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Publication date: Monday, October 26, 2020 10:53
It may not have been as much fun as the very silly 2020 results at Southampton and Manchester United, but Tottenham won fiercely with effort and it was undeserved. 1-0 win at Burnley it may turn out to be the most important of the three.
The minimum requirement for a team with Tottenham’s ambitions then that West Ham game it was victory. But this was the most perfect victory possible.
Another game of five or six goals would not have told us anything and would have meant relatively little. We know they can do that. They have done it before and will do it again. A 1-0 stolen in a game in which they got a touch, that’s touch, not shot, in the opposition area during the first hour is much more significant.
It is no bother for José Mourinho to say that this is exactly what he would have wanted, as well as precisely what he expected. A clean first sheet of the Premier League season is finally huge, but psychologically there is a real sense that at least two of the four points Spurs have so carelessly given away have been recovered tonight. It could mean everything.
Another Harry Kane assist for Heung-Min Son was a reminder that even at the least effective moment, and Spurs in general had certainly been, stifled, blocked and frustrated by a textbook Sean Dyche performance, they will always carry. a threat.
It was not her usual night and this was not her usual combination. Instead of a precise, sweeping pass from Kane for Son to run and finish, it was a quick move from a corner from Erik Lamela and a close-range header. It was also, in the 76th minute, Tottenham’s first goal attempt. All of that will infuriate Dyche, but it also moves Kane and Son to 29 goal combinations with nine of them in the last six games. Only Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard have more in the Premier League, and with the current speed and course, their total of 36 will be revised long before the year is out.
Kane’s last assist came three minutes after he avoided a certain Burnley goal with a header from his own goal line. It was another quick reminder of how good and important a footballer is.
The ‘one season wonder’ label now seems less ridiculous than the ‘selfish penalty entry merchant’. When the boffins have hit Covid over the head and they and we can finally turn our attention to footballer cloning, you’ll soon find yourself wondering how many Kanes you would have on this Spurs team if you had decided recklessly. playing God in such an arrogant way. It’s at least five, I guess. The front. The No. 10. The deep creator. The right side crosses. The central takes care of everything. The craziest thing of all is that you would probably only need two or three Kanes to do all of those jobs anyway. He’s extraordinary and, with all due respect to James Rodriguez, Patrick Bamfords, and Dominic Calvert-Lewins of this world, he is currently the league’s outstanding player by a rather surprising margin. He’s doing it all and he’s doing it expertly. Despite what happened last time, I could probably do a decent job online now.
For Burnley, however, this was a real kick in the teeth. They completely canceled the Spurs for 75 minutes. That Tarkowski header cut by one of many, many Kanes was far from the only opening the Clarets had created, and they seemed like the most likely winners until they didn’t.
But when the frustration wears off, there is now much more reason for optimism than at any other time this season. Burnley hasn’t seen himself, but tonight he absolutely did. Ashley Barnes and Chris Wood looked as horrible to play as ever, the commitment to the cause was absolute across the field and a performance that most of the time would yield at least one point against high-quality opponents. A five-game point is suboptimal, but this should be a turn in the corner.
Tottenham, however; What can they do this season? Kane spoke post-game on Sky about “something special” and, as Gary Neville noted, “he’s not talking about the Carabao.” You really wonder. They are in fifth place and just two points off the top of the league. They have scored more goals than anyone else and, despite their varied injury-time problems, only two teams have conceded fewer. And we still haven’t seen anything from Gareth Bale.
Tottenham’s two games before the international break are against Brighton and West Brom, and their goal difference is obviously quite useful. Bloody hell.
Dave tickner
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