Tottenham Hotspur moved five points clear at the top of the Premier League table and continued their excellent begin to the season with a win at Crystal Palace.
The guests took management after the break and benefitted from an enormous slice of fortune with the opener when Palace defender Joel Ward turned James Maddison’s cross into his personal internet.
Maddison was key to the second too as his interaction with Brennan Johnson ended with Son Heung-min firing residence his eighth purpose of the season.
Jordan Ayew thumped in a surprising strike after taking the ball down on his chest in stoppage time for Palace, however there was to be no equaliser as Tottenham secured one more victory beneath new boss Ange Postecoglou.
The Australian has breathed new life into his facet since becoming a member of from Celtic in the summertime and this win prolonged Spurs’ run to eight wins and two attracts from their opening 10 video games.
The victory means Tottenham transfer on to 26 points, five forward of Manchester City and Arsenal, who each have a recreation in hand and may shut the hole over the weekend.
Maddison is Spurs’ key man once more
Postecoglou’s influence on the Spurs squad can’t be underestimated – he’s not solely having fun with the perfect begin to a season by a brand new supervisor in Premier League historical past, however has additionally guided his group to their second finest begin to a top-flight marketing campaign.
Spurs’ finest ever begin got here within the 1960-61 season, after they amassed 30 points from their first 10 video games and went on to win the league title. While it’s early days, followers might be beginning to dream of of a title problem this time period too.
Key to Tottenham’s spectacular kind this time period has been the irrepressible Maddison, who has appeared proper at residence on this Spurs group ever since his summer time switch from Leicester City, and it got here as no shock that he was at the center of each targets at Selhurst Park.
Spurs have been a lot improved after the break following a good first half by which Palace striker Odsonne Edouard went closest with a low strike that was pushed away by Guglielmo Vicario.
Palace had defended solidly and maintained their form effectively for 52 minutes, however they buckled when Maddison discovered area contained in the penalty space drove the ball powerfully throughout the face of purpose to deflect in off Ward.
After that Tottenham, and Maddison particularly, discovered area extra often and he performed a big half within the second, carrying the ball ahead and gliding into the field earlier than feeding Johnson, whose cutback was transformed by Son.
Maddison and Son’s capability to take care of their stellar kind might be key in figuring out simply significantly Tottenham can problem at the top of the table because the season progresses, however proper now each gamers are wanting unstoppable.
Positives for Palace regardless of loss
Crystal Palace have loved an honest begin to the season over their very own beneath Roy Hodgson, however have come out of two tough video games towards Newcastle and now Tottenham with zero points, conceding six targets and scoring solely as soon as.
But, whereas the 4-0 loss to Eddie Howe’s facet was a poor efficiency from begin to end, there have been indicators of encouragement on this show towards a group persevering with a surprising run of kind.
They annoyed their opponents within the first half and created the higher possibilities, however finally Ward’s second of misfortune proved decisive.
It might have led to defeat however this battling show was extra like what Hodgson certainly wished to see after following the meek capitulation at Newcastle final outing.
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Crystal Palace
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Squad quantity1Player identifyJohnstone
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Squad quantity2Player identifyWard
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Squad quantity16Player identifyAndersen
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Squad quantity6Player identifyGuéhi
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Squad quantity3Player identifyMitchell
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Squad quantity28Player identifyDoucouré
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Squad quantity8Player identifyLerma
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Squad quantity9Player identifyJ Ayew
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Squad quantity19Player identifyHughes
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Squad quantity15Player identifySchlupp
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Squad quantity22Player identifyÉdouard
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Squad quantity11Player identifyMatheus França
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Squad quantity14Player identifyMateta
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Squad quantity17Player identifyClyne
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Squad quantity29Player identifyAhamada
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Squad quantity49Player identifyRak-Sakyi
Line-ups
Crystal Palace
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Johnstone
- 2Ward
- 16AndersenBooked at 90mins
- 6Guéhi
- 3MitchellSubstituted forClyneat 70′minutes
- 28Doucouré
- 8LermaSubstituted forFrança de Oliveiraat 79′minutes
- 9J AyewBooked at 90mins
- 19HughesSubstituted forAhamadaat 70′minutes
- 15SchluppSubstituted forRak-Sakyiat 60′minutes
- 22ÉdouardSubstituted forMatetaat 79′minutes
Substitutes
- 4Holding
- 11França de Oliveira
- 14Mateta
- 17Clyne
- 26Richards
- 29Ahamada
- 31Matthews
- 44Riedewald
- 49Rak-Sakyi
Tottenham
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 13Vicario
- 23Porro
- 17Romero
- 37van de Ven
- 33DaviesSubstituted forEmerson Royalat 45′minutes
- 29Sarr
- 8BissoumaSubstituted forHøjbjergat 64′minutes
- 21KulusevskiSubstituted forBentancurat 90′minutes
- 10MaddisonSubstituted forGilat 89′minutes
- 9RicharlisonSubstituted forJohnsonat 64′minutesBooked at 90mins
- 7Son Heung-min
Substitutes
- 4Skipp
- 5Højbjerg
- 11Gil
- 12Emerson Royal
- 15Dier
- 18Lo Celso
- 20Forster
- 22Johnson
- 30Bentancur
Live Text
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Match ends, Crystal Palace 1, Tottenham Hotspur 2.
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Second Half ends, Crystal Palace 1, Tottenham Hotspur 2.
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Attempt missed. Matheus França (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the centre of the field is just too excessive. Assisted by Jean-Philippe Mateta with a headed move.
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Offside, Crystal Palace. Sam Johnstone tries a via ball, however Joachim Andersen is caught offside.
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Offside, Tottenham Hotspur. Guglielmo Vicario tries a via ball, however Bryan Gil is caught offside.
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Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) is proven the yellow card.
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Pape Matar Sarr (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick on the fitting wing.
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Foul by Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace).
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Brennan Johnson (Tottenham Hotspur) is proven the yellow card.
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Joachim Andersen (Crystal Palace) is proven the yellow card for a nasty foul.
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Bryan Gil (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick within the defensive half.
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Foul by Joachim Andersen (Crystal Palace).
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Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Pedro Porro.
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Goal! Crystal Palace 1, Tottenham Hotspur 2. Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) proper footed shot from the left facet of the field to the centre of the purpose. Assisted by Joachim Andersen.
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Emerson Royal (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Joel Ward (Crystal Palace).
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Attempt blocked. Rodrigo Bentancur (Tottenham Hotspur) proper footed shot from outdoors the field is blocked.
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Attempt blocked. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) proper footed shot from the centre of the field is blocked. Assisted by Brennan Johnson.
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Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Rodrigo Bentancur replaces Dejan Kulusevski.
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Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Bryan Gil replaces James Maddison.