Spurs September and October Update
Great performances in the league (minus one result), good performance in the Europa League, bad performance in the Capital One Cup. Overall a good two months for Tottenham.
Premier League
So, this is the best aspect of the season so far. After nine games we sit in second place, four points behind leaders Arsenal and three points ahead of third place City. Now to talk about how we got there!
So, we started October with two away games to top six rivals Newcastle and Liverpool. I was expecting really tough games... But they were actually quite easy! First we went to St. James' Park, beating Newcastle 3-1 with goals from new signing Saul, left back Ben Davies and the amazing Memphis Depay. After we travelled to Anfield and recorded a 3-0 win there, a brace from Harry Kane and an own goal from Mignolet winning us the game very, very easily. We remained at home for the last two games of October, playing Wolves and Stoke. We only manages a 1-1 draw against Wolves, Harry Kane scoring for us. But we did beat Stoke 2-1. Erik Lamela scored, then got sent off which led to Stoke equalising. Luckily Saul picked up a late winner for us.
October wasn't the best of months. We did beat Southampton and West Ham, but got crushed by Arsenal. We beat Southampton 2-1, Goretzka and Memphis scoring, then beat West Ham 1-0 , but only through a Kevin Mirallas penalty. Then we lost 4-0 to Arsenal. Not saying any more about that.
Capital One Cup
Played one game away to Stoke. Drew 2-2 with goals from Mirallas and Lamela, before losing on penalties.
Europa League
Three games in the Europa League so far. First we played Young Boys at home, winning 2-0 with Kane and Lamela scoring. Then we went away to Romanian side Petrolul, winning 3-0 with goals from Kane, Bentaleb and Memphis. Finally we played German side RBL, only drawing 2-2 with goals from Bentaleb and Ayoze Perez. We currently sit top of Group H on 7 points.
The Positives
This ones easy. Second in the premiership after nine games. A huge positive, and an unexpected one. Top of our Europa League group is good as well, but it was expected so... Not as good as being second in the toughest, and arguably best, league in the world.
The Negatives
Early Capital One Cup exit, and losing 4-0 to Arsenal. Oh, and all the injuries. Currently we have Ben Davies out for 10 days to 3 weeks, Samuel Umtiti out for 3-4 weeks and Hugo Lloris out for 10 days to 3 weeks, although Michel Vorm has been doing a good job in goal in his absence.
Player of the Month
This month the award goes to Harry Kane. Over September and October Harry Kane netted six goals in all competitions, picking up two man of the match awards.
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Young Player of the Month
Just a reminder, this award goes to the best player aged 23 and under, as long as they did not win the player of the month award. For September and October this goes to Memphis Depay. The talented Dutchman is arguably out best player, and he showed this by picking up three goals, five assists and two man of the match awards over the two months.
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Great performances in the league (minus one result), good performance in the Europa League, bad performance in the Capital One Cup. Overall a good two months for Tottenham.
Premier League
So, this is the best aspect of the season so far. After nine games we sit in second place, four points behind leaders Arsenal and three points ahead of third place City. Now to talk about how we got there!
So, we started October with two away games to top six rivals Newcastle and Liverpool. I was expecting really tough games... But they were actually quite easy! First we went to St. James' Park, beating Newcastle 3-1 with goals from new signing Saul, left back Ben Davies and the amazing Memphis Depay. After we travelled to Anfield and recorded a 3-0 win there, a brace from Harry Kane and an own goal from Mignolet winning us the game very, very easily. We remained at home for the last two games of October, playing Wolves and Stoke. We only manages a 1-1 draw against Wolves, Harry Kane scoring for us. But we did beat Stoke 2-1. Erik Lamela scored, then got sent off which led to Stoke equalising. Luckily Saul picked up a late winner for us.
October wasn't the best of months. We did beat Southampton and West Ham, but got crushed by Arsenal. We beat Southampton 2-1, Goretzka and Memphis scoring, then beat West Ham 1-0 , but only through a Kevin Mirallas penalty. Then we lost 4-0 to Arsenal. Not saying any more about that.
Capital One Cup
Played one game away to Stoke. Drew 2-2 with goals from Mirallas and Lamela, before losing on penalties.
Europa League
Three games in the Europa League so far. First we played Young Boys at home, winning 2-0 with Kane and Lamela scoring. Then we went away to Romanian side Petrolul, winning 3-0 with goals from Kane, Bentaleb and Memphis. Finally we played German side RBL, only drawing 2-2 with goals from Bentaleb and Ayoze Perez. We currently sit top of Group H on 7 points.
The Positives
This ones easy. Second in the premiership after nine games. A huge positive, and an unexpected one. Top of our Europa League group is good as well, but it was expected so... Not as good as being second in the toughest, and arguably best, league in the world.
The Negatives
Early Capital One Cup exit, and losing 4-0 to Arsenal. Oh, and all the injuries. Currently we have Ben Davies out for 10 days to 3 weeks, Samuel Umtiti out for 3-4 weeks and Hugo Lloris out for 10 days to 3 weeks, although Michel Vorm has been doing a good job in goal in his absence.
Player of the Month
This month the award goes to Harry Kane. Over September and October Harry Kane netted six goals in all competitions, picking up two man of the match awards.
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Young Player of the Month
Just a reminder, this award goes to the best player aged 23 and under, as long as they did not win the player of the month award. For September and October this goes to Memphis Depay. The talented Dutchman is arguably out best player, and he showed this by picking up three goals, five assists and two man of the match awards over the two months.
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