▲ Tottenham draw 2-2 against Newcastle ▲ Tottenham loses 15 points in the lead game (Morinho’s most single season) ▲ Tottenham ranks 2nd in PL with 15 wins, 9 draws, 6 losses and 54 points in the first half
[골닷컴] Reporter Kim Hyun-min = Tottenham Hotspur was again 2-1 ahead of Newcastle United, allowing for an equalizer with 5 minutes left to finish the game, and had to be satisfied with a 2-2 draw.
Tottenham ended in a 2-2 draw in the 30th round of the 2020/21 Premier League (PL) against Newcastle on their St. James’ Park expedition. Along with this, Tottenham missed a golden opportunity to reach fourth place, the Maginot line for the Champions League.
Even more regrettable was that 5 minutes before the end of the game, Tottenham was leading 2-1 thanks to the multi-goals of classic striker Harry Kane. However, he missed the victory by allowing a last-minute concession for Newcastle attacking midfielder Joe Willock, who played the match.
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It wasn’t yesterday today that Tottenham didn’t win the game he was winning. This season, Tottenham lost 15 points with 14 wins, 6 draws and 1 loss in 21 games that took the lead (a draw is 1 point, -2 points versus a win, and a loss is -3 points). This is the fourth-largest loss of points (based on the game being played) after Brighton (20 points), Southampton (18 points) and Fulham (16 points) among all PL teams this season.
It’s not just Tottenham. This is the tie for the most lost victory in a single-season win, along with the 2014/15 season, where coach Jom Mourinho personally coached Chelsea. The difference lies in that while 38 games were played in the season at the time, there are still 8 games left with 30 games. In other words, there is plenty of possibility to surpass the Thai record.
In particular, the loss of victory points when 10 minutes are left after the game is at a serious level. Tottenham scored a whopping 11 points, allowing 9 runs with 10 minutes left to the end of the game. This is the most loss of points among all PL teams (based on the last 10 minutes of the match).
Naturally, Tottenham’s performance in the first half and the second half is making a big difference. Tottenham is ranked second after Manchester City (64 points) with 15 wins, 9 draws, 6 losses and 54 points in terms of W/D based on the results of the first half. On the other hand, his performance in the second half is only 10th with 10 wins, 8 draws and 12 losses. In other words, it can be said that if it had not collapsed in the second half, it could be said that he could have recorded much better grades than it is now.
When asked by the’BBC 5 Live Sports’ side, “In the past, you’ve been good at keeping the lead, why isn’t it now?” Although his leadership is the same, he insisted that he couldn’t catch a game that could win because his team’s level was lower than that of his past teams.
However, there are many blind spots to point out only the problem of the level of the squad. Losing points while Tottenham are consistently winning can be regarded as a problem derived from Mourinho’s overly defensive management of the game.
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Tottenham is in the lead first, thanks to the excellent decision of Kane and Son Heung-min. This can be easily confirmed by the fact that Tottenham takes the lead in 21 out of 30 games. The problem is that he plays defensively for a considerable amount of time during the 90-minute game by switching to defense immediately after taking the lead. Eventually, the problem of continuing to allow shooting, allowing the final goal, and losing the victory, is recurring.
This was the same for Newcastle. Tottenham returned to the defense immediately after a 2-1 lead with Kane’s goal on the 35th minute. Afterwards, Tottenham allowed 14 shots in 55 minutes. Eventually, Tottenham had to face the relegation team Newcastle in this match, which was only half the number of shots 11 to 22. Even 11 of Newcastle’s 22 shots were made inside the penalty box. This is Newcastle’s most shot in the penalty box in a game during his tenure as manager Steve Bruce.
Naturally, Newcastle also scored 4 goals in expected goals (xG: Expected Goals, a statistic that calculates the expected score based on shooting points and situations). Tottenham’s expected goal was 2.7 goals. In other words, even though Newcastle won with a score of 4-2 to 4-3, there was nothing unusual about it.
It’s not just the Newcastle War. Tottenham’s expected goals for the first half of this season are 21.9 goals, whereas the expected goals for the second half are only 19.6 goals. On the other hand, the expected goal in the first half is 18.8 goals, and the expected goal in the second half is increased to 19.3 goals. If you subtract expected goals from the first half’s expected goals, it is 6th in the PL with +3.1 goals, but if you subtract the expected goals from the second half, it is only 10th in the PL with +0.3 goals.
Mourinho claims that he has never instructed his players to play defensively in a game that is holding the lead. However, it is Tottenham who repeatedly misses the same victory in many of the games that have taken the lead. To this extent, it is necessary to go beyond the simple problems of players and look back on whether the manager himself has any problems with the way he manages his game.
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