Tottenham Hotspur fell to a 1-0 defeat at the palms of Manchester City in the FA Cup remaining night, with Nathan Ake stabbing home a late winner for Pep Guardiola’s side.
Let’s take a look at the 5 matters we realized from the defeat:
Tottenham Are Out
Tottenham Hotspur are out of the FA Cup once again. Short of pushing for the Premier League title, it appears like it will be every other season besides a trophy for the Lilywhites.
Man City Break the Curse
After extra than 100 shots at purpose and five years of trying, Man City ultimately scored at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, and what a susceptible one to provide away. Guglielmo Vicario was once pushed apart by way of Ruben Dias from a corner, while Nathan Ake reacted quickest to stab the ball home. Hey, Pep, you nonetheless haven’t scored from open play though!
Madders is Back!
James Maddison again to the Tottenham squad for the first time considering that his damage against Chelsea 11 weeks ago, just in time for the Premier League season to restart following the winter break. While Dejan Kulusevski and Giovani Lo Celso have carried out an positive job in the creative function at times, Ange Postecoglou will be comfortable to have his creator-in-chief returned suit and ready.
The Reality of the Situation
As plenty as we all wanted to win that game and as close as we were to at least getting a replay, the reality of the state of affairs is that it was usually going to be a hard ask. Yes, Man City had been except Haaland and De Bruyne in the beginning XI, but Spurs were barring Heung-min Son, Maddison, Yves Bissouma, and Pape Matar Sarr. I, for one, can’t wait to see Ange Postecoglou definitely get to name his strongest feasible starting XI in the weeks to come.
The Silver Lining
We constantly strive to appear for the silver linings after setbacks, and the solely one to hold close at right here clearly is the reality that Tottenham now solely have one opposition to focal point on. If Spurs prefer to kick on and hold investing in Postecoglou, then European football is a must. The injuries have been bad this year, however can you imagine how lousy it would have been with mid-week games on top of that? The squad desires principal depth investment and optimistically concentrating on pushing for the pinnacle four (and beyond) should be the first step toward that.
