Tottenham broke through. After inexpressive matches with Brentford (2-2) and Aston Villa (0-2), Antonio Conte’s team took three points in the game with Crystal Palace, scored four goals, and did not concede for the first time since October 15.
“Crystal Palace” earlier in the field lost in the derby “Arsenal”, “Fulham” and “Chelsea”, and on Wednesday evening and “Tottenham”. But the Spurs did not win in south London because of this pattern. For a long time it seemed that Antonio Conte’s team would once again be left without a victory.
Dejan Kuluszewski never had time to recover from his injury, and it was not easy for Tottenham. The first ten minutes were for the guests, but then “Crystal Palace” added to the intensity, and created two good chances. Aiyu and Andersen could hit the gates of Lloris, but the French keeper of “Spurs” played flawlessly.
“Tottenham” did not concede in the first half, but it was the same in the lost match with “Aston Villa”.
However, something happened during the break. At the start of the second half, Harry Kane scored a goal in five minutes and actually decided the outcome of the match.
Finally, 21-year-old Spanish winger Brian Gil managed to prove himself, who only got his chance due to injuries to Richarlison, Moura and Kuluszewski. In the first goal, Gil picked up the ball in the center, moved it to the flank of Perisic, and the Croatian performed a jewelry-accurate pass to Kane. In the second goal, Khil already managed to score an assist. The ex-player of “Seville” gave a pass between two defenders to Kane in the penalty area and the leader of the “Spurs” designed a double.
With Harry Kane began the third scoring attack, “spurs”. The second scorer of the league fought for the ball, approached the gate, and in the penalty area with the defenders of the “Palace” Son and Doherty figured it out.
Finally, the Korean also scored a productive action. Gil and Kane combined in the middle of the field, followed by a forward pass to Son, who pushed Gahey and scored his fourth goal in the league. In Premier League matches, the Korean has not scored since September 17.
4-0 – the match and the result turned out to be strange, but for Tottenham this is an extremely important victory before the derby with Arsenal in the next round.
FULL-TIME Crystal Palace 0-4 Spurs
Antonio Conte’s side return to winning ways in style, with a Harry Kane double and strikes from Matt Doherty and Son Heung-min sealing a comprehensive victory#CRYTOT pic.twitter.com/yGYgOpvZwZ
— Premier League (@premierleague) January 4, 2023
The match between the twelfth and nineteenth team was notable for the fact that these coaches of these teams had recently coached the Champions League participants in Spain, each of them won the Europa League. We are talking about Unai Emery and Julen Lopetegui.
“Wolves” under the leadership of Lopetegui added with every match and today Lopetegui’s team was very close to victory. In the first half, the guests controlled the game and scored a great goal – Podense entered the penalty area after a pass from Moutinho, removed Luis on the backswing and broke through the world champion Martinez.
“Aston Villa” looked tired and unplayed, and Emery clearly did not like it. Fortunately for the hosts, they conceded only one goal in the first half.
In the second half, Coutinho entered the field, Villa revived, but managed to win back one goal only after a series of substitutions in the 67th minute. It was Danny Ingz, who replaced Watkins, who allowed Villa to avoid defeat. Mings completed a forward pass, and the 30-year-old forward avoided offside and took advantage of the indecisiveness of Sa, who did not come out of the gate in time.
The hosts almost snatched the victory. On 90+4 minutes Bailey got a similar chance to Ingz, but hit above the goal.
1:1 – “Wolverhampton” remains penultimate, “Villa” has risen to eleventh place.
FULL-TIME Aston Villa 1-1 Wolves
The points are shared at Villa Park. Daniel Podence opened the scoring in stunning fashion, but Danny Ings drew the home side level over an hour later#AVLWOL pic.twitter.com/lTzOt6BkKS
— Premier League (@premierleague) January 4, 2023
Championship of England, the nineteenth round. London, Selhurst Park
“Crystal Palace” – “Tottenham” 0:4
Goals: Kane 48, Kane 53, Doherty 68, Dream 72
“Crystal Palace”: Guaita – Ward, Andersen, Gahy, Kline – Schlupp (Mateta 61), Ducoure – Olise (Eduard 74), Eze (Hughes 74), Zaha – Ayu
Tottenham: Lloris – Romero, Dier, Lenglet (Davis 86) – Doherty (Sessegnon 77), Skipp (Sarr 66), Hejbjerg, Perisic (White 86) – Gil (Emerson 77), Kane, Son
Warnings: Schlupp 61 – Skipp 42, Hill 77
Birmingham, Villa Park
“Aston Villa” – “Wolverhampton” 1:1
Goals: Ingz 78 – Podense 12
Aston Villa: Martinez – Young (Coutinho 47), Consa, Mings, Ding (Dendoker 67) – Cash, Camara, Douglas Louis (Augustinsson 67), Buendia – Bailey, Watkins (Ings 67)
“Wolverhampton”: Sa – Bueno (Gomes 79), Kilman, Collins, Semedo – Nunes, Neves – Podense (Traore 46), Moutinho (Hodge 59), Hvan (Ait-Nuri 59) – Costa (Cunha 66)
Warnings: Coutinho 82 – Hwang 36, Kilman 45+1, Costa 52