The Spurs, 5th, are now 6 points behind Manchester United (4th) and Newcastle (3rd), with respectively two matches and one more match on the clock. The start of the game was completely crazy, the Magpies hitting the mark with almost every offensive.
Hugo Lloris’s nightmare in goal began when the French goalkeeper fended off a Joelinton strike at the feet of Jacob Murphy which opened the scoring after 61 seconds. Lloris to score in the empty goal (2-0, 6th). The former goalkeeper of the Blues did not even move on a sublime strike from 27 meters from Murphy whose face after the goal (3-0, 9th) expressed all the disbelief at the insolent success of his team. An incredible opening from the outside of Joe Willock’s foot, from along the sideline in his half, found Alexander Isak in the back of the Spurs defense for the 4-0 (19th), before the Swede , served by a heel from Sean Longstaff, did the double, two minutes later, with a cross shot passed under the gloves of Lloris (5-0).
Only Manchester City, against Watford, in September 2019, took less time (18 minutes) to take such an advantage. While Cristian Stellini had left midfielder Pape Sarr in the 23rd minute to bring in defender Davinson Sanchez, he also replaced the French goalkeeper, who is nevertheless the team captain, at the break, to bring in Fraser Forster.
The first 45 minutes have in any case brought back the words of Antonio Conte, denouncing “selfish players, who do not want to help each other and put their hearts” during a press conference after a 3- 3 against red lantern Southampton, days before he was sacked. At the very start of the second half, Harry Kane reduced the score (49th), but in the 68th, Callum Wilson, two minutes after replacing Isak, gave his team a 5-goal lead (6-1).
In the other match of the afternoon, West Ham did not make a detail either in Bournemouth (4-0) garnering three very precious points for the maintenance. Michail Antonio in 5th (1-0) and former Lyonnais Lucas Paqueta in 12th (2-0) knocked out the Cherries, and Declan Rice, shortly before the break, drove home the point (3-0, 43rd) for the Hammers.
Entering in the 65th, Pablo Fornals added a fourth goal seven minutes later, on a “scorpion kick” (heel while the player is horizontal and facing the ground), allowing the Londoners to go up to 13th place , with 6 steps ahead of the red zone.