Pochettino Slams Soft Tottenham After Stoke Collapse

“We just need to manage games better than we did in the first half and if we do that we’ll do well”.

In particular, he is keen to bring in a striker to work alongside Harry Kane and ease the workload of the young England worldwide.

“It was a club decision (to sell Soldado)”.

Previous captains Michael Dawson and Younes Kaboul both left the club after just one season with the armband, to Hull and Sunderland respectively.

So how have we come to this?

Spurs opened the scoring in the 19th minute off of a corner kick.

Tottenham expect to complete the signing of West Brom forward Saido Berahino next week, according to the Sunday Mirror.

The question is what do Tottenham need to achieve for a successful campaign? More options up front. “So to see him go off was a bit of a relief even though the lads dealt with him well and kept him quiet”.

“Harry was exhausted”, Pochettino said of the league’s second-top scorer last season with 21 goals, later briefing media that Kane had also suffered from cramps.

“I think everybody worked very hard for each other and tried to do their best, and of course maybe if I didn’t concede the foul for the penalty it would have been different”.

“It wasn’t a problem of strikers, it was our defensive play“.

In the end Spurs had no response to the late goals and they were left frustrated with a late collapse.

First-half goals from Eric Dier and Nacer Chadli put Tottenham in command at White Hart Lane on Saturday, as Stoke looked destined to suffer back-to-back defeats to begin the season.

First he fed in Joselu, who won a penalty from Toby Alderweireld that was steered home by Marko Arnautovic. Eriksen has the ability to find space and dictate games, and Mark Hughes would do well to man mark the player in an attempt to contain his influence on the game.

Spurs need that kind of steel in midfield.

Stoke refused to lie down, though, and substitutes Joselu – making his top-flight debut – and Stephen Ireland made telling impacts as the visitors struck twice in the last 12 minutes to salvage a point.

“We saw last weekend that the game changed because an individual created something out of nothing”, said Hughes, referring to Philippe Coutinho’s spectacular victor for Liverpool.

“My aim is to play here as much as I can, I’m really enjoying it here and I want to achieve a lot of personal goals at this football club”.

Spurs can take solace in knowing they technically have not allowed an opposing player score in three straight league contests dating to last season.

“Some guys will be sat in the stand some weeks if everybody’s fit”.