We've had some pretty unlucky bounces in the first 3 games.
Better than Utd, but they got a flukey
OG. Way better than Stoke for 60 minutes, then a soft penalty and one mistake and we drew. We created
many more chances than Leicester,
and shut them down for the most part, but came away with a draw.
The tactics worked against Stoke,
but the players lost focus. Against a
Leicester that chose to park the bus, they worked less well due to the personnel, but breaking through a
parked bus has been a struggle for
Spurs since at least Redknapp's second season. Which is why teams like to do it. If it can win Inter and
Chelsea European Cups, it'll do
against us as well.
I guess N'Jie's work permit delay and perhaps fitness meant we couldn't
use him yesterday instead of Chadli,
and that's what hurt us most.Against Stoke, Kane (and others) could drop deep and play balls to runners
getting behind Stoke's backline.
Against Leicester there was much less space to do that, and that's where N'Jie's speed would have
helped us instead of Chadli.
Rose instead of Davies would have really helped as well.
We were still the better team, and should have won if a couple of
bounces had gone our way. That's life, but I think Pochettino still had the right idea, and it will work.