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SOUTHAMPTON, KOMPAS.com - Tottenham Hotspur gagal menyamai raihan poin Liverpool setelah bermain imbang 1-1 melawan Southampton pada pertandingan pekan ke-24 Premier League - kasta teratas Liga Inggris - di Stadion St. Mary's, Minggu (21/1/2018).
Pada pertandingan ini, Southampton berhasil unggul terlebih dahulu melalui gol bunuh diri Davinson Sanchez pada menit ke-15. Tottenham Hotspur baru berhasil membalas tiga menit kemudian melalui striker andalan mereka, Harry Kane.
Hasil ini membuat Tottenham tertahan di peringkat kelima dengan koleksi 45 poin dari 24 laga. Mereka tertinggal dua angka dari Liverpool yang baru akan bertanding melawan Swansea City pada Senin (22/1/2018) malam atau Selasa dini hari WIB.
Sementara itu, Southampton juga gagal beranjak dari zona merah. Mereka berada di peringkat ke-18 dengan koleksi 22 poin setelah disalip Stoke City yang menang atas Huddersfield Town, sehari sebelumnya.
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Pada sepanjang pertandingan, Tottenham tampil lebih mendominasi dengan memiliki 59 persen penguasaan bola. Soal menciptakan peluang, tim tamu juga lebih baik dengan melepas 17 tembakan, tetapi hanya dua di antaranya yang tepat sasaran.
Southampton yang menciptakan 10 peluang dengan empat di antaranya on target, unggul terlebih dahulu pada menit ke-15. Umpan silang mendatar Ryan Bertrand dari sisi kanan pertahanan Tottenham dipotong Davinson Sanchez yang justru berbelok ke gawang Michel Vorm.
Tertinggal 0-1 dari Southampton membuat Tottenham Hotspur tersengat. Hanya berselang 197 detik, tim tamu membalas lewat tandukan jarak dekat Harry Kane yang sukses menyambut umpan tendangan penjuru dari Ben Davies. (Verdi Hendrawan)
9 - Harry Kane has scored nine goals in his last five starts in the Premier League, with all nine coming from inside the box. Poacher. pic.twitter.com/zDZFiJ23Zu
Tottenham Hotspur were laid low by a flu virus and then caught a cold as they were held to a draw by relegation-threatened Southampton despite Harry Kane moving to within one goal of his Premier League century.
It was a frustrating result that means Spurs could fall five points behind fourth-placed Liverpool if Jurgen Klopp’s side win away to Swansea City on Monday evening, putting them in very real danger of missing out on Champions League qualification.
The score-line does not, truly, help Southampton either as they remain in the bottom three and a point behind 17th place Stoke City. But they showed enough fight – and went agonisingly close to winning – to probably help manager Mauricio Pellegrino survive. At least a little longer.
Afterwards Spurs midfielder Eric Dier claimed the race for the top four will “go down to the wire” but with his side’s next three league opponents being Liverpool, Manchester United and Arsenal these were points they could not afford to drop. And neither were they expected to.
The Spurs squad were in Barcelona for warm weather training last week with captain Hugo Lloris and play-maker Christian Eriksen ruled out of this fixture because they were suffering from flu. Other players were affected and although manager Mauricio Pochettino later refused to say who, and stated it had not affected the performance, they were collectively below-par in a rain-sodden “battle” of an encounter.
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Southampton 1 Tottenham 1 | Premier League | St. Mary's
Tottenham missed the chance to move into the top four as they drew 1-1 at Southampton.
Harry Kane scored his 99th league goal after Davinson Sanchez had given Southampton a surprise first-half lead by turning the ball into his own net.
Both sides had chances to nick a late winner but Spurs were the more frustrated at the final whistle, with fourth-placed Liverpool now able to pull five points clear with a win over Swansea on Monday.
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MATCH ACTION FULL TIME: SOUTHAMPTON 1 TOTTENHAM 1 Spoils are shared in an entertaining draw, no 100th goal for Harry Kane today as a spirited Southampton take a point. Stick to Standard Sport for reaction from St. Mary's MATCH ACTION 92 mins: Into added time here and Spurs are throwing everything at Southampton. Would be hard on Saints to lose this now. SUBS 85 mins: Final change for Spurs, boos ring around St. Mary's as Wanyama replaces Dembele SUBS 82 mins: Final change for Saints, Gabbiadini is replaced by 17-year-old Obafemi making his senior bow SUBS 79 mins: Davis replaces Lemina for the Saints. YELLOW CARD 79 mins: Trippier booked not long after coming on. YELLOW CARD 75 mins: Dembele goes in the book for a shove on Bertand, Saints have a free-kick in a dangerous area. SUBS 72 mins: Aurier limps off, he's replaced by Trippier SUBS 70 mins: Son is replaced by Lamela, been kept very quiet today. SUBS 65 mins: Boufal replaces Hojbjerg for Saints First change incoming, Saints could do with some pace on the break YELLOW CARD 60 mins: Romeu joins Stephens in the book for Southampton. MATCH ACTION 60 mins: Very finely poised here, Saints are having the better of the ball but Spurs still have another level to go to. YELLOW CARD 57 mins: Sissoko now in the book for a heavy challenge on Bertrand. YELLOW CARD 48 mins: Stephens goes into the book for a pull on Kane. MATCH ACTION SECOND HALF Spurs get us going once more. MATCH ACTION HALF TIME: SOUTHAMPTON 1 TOTTENHAM 1 A very good half of football here at St. Mary's. The weather causing both sides to be a little open at the back, meaning we've seen some good chances go begging. Spurs have another gear in them but Saints have put on a good display so far. MATCH ACTION 41 mins: Lemina now has a go from the edge of the box for the Saints but it's a tame effort. MATCH ACTION 37 mins: So close for Southampton! Stephens rises above everyone from Ward-Prowse's free-kick and sends his header just wide. The centre-half should score there. MATCH ACTION 31 mins: Spurs are on the up now, Sissoko fires just wide from a tricky chance and Saints are hanging on a little at the back. Next
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Mauricio Pochettino: "A few players were affected last week but it's not an excuse.
"We are disappointed because our game wasn't great, our performance wasn't the best. The game was even and full credit to Southampton because they fight and play well.
"I think it is a fair result in the end, 1-1. There were massive chances we had in the last minute with Harry Kane but at the end if you analyse the game it's a fair result."
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Southampton XI: McCarthy, Cedric, Stephens, Hoedt, Bertrand, Romeu, Hojbjerg, Ward-Prowse, Lemina, Tadic, Gabbiadini
Subs: Davis, Boufal, Redmond, Pied, Bednarek, Forster, Obafemi
Tottenham XI: Vorm, Aurier, Sanchez, Vertonghen, Davies, Dier, Dembele, Sissoko, Alli, Son, Kane
Subs: Trippier, Lamela, Wanyama, Llorente, Foyth, Gazzaniga, Walker-Peters
Referee: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)
