The weeks go by and look the same for Tottenham. This time the Spurs were beaten at home (for the 3rd time already in the league this season), by Aston Villa (3-2), although they were 19th at the start of this 5th day. Roberto De Zerbi’s players were escorted back to the locker room by the whistles of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and are bogged down in the standings. They can occupy the place of red lantern at the end of the weekend, depending on the other results. We could almost call it a curse, as the elements are working against them at the moment.
Their first half was good and even encouraging on certain interesting sequences. They should have opened the scoring against a pretty shaken Villans. The injury exit of Pedro Porro in the 19th minute was a first unfavorable factor. The lack of realism was a second, and the entry of Mohammed Kudus just before the break in place of Mateus Fernandes finished off the Spurs. They suddenly found themselves off balance and offering too much space to their opponents. Manzambi took the opportunity to score in added time of the first period.
Tottenham needed 8h13 to open their league counter
What followed was a long way of the cross. Kudus thought he would equalize and give his team a first in the league but Robertson was ultimately flagged offside, to the great despair of the staff and supporters. Aston Villa then took the opportunity to score goals with astonishing ease through Jackson and Buendia. “ We are too fragile », notes De Zerbi after the meeting, disappointed by the situation. “ In the second half, we score an offside goal, we concede the second goal. It’s difficult to explain this defeat, this moment. » Among the celebrations, Tottenham still scored their first two goals of the season in the PL at the end of the match and put an end to an 8h13 offensive drought.
“ We started well in the first half but we didn’t score. We conceded this goal just before the break… We must be able to defend better, to be stronger, to stay in contact. (…) We played better than them but we are not winningcontinues the technician. We have to become stronger because football is not about 90 minutes of possession, it is not played in the opponent’s half, it is not about creating chances. Sometimes you have to defend, you have to be strong. Sometimes it’s the opponent who has the ball and you have to defend better than that (he repeats). » The problem is very deep.
De Zerbi wants to continue
Will De Zerbi still be there after the break? It seems to want to continue its mission but given the lack of progress on the project, we can begin to doubt the patience of its leaders. “ I’m working on that confidence. We are at a club that was not fighting last season for a place in the Champions League or to win the Premier League but we have to do more. We have to work and give our best. I take responsibility because I am the coach. We have to improve and make our fans happy. » With €360 million spent this summer, Tottenham’s season is already turning into a fiasco.
