"It's a blip"
Mauricio Pochettino has apparently dismissed suggestions that Spurs were tired and on the wane on Wednesday night at Upton Park. The word is that our performance was a blip, and we'll be raring to go for the "fight" against Arsenal tomorrow.
In the circumstances, perhaps the watchword about Upton Park is the least said, the better. I think the following comment, offered in my post-match survey by regular correspondent Philip Brackstone sums it up:-
"Worst performance of the season but I think the team should take great credit for a terrific run of results and the resolve displayed throughout the squad. It's sods' law that it happened to go so wrong over there, especially in Spurs' last ever performance at this venue and on the back of so many victories on that pitch in recent years. There were so many misplaced passes but the true measure of champions is to draw a line under a performance of this nature and go again on another great run."
Toby Alderweireld was voted the best Spurs player in this game, just ahead of Hugo Lloris and Christian Eriksen. It's a game and performance that all the players swill want to forget and to put right though!
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Results 01-02.03.16
A. Villa 1-3 Everton
B'mouth 2-0 S'hampton
Leicester 2-2 West Brom
Norwich 1-2 Chelsea
S'derland 2-2 C. Palace
Arsenal 1-2 Swansea
Stoke 1-0 Newcastle
West Ham 1-0 Spurs
Liverpool 3-0 Man City
Man Utd 1-0 Watford
Barclays Premier League Table
P W D L F-A GD Pts
1. Leicester 28 16 9 3 51-31 20 57
2. Spurs 28 15 9 4 49-22 27 54
3. Arsenal 28 15 6 7 44-28 16 51
4. Man City 27 14 5 8 48-31 17 47
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5. Man Utd 28 13 8 7 37-26 11 47
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6. West Ham 28 12 10 6 42-31 11 46
7. Stoke 28 12 6 10 30-33 -3 42
8. Liverpool 27 11 8 8 41-36 5 41
9. S'hampton 28 11 7 10 35-28 7 40
10. Chelsea 28 10 9 9 42-38 4 39
11. Everton 27 9 11 7 49-36 13 38
12. Watford 28 10 7 11 29-29 0 37
13. West Brom 28 9 9 10 29-36 -7 36
14. C. Palace 28 9 6 13 31-37 -6 33
15. B'mouth 28 8 8 12 32-44 -12 32
16. Swansea 28 7 9 12 27-37 -10 30
17. S'derland 28 6 6 16 34-53 -19 24
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18. Norwich 28 6 6 15 31-51 -20 24
19. Newcastle 27 6 6 15 27-50 -23 24
20. A. Villa 28 3 7 18 22-51 -29 16
