Video Highlights - Spurs rue clinical finishing
I have frequently brought up the subject of being clinical so that when an opportunity arises in a tight 0-0 game, composure and clinical finishing would turn those into wins. Today was a case in point, Ryan Mason spurned the chance to settle the tie.
Manchester United could have won the game before half-time but they found Hugo Lloris in superlative form. Tottenham, despite coming close ourselves, should probably have been behind but we rode our luck to keep the game scoreless.
We saw the good and bad of Vlad Chiriches, a goal line tackle to save a certain goal but then frequently giving the ball away. He was playing to give Kyle Walker a rest. Not long back from injury, two games in 48 hours would be risking a fatigue injury. He is proving, as suspected, to be a better right-back but we now have DeAndre Yedlin arriving in January to understudy Walker.
Manchester United were finding too much space in midfield in front of the back four, something Pochettino tightened up on in the second half. Where Louis Van Gaal's side had the better of the first-half, Tottenham had the better of the second and as the game went on began to dominate more and more.
With the game entering it's final 10 minutes, now was the time for Spurs to be clinical. If you are clinical when 3-0 up instead of just playing keep ball then you are training yourself to be clinical when opportunities arise, rather than hoping to turn it on and turn it off. After excellent work by Kane he had the awareness to make a defence splitting pass for Mason's run.
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In behind the defence with only the keeper to beat he lacked composure and blasted wildly over the bar. This was just the sort of instance I had been thinking about and was the difference between one point and three. As it was we had to settle for a point against a top four side, which is an improvement on recent form against them.
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Tottenham Hotspur: Lloris, Chiriches, Fazio, Vertonghen, Davies; Mason, Stambouli; Chadli (Lamela, 79′), Eriksen, Townsend (Dembele, 79′); Kane
Manchester United: De Gea, Jones, McNair (Shaw, 76′), Evans (Smalling, 72′), Valencia (Rafael, 45′), Carrick, Rooney, Mata, Young, van Persie, Falcao
Manchester United could have won the game before half-time but they found Hugo Lloris in superlative form. Tottenham, despite coming close ourselves, should probably have been behind but we rode our luck to keep the game scoreless.
We saw the good and bad of Vlad Chiriches, a goal line tackle to save a certain goal but then frequently giving the ball away. He was playing to give Kyle Walker a rest. Not long back from injury, two games in 48 hours would be risking a fatigue injury. He is proving, as suspected, to be a better right-back but we now have DeAndre Yedlin arriving in January to understudy Walker.
Manchester United were finding too much space in midfield in front of the back four, something Pochettino tightened up on in the second half. Where Louis Van Gaal's side had the better of the first-half, Tottenham had the better of the second and as the game went on began to dominate more and more.
With the game entering it's final 10 minutes, now was the time for Spurs to be clinical. If you are clinical when 3-0 up instead of just playing keep ball then you are training yourself to be clinical when opportunities arise, rather than hoping to turn it on and turn it off. After excellent work by Kane he had the awareness to make a defence splitting pass for Mason's run.
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In behind the defence with only the keeper to beat he lacked composure and blasted wildly over the bar. This was just the sort of instance I had been thinking about and was the difference between one point and three. As it was we had to settle for a point against a top four side, which is an improvement on recent form against them.
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Tottenham Hotspur: Lloris, Chiriches, Fazio, Vertonghen, Davies; Mason, Stambouli; Chadli (Lamela, 79′), Eriksen, Townsend (Dembele, 79′); Kane
Manchester United: De Gea, Jones, McNair (Shaw, 76′), Evans (Smalling, 72′), Valencia (Rafael, 45′), Carrick, Rooney, Mata, Young, van Persie, Falcao
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