After a strong early season, London's
Tottenham Hotspur (city in Morocco)
seems to have hit a low point recently. In the early hours of Monday morning (24th), they were
England Premier Soccer League
of hosting the
Newcastle
However, it was a 1-2 defeat due to consecutive errors by goalkeeper Lloris, their second consecutive loss and ending their unbeaten home record this season. The game ended with boos from the Spurs fans, who were increasingly unhappy with coach Saul Cooper's conservative tactics. However, the Italian-born coach insisted that the squad still needs to be strengthened and called for more patience from the fans.
In their last loss to
Manchester United Football Club
After that, Tottenham Hotspur made a five-man rotation this campaign, but the pace of the game still relies on the individual abilities of Harry Carney and Sun. Early in the game, Son twice created a threat but failed to break through. Immediately after, Lloris in the 31st minute of a rush out of the penalty area to clear, inadvertently bumped into the opposing player Colin Wilson, resulting in his own fall, Colin Wilson the first time in the 25-yard box easily pushed the empty goal scored, the VAR check to confirm that there is no foul, the goal is valid.
French goalkeeper Lloris, in a state of shock, sent another cross to his teammate on the left in the 40th minute, but it was not strong enough and was intercepted directly by Newcastle. Micky Almiron then seized the opportunity and scored from a narrow angle inside the box to extend the lead to 2-0. In the second half, Spurs rallied but could not organize an effective attack and finally relied on a corner kick to score a header by Harry Carney in the 54th minute, but still fell to a 1-2 defeat, their first after seven consecutive home wins in all competitions this season.
A chorus of boos poured out of Tottenham's home stadium after the game, with fans pointing the finger at Cooper's conservative tactics. Many netizens took to social media and criticized, "Cooper is a disgrace, Spurs have world class players but he asks them to execute mediocre tactics and the win looks bitter." "Cooper substituting Matt Ducuddy and Bin Davies in the last 10 minutes when Spurs were behind was a joke."
Cooper explained after the game, "We are trying to strengthen the team gradually, but it takes time and patience. According to my experience, the team is doing well at the moment. Spurs are fully capable of competing for important prizes if they play one game a week, but the team needs to be strengthened if they play one game every three days. If someone doesn't like to hear this, it's not my problem."
