Tottenham 2-0 Crystal Palace: Spurs surge continues as third straight win piles strain on Sage

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Tottenham
TOT

Crystal Palace
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Michael Oliver

Archie Grey 25′
Jan Paul van Hecke 73′

Tottenham moved into the highest half of the Premier League as they claimed a 3rd straight win by beating 10-man Crystal Palace 2-0.

Spurs trigger was aided within the thirteenth minute when Palace striker Jean-Philippe Mateta was proven a straight pink card for a poor problem on Micky van de Ven.

Archie Grey headed Tottenham into the lead 12 minutes later, nevertheless it was not till the 73rd minute that Spurs’ benefit turned comfy, Jan Paul van Hecke scoring in barely fortuitous style to finish the sport as a contest.

Palace’s third straight league defeat leaves Palace third backside within the desk and can solely improve the scrutiny on boss Pierre Sage, with some experiences having prompt he could be sacked if the Eagles suffered defeat in North London.

A European tie with Hoffenheim awaits Palace earlier than Liverpool go to Selhurst Park, however the probabilities of a distinct supervisor being within the dugout towards for these video games look to be growing.

Mateta’s ill-judged problem set a troublesome night for Sage in movement. VAR despatched Michael Oliver to the pitchside monitor after the Frenchman caught Van de Ven on the Achilles with a sliding problem.

Oliver promptly brandished a straight pink card after consulting the replays, and Grey punished Mateta’s ill-discipline additional when he met Mohammed Kudus’ deep nook with a header again throughout objective and past Dean Henderson.

Tottenham struggled to create probabilities to place the sport to mattress rapidly, and it took till the sixth minute of the second half for Henderson to be correctly examined as he palmed away a Dominic Solanke strike.

Van Hecke then fired over from an Andy Robertson free-kick and, after a block from Solanke prevented Dwight McNeil from taking Palace’s greatest probability of the sport, Henderson needed to be alert to maintain the deficit at one, exhibiting fast reactions to forestall Sandro Tonali’s cost down of Tyrick Mitchell’s tried clearance from discovering the online.

Mathys Tel flashed a drive vast of the publish and Robertson went shut as Spurs continued to push for a second, which lastly arrived regardless of extra heroics from Henderson.

Van Hecke was rewarded for his ambition as he attacked Mateus Fernandes’ cross and noticed his header tipped onto the crossbar, just for the rebound to fall to the Dutchman, who headed the ball onto his shin and over the road.

Henderson then denied Conor Gallagher earlier than Kudus had a objective chalked off for offside, with the Ghanaian then responsible of an terrible miss as he by some means failed to show house after good play down the left from Luca Williams-Barnett, the 18-year-old having come off the bench to make his Premier League debut.

Dejan Kulusevski compelled Henderson to tip over the bar in stoppage time with what proved Tottenham’s remaining probability to make the scoreline extra reflective of their dominance. The very fact they failed to take action could also be an irritant to Roberto De Zerbi, however it will likely be chilly consolation for Sage along with his future at Selhurst Park very a lot doubtful.

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