Pochettino: How can I improve this Spurs squad?
Spurs’ brilliant young midfielder needed just 45 minutes to effectively win the game, scoring one and winning a penalty – he has now been involved in 11 goals in his last 13 league games – before he was taken off ill at the break.
The Canaries were back in action for the first time since their 5-4 defeat against Liverpool.
A win for both sides will have huge implications for both of their title and relegation battles this year. “Hopefully we can go again in the summer window to try and keep building the squad, but we have a lot of work to do before then”. I’m confident, trying to get my shots off. The whole team is chipping in and we’re keeping clean sheets.
“We’re playing very well and confidence is probably as high as it’s been all season”.
Spurs looked stronger, slicker and more imaginative than Norwich, who made a habit of arriving on the scene of a pass just after the visitors had made it. What Maurico Pochettino craved was another goal to confirm his team’s dominance.
The game was a classic Spurs performance under Mauricio Pochettino, and it will remain a memorable fixture for one Tottenham player.
Kane doubled Spurs’ lead from the penalty spot before coolly finishing one-on-one late on and his brace took him to 18 goals for the season, 14 of which have come in the Premier League. Norwich showed quality to score four [against Liverpool], yes they conceded five, but every game is different and we expect a very tough game.
Deprived of an early second-half goal, Norwich never threatened a comeback against the tightest defence in the top flight and Kane rubbed salt in their wounds by scoring Tottenham’s third at the death, the England global coolly converting having seen an effort strike the left upright shortly beforehand.
Defender Jan Vertonghen (Knee-ligament) is set to miss the next two months for Tottenham, so centre-half Kevin Wimmer wil deputise alongside Toby Alderweireld instead.
“We knew they wouldn’t make it easier for us but we scored good goals and killed it off at the end”.
I don’t see any reason, looking at the way the season has gone so far, why you wouldn’t see Spurs as championship contenders.
Tottenham have recorded more shots on target than any other Premier League side this season, while no team have allowed fewer shots on target than the Lilywhites.