The Premier League continued to serve its drama as Spurs found themselves on the end of yet another loss at the hands of West Ham United. Just like the previous games against Chelsea, Wolves and Aston Villa, Spurs scored first and ended up with the L. That has to be a record.
They started well with Pedro Porro swinging in a cross that was headed by Cristian Romero past ex-Gunner, Lukasz Fabianski, to put Spurs ahead, but the equalizer arrived when Mo Kudus fired a shot that ricocheted off two Spurs defenders before falling kindly to Jarrod Bowen’s path. The winger picked his spot and smashed the ball to the roof of the net while Gigi Vicario scrambled on the ground to make a save.
The match winner was pure comedy as Destiny Udogie gifted a pass to Bowen but Vicario surged forward and blocked the West Ham striker. However, the ball went to James Ward Prowse whose initial shot clipped the post but he rebounded the ball to an empty net to put the game beyond doubt.
After flying high early in the season and winning three consecutive Manager of the Month awards, Ange Postecoglou, or Poste-No-Clue, has continued to maintain his gung-ho football approach, refusing to adapt and has had the well-deserved losses to show for it. The Chelsea game that started the rot was quite unfortunate with Spurs losing Romero and Udogie getting sent off, and it was a double whammy as the club lost two talismanic players, James Maddison and Micky van de Ven to injuries.
The Wolves game was funny really, with Brennan Johnson scoring early and the visitors having full control of the game but a late rally saw Spurs concede two late goals. You can attribute bad luck to the loss against Aston Villa with Heung-Min Son scoring three goals that were ruled out for offside.
St. Totteringham’s Day looking very realistic and long may it continue.
Elsewhere, Arsenal will be without their charismatic manager, Mikel Arteta, in the touchline against Unai Emery in Villa Park after he picked his third yellow card of the season for his exaggerated celebrations in the dugout following that sweet Declan Rice goal right at the death against Luton Town.
“I could not be seated in my seat, unfortunately. I left there, I had no special awareness at all. It was pure emotion. If that’s a yellow…okay, that’s a yellow.”
Apparently, there is a lower threshold for coaches, with three bookings earning them a suspension, which will be challenging for Arsenal, as they visit one of the most feared grounds in Europe, with Aston Villa winning 14 consecutive games in a row in Villa Park. Arsenal’s last visit to Villa Park was a thriller, with the Gunners running out as 4-2 winners.
I’d preview the Villa game tomorrow.
Sayonara.
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