Tottenham beats Watford 2-1 after late Son goal

As a result, Tottenham have moved up to third place in the table, while an interesting change of formation – Spurs played with three centre-backs to combat Watford’s 4-4-2 system – showed Pochettino is willing and able to vary his tactics and switch to something other than his favoured 4-2-3-1 set-up.

Troy Deeney headed a ball from the left towards him and Ighalo did brilliantly to control it with his back to goal, hold off Eric Dier and managed to play the ball between the Spurs player’s legs before poking the ball past ‘keeper Hugo Lloris.

“I don’t think Spurs can win the title, they don’t have the steel to do it or the class of players”, he said. Fatigue will nearly certainly play a factor and I would expect to see some form of rotation from both sides given the quick turnaround.

Darren Fletcher’s 78th-minute goal for West Bromwich Albion was enough to beat strugglers Newcastle United 1-0 while Aston Villa’s miserable season continued with the bottom side, marooned on eight points, going down 2-0 at Norwich City.

Mousa Dembele had been struggling with a foot injury before kick-off and he was replaced before the interval. “We hope it’s not a big issue, maybe one week or two weeks”, he added.

Dele Alli dispossessed Cathcart before Harry Kane passed to Lamela, who dribbled the length of the Watford half to slot the ball past goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes. Watford have been brilliant so far this season and I’m expecting a tough game for the Hornets, even after a really good draw at Stamford Bridge. Spurs looked to take advantage of their numerical advantage by throwing on Son Heung-min, while Quique Flores brought on Nyom to steady the ship.

Watford had been treading a fine line with some of their challenges that had annoyed the Tottenham players and on-loan Ake crossed it in the 63rd minute with a foul that earned him a straight red card.

“He is a very good player but he doesn’t get a chance”, Capoue said when asked by the Watford Observer yesterday. This kind of player you need to love because he is an awesome player in all ways. He went for the ball and deserved to take the ball.

“In football a lot can happen, the most important thing is we believe we have a strong squad to fight”.