What disaster? Tottenham Hotspur‘s continuous means to rewrite their narrative, for higher and for worse, succeeds in mystifying the sharpest of Premier League analysts.
At their worst beneath Ange Postecoglou, Spurs are straightforward to play via and bereft of synergy in defence. When working to their max, although, they’re a pressure to be reckoned with – one thing that Manchester Metropolis felt keenly as they had been trounced 4-0 in their very own yard on a dark Saturday night.
It bears testomony to Postecoglou’s nous that he’s taking his facet residence from Manchester with a large win within the bag for the second time this season, although the chequered outcomes elsewhere function a reminder that there’s loads of work nonetheless to do.
Even so, this was an unimaginable night, maybe the most effective but beneath Postecoglou’s wing. James Maddison was the architect of the success, totally mesmerising for the Lilywhites.
James Maddion’s birthday bonanza
Birthday boy Maddison loved probably the most great of presents when placing his facet two nil up after simply 20 minutes, setting the tone for Tottenham’s almighty victory.
Writing in his post-match participant scores, correspondent Alasdair Gold might solely hand the 28-year-old a 9/10 score, praising his targets but additionally noting that from that time ‘his confidence was flowing from then on and he confirmed precisely what he can do.’
As you possibly can see from the stats portrayed beneath, Maddison was not solely incisive along with his capturing however indispensable along with his combativeness and development, finishing each of his dribbles and profitable a whopping 9 floor duels.
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James Maddison – Stats vs Man Metropolis (23/11/24) |
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Match Stats |
# |
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Minutes performed |
89′ |
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Objectives |
2 |
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Touches |
64 |
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Photographs (on the right track) |
2 (2) |
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Go completion |
40/45 (89%) |
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Key passes |
0 |
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Dribbles (accomplished) |
2 (2) |
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Tackles |
2 |
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Floor duels (gained) |
12 (9) |
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Stats by way of Sofascore |
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It was a effective efficiency, and he was joined by ahead companions akin to Heung-min Son, Dejan Kulusevski, Brennan Johnson and the like.
However let’s take a second to hail the good defensive efficiency of Radu Dragusin. He got here up trumps.
Radu Dragusin’s greatest Spurs efficiency
Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero, a formidable and dynamic defensive partnership. Sadly, accidents meant that each titans sat on the sidelines for this one.
Regardless of. Alongside the skilled Ben Davies, Dragusin was a stone-walled bulwark for his facet, profitable 100% of his floor duels, as per Sofascore, and silencing the beleaguered Erling Haaland, who mustered 5 pictures to no avail.
The efficiency was so mighty that soccer.london needed to match Maddison’s exceptional 9/10 rating when assessing the Romania worldwide’s displaying, with expertise scout Jacek Kulig even saying “Dragusin is solely a monster” after the spectacle.
The previous Genoa man has are available in for criticism for his type of late – having been notably abject within the defeat to Ipswich City final outing – but up in opposition to the division’s fiercest marksman, Haaland, the Romanian stood agency, after which some, placing in arguably his effective show for the membership to this point, contemplating the character of the opposition.
Exceptional stuff. If solely Tottenham might play Guardiola’s lads each week.
Take a look again on the Londoners’ outcomes and you may be reminded that there’s loads of work to do. However come on, that is an distinctive outcome, and hopefully an overture for the riches to come back from this thrilling crop.
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