The third matchday Sunday kicked off at St James Park as Newcastle United of the Tottenham Hotspur. The game had an interesting sting about it as neither of the teams refused to sit back and hold lines. With their pressing and high line Spurs had a bright spell in the first 25 minutes. Newcastle slowly grew into the game as they seized the lead doing justice to the sport’s cruelty.
With the score line being 2-1 at full-time, some would say it was that brutal kind of day in football. This was Spurs’ third consecutive loss at the venue. Moreover, Newcastle being at their home never looked in control as the Spurs had around 66% of the possession.
Some key points Tottenham Spurs can take from St. James’ Park
There is a lot to be reflected on the Spurs’ performance as the team showed sheer relentless spells in the 90 minutes.
Not being Lethal in the final third
Spurs saw most of the ball the whole game, they had four times the touches Newcastle had in the box. But at the end of the story, they don’t have anything to show for it as all that matters is the score at the full-time whistle. The chances they did not take in their good spells came back haunting as Newcastle took their possibly only big chance in the second half. The same is said about the first half as Newcastle had very little to show on the attacking third.
Substitution of Brennan Johnson
The straight substitution of Brennan Johnson would be the most positive point of the game. The manager was spot on to bring Sarr out for Johnson. Furthermore, he brought the team alive on the right side. Johnson did it all by linking up, putting crosses in the middle, and being at the heart of their equaliser. He looked like a bright prospect, and fans would be excited to see more of him in the coming time.
Not Making the most out of set pieces
Tottenham Spurs had around 13 free-kicks and 12 corners in the game. While we could see the centre-backs getting at the end of the few, none of them looked threatening enough. Moreover, Lack of creativity and taking set-pieces for granted was something you could see throughout the game.
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Around all of this, there were a few players who impressed eyes in today’s performance. Firstly, Odobert the new arrival also made some serious promises. Firstly, He was at the end of things and looked like wanting to make things happen every time. Early in the second half, Dragushin made a vital tackle on Isak and demonstrated promise as an offensive threat on set pieces.
Although The Lilywhites have nothing to show on matchday 3, there’ll be a lot on Ange Postecoglou’s notepad. Spurs come back to the North-London Derby after the international break which is a test given the Gunners’ recent form.
