#FT: Crystal Palace 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur


Venue: Selhurst Park

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Crystal Palace

Sam Johnstone, Marc Guehi, Joachim Andersen, Tyrick Mitchell (Nathaniel Clyne), Joel Ward, Will Hughes (Naouirou Ahamada), Jefferson Lerma (Matheus França), Cheick Doucouré, Odsonne Édouard (Jean-Philippe Mateta), Jeff Schlupp (Jesurun Rak-Sakyi), Jordan Ayew.

Subs: Chris Richards, Jairo Riedewald, Rob Holding, Remi Matthews.

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Tottenham Hotspur

Guglielmo Vicario, Micky van de Ven, Cristian Romero, Ben Davies (Emerson Royal), Pedro Porro, James Maddison (Bryan Gil), Yves Bissouma (Pierre-Emile Højbjerg), Pape Matar Sarr, Son Heung-Min, Richarlison (Brennan Johnson), Dejan Kulusevski (Rodrigo Bentancur).

Subs: Eric Dier, Fraser Forster, Oliver Skipp, Giovani Lo Celso.


MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN

45’ Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Emerson Royal replaces Ben Davies.

53’ Own Goal by Joel Ward, Crystal Palace. Crystal Palace 0, Tottenham Hotspur 1.

60’ Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jesurun Rak-Sakyi replaces Jeffrey Schlupp.

64’ Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg replaces Yves Bissouma.

64’ Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Brennan Johnson replaces Richarlison.

66’ Goal! Crystal Palace 0, Tottenham Hotspur 2. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Brennan Johnson.

70’ Substitution, Crystal Palace. Nathaniel Clyne replaces Tyrick Mitchell because of an injury.

70’ Substitution, Crystal Palace. Naouirou Ahamada replaces Will Hughes.

79’ Substitution, Crystal Palace. Matheus França replaces Jefferson Lerma.

79’ Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jean-Philippe Mateta replaces Odsonne Édouard.

89’ Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Bryan Gil replaces James Maddison.

90’ Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Rodrigo Bentancur replaces Dejan Kulusevski.

    • BrilliantFuture1757@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Poor first half by Spurs coupled with good defensive shape from Palace. 0-0.

      Spurs look miles better after half time and go up 2-0, threatening more.

      Palace score via Ayew volley that was aided by a hand ball. 94th ish minute. VAR missed the call badly and allowed the goal.

    • SentientCheeseCake@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      We didn’t look like title contenders. Weak first half, did enough in the second half. Crystal Palace weren’t bad, but they had players out so we played them at the right time.

      We are top, and that’s as good as we can hope for. But we aren’t blowing teams away like you’d expect from a top team.

  • FoulObelisk@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    i know it’s pretty much impossible, but it would be hilarious if spurs win it this year just after kane left

    • FriendlyGhost08@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      You won’t challenge. Half of your fans are saying a title challenge should not be the expectation. Gary is annoying sometimes but he’s right about that. It’s 10 games in.

  • GeraldJimes_@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    It’s pretty incredible how fortunate Tottenham have been so far this season, but I guess as the old adage goes, good things come to those who mate.

    • Jaksiel@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Yes. We were very fortunate that Palace avoided 4 yellow cards in the first half and didn’t have an obvious handball goal disallowed. Good point.

    • fedfan4life@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Own goal isn’t luck. Maddison put in a good ball in the box that was too fast for the defender to react properly. Richarison was ready behind the defender for the tap in.

      • gabrielconroy@alien.topB
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        1 year ago

        Just saying that Spurs have no chance of winning the league or even of being a contender for it, generally downplaying how good we’ve been and painting it as an aberration.

        • Spid1@alien.topB
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          1 year ago

          It’s true though, and I say that as a Spurs fan.

          If we had some bench options for CB and maddison/Son then I might agree but right now we are an injury away from being unable to score or keep goals at bay.

  • ndennies@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Ref saw the check clear from Pep at the 90th minute and tried his best to get Palace a point.

    In all seriousness, horrible refereeing there. Good resilience from Spurs in what was a frustrating game for them. Johnson was fantastic.