5 things we learnt from Tottenham v Leicester
Pochettino has no
plan B
Pochettino has been praised for his pressing style and free
flowing style of play, but, when teams allow Spurs to attack them and they suck
up the pressure and hit on the counter. This causes Spurs problems as their game
plan gets stuck and unable to create meaningful chances.
At no point, during the game did Spurs change their approach
and allow Janssen to get more service which he desperately needs.
This will need to change, when Spurs face sides who play the
“park the bus” structure, they will struggle to get wins which is what they
need to challenge for the title, which is their aim.
Leicester have
become the new ‘Stoke’
Leicester won the title last season, playing with break neck
pace on the wings and upfront in Vardy, they have gone to the old “Stoke” way
of playing football, where they would pull the opposition players about and
make cynical fouls all over the pitch to get under the opposition’s skin. They
still play with the same pacey players but others like Huth, Morgan and
Drinkwater were biting at Alli, Eriksen and Son all afternoon. It was
surprising that Leicester ended the game with 11 players on the field.
Spurs have no
killer threat
With the absence of last season’s top goal scorer Harry
Kane, Pochettino has called to both Heung-Min Son and Vincent Janssen to fill
his boots.
Son seemed to answer
questions at the start but as gone off of the boil recently and Janssen seems
to be unable to score from open play, so Spurs have to find someone either
already in the team or find a player in January who can come in and help Kane
up front.
Janssen scored his
first Premier League goal of the season all bit in from the penalty spot,
hopefully it’ll spur him onto a streak in the coming games.
Spurs stay
unbeaten but look vulnerable ahead of the NLD
Today’s draw has made it 10 games unbeaten in the league but
it also means 50% of their games have ended in draws. This is worrying ahead of
the North London Derby, especially that Arsenal are in hot form after beating
Ludogorets in the Champions League 6-0 and beating Sunderland today 4-1.
Spurs still have the best defence in the league but they
also have the worst attack in the top six. This shows that if Arsenal are able to
get ahead next Sunday then Spurs might struggle to get back into the game and
this will worry fans.
Kane might be back for Wednesday’s Champions League match V
Leverkusen and he might be fit for the game on Sunday but, may be too unfit to
play up to his full potential.
Leicester stole a
point
Leicester only managed one shot on target in the whole game
which was their goal.
This is change to the team that was winning the league last
season. They struggled to get a foot hold in the game and were struggling to
provide service to the forwards even though there were three strikers on the
field in Vardy, Musa and Okazaki and yet they didn’t trouble Lloris in net.
If it wasn’t for a defensive mix up from Spurs gifted
Leicester an equaliser, they wouldn’t have gotten anything from the game. Their
away day blues may have ended in terms of losing but they need to get back to
the form that won them the league last season if they want a substantial reward
at the end of the year.
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