{"id":11703,"date":"2022-05-12T22:33:29","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T22:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mehstg.co.uk\/wp\/?page_id=11703"},"modified":"2022-05-14T21:11:48","modified_gmt":"2022-05-14T21:11:48","slug":"nut120522","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mehstg.co.uk\/wp\/nut120522\/","title":{"rendered":"Woolwich Wanderers (Home) 12.05.2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR<\/span>\u00a0 3\u00a0 (2)\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\nWOOLWICH WANDERERS<\/span><\/span>\u00a0 0\u00a0 (0)<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date : –\u00a0 Thursday 12th May 2022<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\nKick off : –\u00a0 19.45<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Competition : –\u00a0 Premier League<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\nVenue : –\u00a0 Tottenham Hotspur Stadium<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Crowd : –\u00a0 62,027<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Referee : –\u00a0 Paul Tierney (Lancashire)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\nLinesmen : – Mr. Contantine Hatzidakis; Mr. Neil Davies<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fourth official : –\u00a0 Peter Bankes<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VAR official : –\u00a0 Mike Dean<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\nVAR Assistant : –\u00a0 Lee Betts<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Weather : –\u00a0 Dry, mild<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Woolwich Wanderers kicked off the first half attacking the Park Lane end<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Playing time : –\u00a0 \u00a090 + 6 minutes<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
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TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\nWOOLWICH WANDERERS<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GOAL-SCORERS<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0 \"\"<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 Kane (p)\u00a0 21m 50s<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n\u00a0 None<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0 \"\"<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 Kane\u00a0 36m 39s<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0 \"\"<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 Son\u00a0 46m 11s<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CARDS<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 Davies\u00a0 (foul on Nketiah)\u00a0 17<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\"\"<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 Holding\u00a0 (continually fouling Son)\u00a0 26<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 Conte\u00a0 (dissent)\u00a0 17<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\"\"<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 Smith-Rowe\u00a0 (foul on Moura)\u00a0 86<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\"\"<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 Odegaard\u00a0 (foul on Moura)\u00a0 88<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\"\"<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 Xhaka\u00a0(dissent)\u00a0 90+1<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n\"\"<\/span><\/td>\n \u00a0 Holding (second yellow – elbow on Son)\u00a0 33<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\nWOOLWICH WANDERERS<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\nHugo LLORIS (c)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n 32.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 Aaron RAMSDALE<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6.<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0 Davinson SANCHEZ<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n17.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 Cedric SOARES<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15.<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0 Eric DIER<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n16.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 Rob HOLDING\u00a0 \"\" \u00a0 \"\"\u00a0 \"\"<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 Ben DAVIES\u00a0 \"\"<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>\u00a0 (\u00a0 14. <\/span>\u00a0 Joe RODON <\/strong><\/span>\u00a082)\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n 6.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 GABRIEL<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 (\u00a0 20.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 Nuno TAVARES\u00a0 76)<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n 18.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 Takehiro TOMIYASU<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12.<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n \u00a0 Emerson ROYAL<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5.<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0 Pierre-Emile HOJBJERG<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n 25.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 Mohamed ELNENY<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0 Rodrigo BENTACUR<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n 34.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 Granit XHAKA\u00a0 \"\"<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 Ryan SESSEGNON<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n 7.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 Bukayo SAKA<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 Dejan KULUSEVSKI<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0(\u00a0 27.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 Lucas MOURA<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 72)<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n 8.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 Martin ODEGAARD\u00a0 \"\"<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7.<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0 Heung-Min SON<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 \"\"<\/span> (\u00a0 23.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 Steven BERGWIJN<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 72)\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n 35.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 Gabriel MARTINELLI<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0 (\u00a0 2.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 Emile SMITH-ROWE\u00a0 64\u00a0 \"\"<\/span>)\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10.<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0 Harry KANE\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> \"\" (p) \"\"<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n 30.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 Eddie NKETIAH\u00a0 (\u00a0 9.<\/span> <\/span>\u00a0 Alexandre LACAZETTE\u00a0 73) \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Substitutes<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\nSubstitutes<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 Pierluigi GOLLINI<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n1.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 Bernd LENO<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 Harry WINKS<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n4.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 Benjamin WHITE<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
51.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 Matthew CRAIG<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n23.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 Albert Sambi LOKONGA<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
45.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 Alfie DEVINE<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n 87.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 Charles PANTINO<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>2<\/span><\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0 Harvey WHITE<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n 69.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 Zachary SWANSON<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
44.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 Dane SCARLETT<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n 19.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0 Nicolas PEPE<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Manager : – Antonio Conte\u00a0 \"\"<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\nManager : –\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>Mikael Arteta<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kit Supplier : – Nike<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\nKit Supplier : – adidas<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shirt Sponsor : – AIA<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\nShirt Sponsor : – Emirates<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/strong>
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Shirt Sleeve Sponsor : – cinch<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\nShirt Sleeve Sponsor : – <\/span>Visit Rwanda<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>
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Images of kits courtesy of the marvellous Colours of Football<\/a> website<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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MATCH REPORT<\/strong>
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For such a potential high reward riding on this match, the outcome was a reasonably straightforward 3-0 win for Spurs over the South Londoners aided by Rob Holding receiving the traditional red card for the Gooners in this fixture.\u00a0 Punished by two Harry Kane goals and one from Heung-Min Son, the majority of the second half was played out with Spurs happy to keep hold of the ball and run the opposition around, causing them to pick up more yellow cards in an ill-disciplined display that fits well with their club going back to the time when Wenger let his players run wild.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The tension in the air was palpable before the match and flares were prominent along the High Road, along with a large number of fans arriving in N17 well before kick off.\u00a0 That was nothing compared to the atmosphere that welcomed both sides to the pitch.\u00a0 Spurs lined up with Davinson Sanchez taking Cristian Romero’s place with the Argentine defender suffering from the knock he picked up at Anfield, so it had more than a touch of irony that the January fixture that was postponed at Woolwich’s request because they didn’t have enough players.\u00a0 So, for this match we were missing five players who would have been available then, although we now had Son fit and firing.\u00a0 How the difference played to Tottenham’s strengths.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

With the game’s early stages seeing Woolwich pushing forward, the Spurs defence were coping with anything that was played into the box and while they were pressing and knocking the ball around, it was all tiki-taka stuff, with their players playing their tricks and flicks.\u00a0 Aside from a weak, blocked shot from Odegaard and Saka slipping as he shot, leaving the ball to trickle through to Hugo.\u00a0 A right wing cross almost found Sessegnon coming in at the far post and it was an intended clever back-heel by Nketiah that didn’t turn out to be that clever as it gave Spurs a glimpse of a chance, giving it to Hojbjerg, who mis-hit his cross from the right that flew high over the angle on the far side of the goal.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Arteta had his side hyped up and their intention to stay tight to Kane and Son was now paying off.\u00a0 Holding had been detailed to stop Son and that was by any means necessary.\u00a0 He couldn’t deal with Sonny receiving the ball on the half-turn and certainly couldn’t live with his pace, fouling him on three separate occasions with a kick in our striker’s back on one of them.\u00a0 The balding Holding was living up to his name.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The boos that welcomed every touch by a red shirt gradually died away, but there was enough noise to terrify their players and it looked like it had.\u00a0 Having been beaten by a couple of determined tackles by Sanchez and Royal, the great hope for the Gooners, Martinelli, slipped out of the game.\u00a0 Odegaard looked like he wanted to get the ball forward, but had few options as after the first ten.\u00a0 A long, hopeful ball forward caught Davies underneath it and when Nketiah barged him over near our defensive corner, the Welshman hooked the Woolwich striker’s foot to stop him getting away.\u00a0 He got a yellow card, as did Antonio Conte for his protestations.\u00a0 Nothing came from it and Tottenham’s liking for a tackle was rattling the away team, with even Xhaka unable to respond in kind.\u00a0 When Tottenham worked the ball across the pitch 40 yards from goal, Kulusevski put in a cross to the far post where Sessegnon and Son were there to go for it, but Soares lost his head and backed into Son without going for the ball, referee Tierney had a clear view and pointed to the spot.\u00a0 Despite League directives, the official was surrounded by red shirts so he wasn’t visible to the naked eye.\u00a0 The ill-conceived decision to try to prevent Son getting on the ball that cleared Holding’s transplanted head was not going to be changed.\u00a0 Deploying all the delaying tactics in their repertoire, Harry Kane stood apart, holding the ball and waiting his moment to place the ball on the spot and send it into the keeper’s right hand bottom corner as Ramsdale could only look over his shoulder to see the ball go the other way as he dived to his right.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Going a goal ahead in 22 minutes had not been in Arteta’s plans and it turned the game in Tottenham’s favour.\u00a0 More confidently stroking the ball around, the red shorts were desperate in their attempts to try to get possession.\u00a0 Just after a left wing cross by Xhaka caught Lloris back-pedalling a long way, only to stretch and drop the ball with Odegaard in close attendance (although Hojbjerg was on hand to make sure Hugo got it back in his hands), Arsenal’s frustrations finally fond their way into the referee’s notebook.\u00a0 Holding once more grappled with Son, who was too clever for him and his holding got him a\u00a0 yellow card.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Attempts by the Gooners to play the ball out from the back were even worse than ours, as they passed to white shirts.\u00a0 Hojbjerg received one loose pass and fed it through to Son, who passed inside to Kane on the edge of the box.\u00a0 He nut-megged Gabriel, took it to the right and fired in a shot that Tomiyasu managed to block with an extended leg.\u00a0 The ball dropped for Emerson Royal, but his shot flashed over the angle, although it was closer than Xhaka’s effort in the next Wanderers attack that landed halfway up the South Stand.\u00a0 The singing had hardly abated for half an hour and Eric Dier’s forward pass looking for Son never reached him, as Holding came across the Korean and his elbow moved towards Son to catch him in the face.\u00a0 Tierney had no hesitation in producing the yellow card that meant that the Gooner defender was walking off after 33 minutes.\u00a0 His team-mates were once again around the ref claiming that it was his shoulder, while Xhaka was claiming that Son head-butted Holding’s elbow !\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

When the melee and the moaning had finished, Woolwich were 1-0 down and one man down.\u00a0 The free-kick was cleverly played down the left side over the defence to Sessegnon, who unfortunately didn’t get a decent contact on it, otherwise a ball across the six-yard line would have resulted.\u00a0 Still the fouls came from the away team and Saka fouled Hojbjerg, hurting himself in the process.\u00a0 Son whipped in the free-kick and Kane glanced it on, but it was put out on our right by Tomiyasu for a corner.\u00a0 Again it was Son who took it and Bentancur was unmarked in the middle of the goal to head downwards toward the far bottom corner.\u00a0 With Nketiah sleeping, Kane made a move behind him to head the ball over the line to make sure with a header a foot off the ground and about six inches out !\u00a0 With a central defender missing, the space was there and Woolwich failed to smell the danger by marking properly to gift Spurs a 2-0 lead.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The opposition were falling apart, fouling Kane on the halfway line and Harry took it quickly to his right, where Emerson was in acres of space.\u00a0 It was a little too long for him to reach, but Kulusevski kept it alive and crossed, but it was crowded out.\u00a0 The Spurs press was causing panic when a Woolwich player got the ball and Odegaard was left on the floor when Kane and Davies double-teamed him, so he held his head to stop Spurs moving forward again.\u00a0 Funnily enough he was fine to continue thirty seconds later.\u00a0 Five minutes before half time, Sessegnon’s cross looked for Royal at the far post, but he had to go around Tomiyasu, so by the time he could reach the ball, all he could do was lift it over the top from close range.\u00a0 The visitors did have an opportunity three minutes before the break, when Saka sent Nketiah away on their left.\u00a0 He cut inside to curl an effort looking for the far top corner, but Lloris leapt up to his left to palm the ball over the bar with a fine save.\u00a0 Odegaard again mis-hit a shot that Hugo fielded with ease and the Spurs skipper was there with a diving interception to grab the ball before Saka’s cross picked out Nketiah.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The half-time whistle brought great cheers from three and a half sides of the ground, while the away fans were quiet … it was like a library over there.\u00a0 Tottenham had sat in deep in those opening stages and ceded possession to Wanderers but they didn’t make anything from it.\u00a0 Micky Hazard was choked up when he introduced Riley, a young lad who had cerebral palsy and was told he wouldn’t walk again, but he battled to be able to walk and made his way to the goalmouth, as it was his dream to score a penalty at the stadium.\u00a0 Pat Jennings was brought on to give him a keeper to score against and the youngster got his kick over the line past a Tottenham great.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The same 21 players came out for the second half and Spurs were on top straight away.\u00a0 In fact, they were 3-0 ahead after just 71 seconds !\u00a0 Sanchez played a low pass into Kane in the middle of the area and with Gabriel too tight to him, they fell to the floor with the defender managing to poke the ball to his left and amidst Gooners thinking another penalty was going to be given against their remaining lumbering central defender, they allowed Son to pick his spot to fire it through the crowd to score.\u00a0 As he wheeled away to celebrate one of the Wanderers kicked the ball after him, while the others surrounded the ref again, claiming a foul, but I wasn’t sure whether they were saying it was Kane who committed it or that it should have been a penalty !<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The result had been more or less a foregone conclusion some time ago, but this killed it.\u00a0 The Woolwich players did summon enough about them to have one shot on goal.\u00a0 Martinelli played a pass inside to Saka and he shot, but Ben Davies made another excellent block and then was alert to Nketiah closing in, so hacked the ball away from in front of goal.\u00a0 The ball was probably heading in past Lloris’s left, so it was a vital block by Ben.\u00a0 Saka had a run on the right to finish with an effort on target, but it was straight at Hugo, who made a routine collection of the ball.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

By now the ol\u00e9’s were ringing out.\u00a0 Woolwich were half-heartedly chasing the ball and when Spurs worked the ball from Emerson on the right to Kane on the left, the Brazilian got on the end of Harry’s cross to head down to Ramsdale’s right, but the keeper got down to it to make a good save.\u00a0 He was called on to make another when Kane got the ball and with space ahead of him, made ground and hit a drive from 30 yards out that the keeper touched over the top.\u00a0 Kane wasn’t going to pass up the opportunity to try and record a hat-trick, while Son almost had a second when Hojbjerg’s pass sent Sessegnon away on the left with a ball in his stride.\u00a0 Ryan’s square ball picked out Son, as he did at Liverpool, but it was just behind Heung-Min’s run and he did well to make a contact, but the ball squirted over the bar.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

With little to shout about and not wanting to waste the flare that had been sneaked into the ground, the Gooner fan threw it onto the pitch to celebrate a substitution being made.\u00a0 The hopes of the Woolwich fans were going up in the sad smoke that wisped up from the flare on the turf.\u00a0 Odegaard shot wildly over the bar before more misery was heaped on the South London side with Bergwijn and Moura replacing Kulusevski and Son.\u00a0 Sonny looked very unhappy at being hooked off, as he might have felt that there were more goals to be had.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Kane was still looking for his third, winning a header to Hojbjerg’s cross, but it looped easily into Ramsdale’s hands, but his challenger for the ball went down and the referee stopped the game for Gabriel to receive treatment.\u00a0 It wasn’t a head injury and Wanderers didn’t kick the ball out, so I’m not sure why play couldn’t continue.\u00a0 He was subbed, but I am sure that his presence didn’t matter much.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Substitute Tavares pulled a ball back low for Odegaard and he got his shot on target, but again, Lloris was well-positioned to take it with an easy save, while Ryan Sessegnon made a run across the Gooners box, but ran out of space to do much with the ball.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Joe Rodon made a rare appearance, coming on for Davies, while Moura was getting kicked from pillar to post, as once more his pace could not be dealt with by the Goons, producing yellow cards for Odegaard and Rowe-Smith (the future of English football apparently).\u00a0 They were joined in the book by the Xhaka, who felt left out, so talked his way into the referee’s list of offenders when Spurs were given a free-kick for a foul on Moura.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

And that was that.\u00a0 A 3-0 win with Conte getting the team set-up to cope with and then be clinical in finishing the job.\u00a0 The Spurs players were keyed up and were strong in the tackle and effective in possession, with the early jeers for playing the ball around at the back dissolving once the tactic started pulling Woolwich players around.\u00a0 Davies was outstanding at the back, as was Dier and Sanchez performed well so that Romero was hardly missed.\u00a0 Hojbjerg and Bentancur had to cover a lot of ground in the first half, sitting deep and then getting up to support the front three.\u00a0 Kane and Son were the executioners, but the team worked so hard behind them that the chances came to kill off the challenge from the Wanderers.\u00a0 Kulusevski also put in a lot of work and while his forward contribution wasn’t as prominent as in previous games, he worked hard back and forward, always being a threat when on the ball.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As the Woolwich players traipsed over to the much depleted away section, they outnumbered the remaining Goons left in the stands.\u00a0 The BBC Football page’s article on Arteta’s rebuild looked shallow and fawning after they had been taken apart.\u00a0 They might still get the final Champions League place, but this performance allied with Arteta’s failure to respond to situations, choosing to moan about the referee instead (sound familiar ?), will cast a shadow over future meetings and the Woolwich’s side to respond under pressure.\u00a0 His lack of reaction to Holding’s sending off handed Spurs their second goal and it was hard to see what he was trying to achieve in the second half other than avoiding a thrashing.\u00a0 Tottenham settled for three and conserved their energy while making the red shirts chase the ball and pick up more injuries.\u00a0 It was all too easy against a team who had a plan, albeit difficult to see what it was.\u00a0 Bad decision making on and off the pitch was their downfall.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The three points are very handy, but that is all they are at the moment.\u00a0 Two wins each for both sides will see Spurs finish fifth.\u00a0 This sort of performance must be repeated in those two games to ensure that we don’t fall down as we had when we had beaten Man City at the Etihad.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Marco van Hip<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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The attendance set a new record for the Tottenham Hotspur stadium.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This win was Tottenham’s 500th in the Premier League.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lucas Moura made his 200th appearance for Spurs.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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OTHER RESULTS<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aston Villa<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nLiverpool<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leeds United<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nChelsea<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leicester City<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nNorwich City<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Watford<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nEverton<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wolverhampton Wanderers<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nManchester City<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n5<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


\nPremier League Table 2021-22<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\nPlayed<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nWon<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nDrawn<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nLost<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nFor<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nAgainst<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nPoints<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nGoal difference<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nManchester City<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n36<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n28<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n5<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n94<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n22<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n89<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n+72<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nLiverpool<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n36<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n26<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n8<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n89<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n24<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n86<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n65<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nChelsea<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n36<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n20<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n10<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n6<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n73<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n31<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n70<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n42<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nWoolwich Wanderers<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n36<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n21<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n12<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n56<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n45<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n66<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n11<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nTottenham Hotspur<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n36<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n20<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n5<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n11<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n63<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n40<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n65<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n23<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nManchester United<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n37<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n16<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n10<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n11<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n57<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n56<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n58<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nWest Ham<\/span><\/strong> United London<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n36<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n16<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n7<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n13<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n63<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n42<\/span><\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n		55<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n11<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nWolverhampton Wanderers<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n36<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n15<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n5<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n16<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n36<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n39<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n50<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n-3<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nBrighton & Hove Albion<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n36<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n11<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n14<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n11<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n38<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n42<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n47<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n-4<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nLeicester City<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n		35<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n12<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n9<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n14<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n52<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n56<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n45<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n-4<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nCrystal Palace<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n35<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n10<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n14<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n11<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n46<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n42<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n44<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nAston Villa<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n35<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n13<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n18<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n48<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n49<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n43<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n-1<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nBrentford<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n36<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n12<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n7<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n17<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n44<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n52<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n43<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n-8<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nNewcash United<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n36<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n11<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n10<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n15<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n40<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n61<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n43<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n-21<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nSouth Coast Big Club<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n36<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n9<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n13<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n14<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n41<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n61<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n40<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n-20<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nEverton<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n35<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n10<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n6<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n19<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n37<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n56<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n36<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n-19<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nBurnley<\/span><\/strong><\/b><\/span><\/td>\n35<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n7<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n13<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n15<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n32<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n49<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n34<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n-17<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nLeeds United<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n36<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n8<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n10<\/span><\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n		18<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n39<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n77<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n34<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n-38<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nWatford<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n36<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n6<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n5<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n25<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n32<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n70<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n23<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n-38<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nNorwich City<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n36<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n5<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n6<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n15<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n22<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n78<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n21<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n-56<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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