Tottenham Hotspur's five-point lead at the top of the Premier League was secured through a 2-1 victory over Crystal Palace, with Heung-min Son scoring his eighth goal of the season. The team's unbeaten run continues under manager Ange Postecoglou, whose tactical approach has earned praise from former Tottenham forward Jermain Defoe. Postecoglou, however, insists on further improvement in the attacking third, while also expressing his ambition for Tottenham to challenge for trophies every year. The team managed to hold off a late fightback from Crystal Palace to secure the win.
Table-topping Tottenham delivering joy and hope, says Postecoglou https://t.co/mBVGQWdKYL https://t.co/cRespnChlp
Tottenham go five points clear with 2-1 win at Palace https://t.co/LH7Nq8NkN3 https://t.co/xkdgBXLIJ1
Ange Postecoglou rips Gary Neville’s managerial credentials after joking he copied Pep Guardiola More here 👇 https://t.co/BQ68y3FZmi
✍️ "Gone is the self –doubt, the sense of imminent implosion and in its place we have a team that cannot help but succeed" ⬇️ @allyrudd_times reports as Spurs go five points clear at the top https://t.co/e6uWg2PrAd
If Spurs win the league... https://t.co/LhfJzTH0UI
SPURS 2-1 PALACE. Sonny goal & Maddison "Own Goal Assist" allow Tottenham to survive a late scare and get the Friday Night Lights win at Palace. AngeBall now with 8 wins & 2 draws through 10 matches, and top of table by 5 points. Have a weekend, Spurs Fans. https://t.co/3AF0haM9Wg
Son Heung-min strikes as Tottenham sink Crystal Palace to stretch lead https://t.co/4ntPWZnFiQ
How about this Tottenham fans?! Five points clear at the top of the Premier League #THFC Live reaction below 👇
Heung-min Son extends streak as Tottenham go five points clear with victory at Crystal Palace Full report here 👇 https://t.co/ipoo7XEjeZ
Up the Spurs!! COYS
A funky finish but Spurs have seen it through. Big win. Questions are being asked of this team but for the moment they just keep answering them. Five clear at the top for the time being. That hasn't happened since 1961 and nothing of note took place that season.
Tottenham hold off a late Palace fightback to go 5⃣ points clear at the top of the Premier League 🙌 #CRYTOT #BBCFootball https://t.co/VW7QR9rejj
COYS #COYS
If Spurs have anything about them they’ll put a statement on their website about that Palace goal…
Goals will come but Man United are hard to beat, says Ten Hag https://t.co/crfcROgSIW https://t.co/8evcSv0VFZ
Heung-Min Son scores his eighth goal of the season for Tottenham 🤩 #CRYTOT Live updates below 👇
⚪️🇰🇷 Heung-min Son makes it 8 goals in Premier League this season — on fire. https://t.co/TeLMcuyksJ
And with their first shot on target Spurs make it 2-0. Maddison slips one in, Brennan Johnson tees it up and Son finishes it off. Proper Spurs 23/24. Lovely stuff.
There's a couple of Spurs fans in the Main Stand right in front of the press box and they started celebrating that second goal. They'd been making a nuisance of themselves for a good 10 mins. Palace fan got angry and appeared to punch one of them - or tried to. They've now left.
Does not matter how, does not matter who. Spurs take lead off Palace own goal. Five-point cushion at the top. https://t.co/2BcqBxBpZ2
Still no shots on target for Spurs - but that can't stop them! 🔥 James Maddison's driven ball is turned into his own net by Joel Ward. #CRYTOT #BBCFootball https://t.co/vp4rymVDm6
OWN GOAL! James Maddison fires a powerful strike across goal which hits Joel Ward. The ball flies into the back of the net 😬 #CRYTOT Live updates below 👇
🚨 Crystal Palace 0-1 Tottenham JOEL WARD PUTS IT INTO HIS OWN NET! ⚽️ 📻 Commentary - https://t.co/VJgUHnqdM1 https://t.co/4UKN1xFh4w
Spurs still haven't had a shot on target but they are in the lead. Comes from nowt really, Porro in to Sarr, his pass deflects to Maddison and his cross is brilliantly finished by Joel Ward, 0-1.
Goal. Spurs lead through a deflected Maddison cross. Joel Ward own goal as he sticks his leg out to try to stop it.
Yep, tough for Spurs so far, Palace are defending excellently. Maddison and others trying little dinks over the defence but the gaps are being closed. 30 gone, 0-0.
Poor opening 15 for Spurs. Palace doing a good job of shutting their midfield down (Will Hughes is glued to Bissouma) and forcing them to go more direct.
Spurs can go FIVE points clear at the top of the league with a win at Selhurst Park tonight 🤯 #TOTCRY | LIVE on talkSPORT
Crystal Palace v Spurs (8pm) No Destiny Udogie tonight so it's Ben Davies at left back. Bissouma returns for Hojbjerg. Vicario; Porro, Romero, Van der Ven, Davies; Sarr, Bissouma, Maddison; Richarlison, Son, Kulusevski. Spurs go five clear if they win 🤯 #THFC https://t.co/LKGGgNDst1
Ange Postecoglou gives sarcastic response when asked if Tottenham are better without Harry Kane Full story here 👇 https://t.co/fqDt1Jk4la
EXCLUSIVE: Erik ten Hag looks 'out of his depth' and could be three games from getting sacked by Man United More here 👇 https://t.co/UrZOFngHAW
"All the eyes will be on this game" 👀 Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag on the importance of the Manchester derby 🔴🔵 https://t.co/fbqIYEEwE6
Erik ten Hag reveals Casemiro faces 'race against the clock' to be fit for Manchester derby Read here 👇 https://t.co/gYzyEGcoXM
Ten Hag on style of play: "In possession, we are not consistently on the level we can be. "Our defending and pressing, I said before the season how we wanted to play, but we don’t take benefit in our attack. This has to grow, to progress, then games will become more easy."
"This is a big club and it should be in a position to challenge for trophies every year" 🏆 Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou on his ambitions for the club after their stellar start to the season 👇 https://t.co/nQrl1vK4Zd
Ange Postecoglou’s Tottenham revolution rooted in common sense https://t.co/BkDwbWExsI
Ange Postecoglou’s Tottenham revolution rooted in common sense https://t.co/RDOix1jsJQ
Postecoglou on good form - explaining why the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium has the feel of ‘a nightclub’ at the moment: https://t.co/v449w43dnv
🗣 "I think our main growth will come in the attacking side of the game." Tottenham can go 5 points clear at PL summit with a win Friday, & have scored in every game this season, but Big Ange is still forecasting improved displays going forward. 👀 https://t.co/TpIPEbsDEA
Expected Postecoglou to say 'all areas' when asked where in particular his team could improve. Which he did initially, but he then went on to say it was in the attacking third where things haven't clicked yet. A bit on that here: https://t.co/XYdGDtPFb1
"How can we keep improving?" 📈 Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou speaks ahead their visit to Crystal Palace tomorrow night 🤩⚪ https://t.co/wMJqYBwMNb
Interesting bit from Postecoglou when asked what the main area of improvement is for this team: "Main growth will still come in the attacking third. A lot of our moves are not natural or how we want them to be."
"It's amazing what he's done in a short period of time!" 🤩 Former Tottenham forward Jermain Defoe heaps huge praise on the job Ange Postecoglou's doing at the club 🤝 ⚪ https://t.co/0JLZ0E3qXM
City's dominance is such that a team can be 5 pts clear after 14 games + it still be debatable whether they're even a contender So could Spurs really do it? Maybe, possibly, not sure. But now's a time to dream - the fun part when anything feels possible: https://t.co/bx1ML7jZd1