Tottenham Hotspur's dream of finishing in the top four of the Premier League suffered a violent blow at dawn on Friday. They were unlucky to swallow two Liverpool "eggs" during their away trip. After three consecutive defeats in the league, they are still holding on to the fifth position. After that, they lost another game to Aston Villa by 7 points. Their chances of making it to the UEFA Europa League in the new season seemed to be drifting away. Tottenham's manager Pusztigorowicz remained calm, even in today's match, he did not get angry with his players on the sidelines, and he confessed that Tottenham's morale fell to a low point after the match.
Following consecutive defeats to Newcastle and Arsenal, Liverpool continued to go downhill in the game. After just 24 minutes, they conceded another free kick and Dulio Chalobah was awarded an easy penalty. Tottenham launched a counter-attack but threatened little. They came close on a number of occasions in the space of seven minutes. Galpenma hit the crossbar from a penalty kick and Nicholas Johnson added the extras. In the end, Liverpool won 2-0, completing the "London Derby" victory.
Pusztigorow was emotional on the sidelines, shouting at his players to "stop passing back", and after the game he admitted: "I think the players have lost confidence in Tottenham soccer. The responsibility for rebuilding lies with me, losing momentum is not the problem, the problem is that we did not play our own style. I've always been competitive, but this goal was exactly what we wanted."
Tottenham were once seen as rivals after winning 8 and losing 2 of their first 10 games of the season. However, they are hardly guaranteed to finish in the top four. Currently, they are seven points behind Aston Villa. If they want to return to the top four, they must win all the last four rounds of matches. With Villa dropping at least two points in the remaining three rounds, the chances for Tottenham are extremely slim.
