This is he latest Tottenham news around the globe with Conte revealing what said to Ben Davies at Half time and why he appease the fans not to border of Arteta comment after a convincing win.
This was a night when a level head was required. A night that was supposed to happen in January but ended up happening in May.
In the end, it’s a little of irony that a Spurs player who wouldn’t have played on that first night ended up being Arsenal’s main irritant four months later.
Son Heung-min missed the start of the season with a hamstring injury, but on Thursday night he caused all sorts of issues for Arsenal and defender Rob Holding, who lived up to both of his titles.
Son was pushed, shoved, restrained, kicked in the back, and had a shoulder slammed into his face, but he persisted and won the war.
One of Harry Kane’s biggest assists of the night may have been to prevent the South Korean star from reacting to one of Holding’s numerous dubious defensive situations.
The Tottenham striker moved between his teammate and the Arsenal player, swatting Cedric away like a fly, and preventing Son from reacting in a way that both he and Spurs would regret.
With Holding seeming more unable to defend against him and instead opting for the rough stuff, the second yellow card and finally the red card were promptly issued.
Spurs grabbed complete control after that. Before the game, spectators put up a large Tifo that said, “Dare, Dream, Do.” The ‘Do’ was all that truly mattered.
Kane had already converted a penalty when Son was pushed in the area, and eight minutes before the interval, it was Son who floated in a corner that Rodrigo Bentancur headed on and Kane dove to nudge over the line.
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Spurs had finally gotten the half of their dreams after a shaky start. When Son scored only two minutes after the interval, burying his shot after Kane’s run ended with him being pushed to the ground in the Arsenal area, the visitors’ final hopes were dashed and the work was done.
Tottenham eased off the gas just enough to handle the game and rest themselves for their ludicrously difficult match agaisnt burnley of Sunday.
Antonio Conte made changes and there was something refreshing in seeing Son genuinely annoyed at coming off despite the manager wrapping him up in cotton wool for the week.
Son Heung-min is one goal behind Premier League top scorer Mohamed Salah. It was a night when a record 62,027-strong crowd roared the team on from start to finish in the first north London derby able to be played in front of a full Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg was a Danish warrior in the centre of the pitch with three tackles, one interception and three clearances. Eric Dier marshalled the backline with four clearances, two interceptions and one tackle.
Ben Davies continued his fine form and showcased exactly how to deal with a yellow card to his name, one gained early on after he appeared to be fouled first. Chelsea boss Antonio Conte was booked himself for disputing Davies’ yellow card.
Then there was Davinson Sanchez, replacing the injured Cristian Romero, and the Colombian overcame some understandable early rustiness to put in a good performance.
“I want to say that Patron Sanchez, he played his last game in the starting XI maybe two-and-a-half months ago and he worked a lot, he worked very well and to see him tonight have this performance makes me and my staff very happy,” said Conte.
At the back of them all, captain Hugo Lloris only had one real shot of any menace to save and that was Eddie Nketiah’s drive that he had to tip over the crossbar. london explained to him what Arteta had been like during his press conference before the Italian walked in.
That would signify that the Arsenal boss had a problem with the sending off. After the game Mikel Arteta was fuming, declaring that he could not speak about the referee Paul Tierney’s display because he would be suspended, but in his short and sharp press conference he did say: “This beautiful occasion was destroyed and unfortunately, we could not play the game we wanted to play.”
“I think that Mikel Arteta is a really good coach. Because he’s very good but to listen to a coach complain a lot of time is not good.”
Arsenal were good to postpone a game in an incredible way with Covid and they only had one player with Covid. I think that he needs to be focused more on his team and not to complain,” said the Spurs boss.
Ultimately it’s still in Arsenal’s hands and if they win their remaining two matches away at Newcastle and at home against Everton then they will take fourth spot.
Conte will be hoping that a combination of sapped morale after this north London derby defeat, injuries and Newcastle and Everton sides looking to finish their seasons in style could see some points dropped.
The atmosphere on Thursday evening was special and not only do the players have to put in just a committed performance against a Burnley side battling to remain in the Premier League on Sunday but so do the fans.
“I think we have an important game against Burnley, I think we risk that you won a derby if we don’t win on Sunday,” he adds.
I think it was a good step for me, for my players, for the club to understand what I wanted of my players and now to stay in this position I think at that time, none of us could think that two games to we would have the possibility to play for a place in the Champions League.”
We are one point less than Arsenal. Tottenham Hotspur can dream, they must dare but ultimately they must do and then events elsewhere might just respond in kind.
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