The poor form against Spurs continued Friday night with the hosts putting in a disappointing showing at Selhurst to leave fans heading home frustrated.
MATCH INFORMATION
- 8pm – 27th October 2023
- Crystal Palace 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur
- Selhurst Park, Holmesdale Road, London SE25 6PU
PLAYER RATINGS
|
21
|
Sam JOHNSTONE
|
5.7
|
|
2
|
Joel WARD
|
5.7
|
|
16
|
Joachim ANDERSEN
|
6.7
|
|
6
|
Marc GUEHI
|
6.2
|
|
3
|
Tyrick MITCHELL (17 Nathaniel CLYNE 70 mins)
|
6.2 (6.2)
|
|
28
|
Cheick DOUCOURE
|
6.9
|
|
8
|
Jefferson LERMA (11 Matheus FRANCA 70 mins)
|
5.9 (6.1)
|
|
15
|
Jeffrey SCHLUPP (49 Jesurun RAK-SAKYI 60 mins)
|
6.2 (6.2)
|
|
19
|
Will HUGHES (29 Naouirou AHAMADA 70 mins)
|
6.6 (6.2)
|
|
9
|
Jordan AYEW
|
7.5
|
|
22
|
Odsonne EDOUARD (14 Jean-Philippe MATETA 79 mins)
|
6.6 (6.3)
|
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES – 4 Rob HOLDING, 26 Chris RICHARDS, 31 Remi MATTHEWS, 44 Jairo RIEDEWALD
OPPOSITION LINE-UP
|
13
|
Gugliemo VICARIO
|
7.0
|
|
23
|
Pedro PORRO
|
6.5
|
|
17
|
Cristian ROMERO
|
6.8
|
|
37
|
Micky van de VEN
|
6.9
|
|
33
|
Ben DAVIES (Emerson ROYAL 46 mins)
|
6.6 (7.0)
|
|
29
|
Pape SARR
|
6.7
|
|
8
|
Yves BISSOUMA (Pierre-Emille HOJBJERG 64 mins)
|
7.1 (6.2)
|
|
21
|
Dejan KULUSEVSKI (Rodrigo BENTANCUR 90 mins)
|
6.7 (5.9)
|
|
10
|
James MADDISON (Bryan GIL 89 mins)
|
6.7 (5.9)
|
|
9
|
RICHARLISON (Brennan JOHNSON 64 mins)
|
6.6 (6.9)
|
|
7
|
SON Heung-Min
|
7.3
|
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES – 4 Oliver SKIPP, 15 Eric DIER, 18 Giovani LO CELSO, 20 Fraser FORSTER
TEB VERDICT
This was the second of two consecutive games that looking at the fixture list we knew would be tough, let alone with certain creative players missing through injury. As Roy said, Spurs are top of the table for a reason but other than a late burst, the Eagles rarely threatened them and at times it was a walk in the park.
The next phase of fixtures is the important one heading to Burnley next week but that does not excuse this performance which showed nothing going forward and frustratingly allowed the Spurs back line to have as much of the ball as they wanted without being threatened.
It must be said though, the comments from Roy about Rak-Sakyi and Franca were very odd indeed and not what those players needed to hear. We are big fans of Roy here at TEB, but he was wrong in this instance to make such comments in our opinion.
BOB’S POINT OF VIEW
Bob White was a coach at Palace under the tenure of Steve Coppell and Alan Smith and will be sharing his point of view each week in our review article.
“If a neutral had watched the game and saw that Spurs had won and gone 5 points clear at the top of the Premier League, the overall impression would have been that standards at the domestic top level had fallen. It was a Spurs team that was functional but basically uninspiring and a bore to watch. Their fans may be celebrating their current position but it was not in any shape or form our beautiful game.
It’s clear that we are suffering from a lack of creativity in the final third which certainly added little to the entertainment value over the course of the game. We worked hard out of possession, containing Spurs in the first half but the general feeling was that if they scored first then it would be an uphill battle to gain anything from the game. Our approach play often fizzled out and even with an abundance of corners we rarely threatened their defence. An excellent Ayew finish in added time gave our fans some hope at the end but Spurs managed to see out the win.
It’s clear that we urgently require the return of Olise and Eze to bring variety of approach and impetus to our offensive play. At the moment we look very predictable in possession. Ayew put his usual shift in and Guehi again showed his class at the back. Let’s hope our selection options increase by the time we play our next home fixture.”
POST GAME QUOTES
ROY HODGSON
“I thought our first-half performance was good. We gave them a good game throughout. We are playing a good team. When you are 2-0 down it becomes very difficult. We took some chances and put some players on the field who have not played much for us and had a look at them. Right to the end, the team was fighting. We scored a late goal, had lots of corner kicks and were pressing. I am not disappointed in the performance but I am in the result of course.
I trust the team and the players and in the first half I thought our structure was good. We made life difficult for Tottenham. At the break we were satisfied, but when the first goal goes in with their ability to keep hold of the ball it makes it difficult. We are playing against the team top of the league. We were trying and wanted to do it, but they are not top of the league for nothing. It was easy for them at 2-0 to take all the time in the world on the ball.
The performance was very different to the one last week. My overriding feeling is disappointment that we couldn’t build on the first-half performance.”
ANGE POSTACOGLU
“I really like the way we handled tonight. They’re a very well drilled team defensively. I knew it wasn’t going to be an open game with bags of chances. The boys were patient and found the gaps in the ways we spoke about. And then real composure when we got ahead. A bit of drama at the end but I thought the lads handled it really well.”
MATCH STATISTICS
|
Star Man
|
Jordan AYEW (7.5)
|
|
Goals
|
Joal WARD (53, OG), SON Heung-Min (66), Jordan AYEW (90+3)
|
|
Assists
|
Brennan JOHNSON (66), Joachim ANDERSEN (90+3)
|
|
Most shots
|
Joachim ANDERSEN, Joel WARD, Odsonne EDOUARD, Jordan AYEW, SON Heung-Min (2)
|
|
Most tackles
|
Cheick DOUCOURE (7)
|
|
Most dribbles
|
Odsonne EDOUARD, Jordan AYEW (2)
|
|
Team rating
|
6.33 – 6.68
|
|
Total shots
|
13 – 10
|
|
Shots on target
|
3 – 1
|
|
Yellow cards
|
Joachim ANDERSEN (90+8), Brennan JOHNSON (90+8), Jordan AYEW (90+9)
|
|
Red cards
|
None
|
|
Possession
|
24.3% – 75.7%
|
|
Pass success
|
67% – 91%
|
|
Passes
|
220 – 732
|
|
Dribbles
|
8 – 8
|
|
Aerials won
|
4 – 6
|
|
Tackles
|
24 – 20
|
|
Fouls
|
19 – 11
|
|
Corners
|
11 – 2
|
|
Saves
|
0 – 2
|
|
Dispossessed
|
10 – 11
|
POSITION IN THE TABLE (at the final whistle)
|
POS
|
TEAM
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GD
|
PTS
|
|
11
|
Chelsea
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
2
|
12
|
|
12
|
Crystal Palace
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
-5
|
12
|
|
13
|
Wolverhampton Wanderers
|
3
|
2
|
4
|
-4
|
11
|
UPCOMING FIXTURES
04/11/23 Burnley (a) – Premier League 3pm
11/11/23 Everton (h) – Premier League 3pm
25/11/23 Luton Town (a) – Premier League 3pm
