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With enviable tenacity, “Leicester” return to second place in the standings, and now we can safely say that matches like “Tottenham” are no accident. Previously in a similar style, Rogers sentinels beat Arsenal, Leeds and Man City, this time in many ways, an even more telling example. They managed to tie the Londoners hand and foot, act more brusquely in the counterattacks (and this is Mourinho’s favorite weapon), in addition, the guests looked very good in defense.
The first half turned out to be quite cautious, only three hits out of two were split by teams. At the same time, it was the “foxes” who looked sharper, more often and more skillfully went from defense to attack, using speed. We can notice the blows of Vardy and Maddison, the hosts only once threatened the opponent’s goal.
Also, the Spurs played surprisingly inattentive in their own penalty area; even before the penalty there were strange errors near Lloris’ goal. And at the end of the first forty-five minutes, Orye pushed Fofan from behind, he was in the corner of the penalty area, without much danger, the referee looked at the VAR for a long time, still assigning a penalty. Vardi hit from a point in force, in the center of the gate, Lloris fell sideways – 0: 1.
At the start of the second half, Maddison scored the second goal. Although Tottenham were lucky, the referee turned to GAR again and the goal was disallowed. Offside. Unfortunately it was a great moment after all, the midfielder jumped into shock position at a sharp angle and shot straight into the goal. Leicester kept playing, combining and creating great challenges for Hotspur.
And yet the score became 0: 2. Vardy fought with two defenders for the ball, it seemed that the striker had no chances, but he went to the end, sent the ball into the goalkeeper’s room with his head, and there Alderweireld threw the ball into the net with a clumsy knee. The Londoners left a terrible impression in the first hour of play, although in the last third they increased the speed.
Schmeichel parried two insanely dangerous shots by Kane and Son Min, then Regilon and Dyer started pumping and made some good passes. Mourinho’s charges went ahead with great forces, they took risks and showed their offensive potential. But nothing more. “Leicester” withstood this attack and brought the game to a victorious end.
You can call this victory of the guests training, Rogers tactically outplayed Mourinho, neutralized the trump cards of the counterparts and put up the strengths of his team. More precisely, in “Leicester” they worked on the errors, and the game resulted in defense close to the ideal, and also managed to specify their chances in attack. The Foxes will continue to fight for the top spots in the Premier League, and Tottenham, after a second successive failure, may fall to sixth place in the standings, it all depends on Manchester United and Chelsea.
APL. Round 14
Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur (London)
Head Judge: Craig Pawson (South Yorkshire)
Tottenham – Leicester 0: 2
Goals: Wardi 45 (pen), Alderweireld 59 (aut.)
Tottenham: 1. Lloris, 3. Regilon, 4. Alderweireld, 15. Dyer, 24. Orie (Winx 64), 5. Heibjerg, 17. Sissoko, 18. Lo Chelso (Lucas Moura 50), 28. Ndombele (Bale 46) , 7. They are Min, 10. Kane.
Leicester: 1. Schmeichel, 2. Justin, 6. Evans, 25. Ndidi, 27. Castagne (Amarty 61), 3. Fofana, 8. Thielemans, 11. Albrighton, 15. Barnes (Prat 84), 10. Maddison, 9 Vardy.
Warnings: Dyer 78, Winx 82 – Albrighton 32, Niddy 72
