best ever start to a Premier League season, some tipped Tottenham to be in the title race. Yes, they were playing terribly, but that’s the sign of a champion, is it not – winning while being sh*t? Not on this occasion. Spurs aren’t now winning and playing better, they’re losing and playing worse.
Kane is barely involved. Bryan Gil still plays as though he’s only just strapped his big boy boots on. Yves Bissouma looks like he’s being let out for yard time from Azkaban, such is the soullessness of his football compared to his Brighton days. But the dearth of excitement is most evident, and disheartening, in the demise of Son Heung-min.
. And they were fine. They defended as a team, Ollie Watkins and Leon Bailey did a good job of running the channels and relieving pressure, Boubacar Kamara and Douglas Luiz were excellent. But is also didn’t feel like it was all that difficult to beat Tottenham, or at the least avoid losing to them.