Crystal Palace 1-0 Tottenham: Lack of fight from Spurspublished at 17:08 27 October 2024
17:08 27 October 2024
Charlotte Coates BBC Sport journalist
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A typical Tottenham performance, you might say.
After scoring four at home to West Ham last weekend and following it up with three points in the Europa League on Thursday, Spurs were downed by struggling Crystal Palace as they secured their first win of the season.
Tottenham looked timid throughout the first half and could not convert all of their possession into chances.
After falling behind, Spurs briefly piled pressure on the Palace backline and James Maddison forced Dean Henderson into a brilliant save.
Without the injured Son Heung-min, Spurs needed someone to stand up and take a grip of the game.
Maddison, who was wearing the armband at Selhurst Park, was substituted just after an hour after failing to make an impact on his 200th Premier League appearance.
The Spurs backline, who were far from their best against Palace, were perhaps fortunate to only concede just the once as Eberechi Eze proved a constant thorn in their side.
Spurs remain eighth in the league table - already five points adrift of Aston Villa in fourth and a trip to Villa Park coming on Sunday.
'We have to take this personally, it has to hurt us a lot'published at 17:07 27 October 2024
17:07 27 October 2024
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Tottenham goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario has been speaking to Sky Sports following the defeat: "They fight and I think we lacked that today. We are disappointed because we have to fight. We play good football, but maybe we sometimes lack the desire to fight. They showed a real desire to fight for something.
"I just want to focus on us and what we didn't do as a team. I think we lacked a bit of energy and to be better than them. We have to take this personally and it has to hurt us a lot.
"Football gives us an opportunity again and we have to be ready for the cup."
On Son's absence: "He is the captain, but we have a big squad and we have to deal with that. We have to be able to win games without Son. We lacked something, not in football but in attitude and fight."
Crystal Palace 1-0 Tottenham: Key statpublished at 16:46 27 October 2024
16:46 27 October 2024
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Mikey Moore (17 years, 77 days) became the youngest player to start a Premier League match for Tottenham Hotspur since Stephen Carr against Ipswich Town in September 1993 (17 years, 28 days).
'Why would I be happy?' - Postecogloupublished at 16:35 27 October 2024
16:35 27 October 2024
Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou has been speaking to BBC Match of the Day following the defeat: "It was one of those games with a lot of stoppages and battles, and they ended up winning a lot of them and coming out on top.
"There was a lot of disruption and it was hard to get any fluency. They did better than us.
"It turned into a game they were thriving on and we should have dealt with it better. It was a poor goal to concede. It had nothing to do with playing out from the back, that can happen.
"I would be very surprised if they were happy right now. Why would I be happy? If I'm unhappy then they will be unhappy.
"If you're suggesting that our fans weren't happy with today, then that is a fair assessment."
Crystal Palace 1-0 Tottenham - send us your thoughtspublished at 16:00 27 October 2024