Struggled to find the right thread to put this in. Was corruption at play? Was I going to lament the 16 mins added time? Talk about substitutions? Wait for the View from? Instead I wanted to keep a positive mindset and reflect a little.
Firstly, that result, in the end was hard to take. If you’d asked me before the game or at half time if a 2-1 defeat to one of the most in form sides in the division, I’d have taken it. But having hung on for 97 mins having taken a smash and grab goal out of almost nothing, to see us collapse with conceding 2 goals and a red card, it leaves a bitter taste.
I thought overall Spurs were good value for the win. We sat in, rode our luck (again) and got battered for much of the game. We looked organised, hard working and parked the bus like we did against City. No shame in that when the gap is so huge.
We shithoused, no doubt, but not sure how much time really should’ve been added on, but I would be surprised if it was 16 mins.
We were solid amidst the fally-over spurs players and their first 11 couldn’t beat us, so they had to make changes. Second half they really turned the screw, but we rode out wave after wave and got a goal well against the run of play. They could say it was unjustified to be behind given the way they played, but our game plan was working and for that I can see many positives. It wasn’t about individual performances, it was a very solid team performance and it looked like we were going to take a famous victory.
The late drama and determination, whilst being very un-tottenham, show’s the character in their side, the players at their disposal and the quality they have to finish games off.
It felt like there was time added just to give spurs a chance to score and as others have said, once the first went in, the second was almost inevitable.
I can’t say that I agree that McBurnie deserved a red when they spent the game dominating the ref, but I am not about to sulk on the mistreatment by officials either.
Positive aspects is that the midfield look tidy in our set up, even with backs against the wall, I thought we very good without the ball, we had no time on it with the ball.
Proud of the majority of that performance, I’m sure I will reflect more on it over the weekend, but trying to see the positives rather than sulk.
Its possibly 3 or 1 point dropped but it won’t define our season. This division is fucking hard.
