BOURNEMOUTH, KOMPAS.com - Tottenham Hotspur naik ke posisi ketiga klasemen sementara Premier League - kasta teratas Liga Inggris, menggeser Liverpool. Hal ini tak lepas dari hasil berbeda yang dialami kedua tim.
Sehari setelah Liverpool kalah 1-2 dari Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur menang 4-1 di kandang AFC Bournemouth pada pertandingan pekan ke-30, Minggu (11/3/2018).
Kendati demikian, kemenangan Tottenham Hotspur itu harus memakan "tumbal". Striker Harry Kane mengalami cedera dan harus ditarik keluar pada menit ke-34.
Penyerang tim nasional Inggris itu diprediksi mengalami cedera ligamen dan bisa absen sampai dua bulan. Namun, tanpa Kane, Totenham tetap terlalu tangguh bagi Bournemoouth.
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Son Heung-min menjadi bintang kemenangan Tottenham di Stadion Vitality. Pemain asal Korea Selatan itu mencetak dua dari empat gol kemenangan timnya.
Dua gol tim tamu lain dicetak oleh Dele Alli (35') dan Serge Aurier (90'+1). Adapun tuan rumah sempat unggul terlebih dahulu lewat gol Junior Stanislas pada menit ketujuh.
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Bournemouth took an early lead and will have fancied themselves to take the points, especially when Harry Kane limped off injured, but Dele Alli, Christian Eriksen and Son Heung-min stepped up to send Spurs above Liverpool into third place
Tottenham Hotspur Gusur Liverpool dari Posisi Ketiga
Putra Permata Tegar Idaman , CNN Indonesia | Senin, 12/03/2018 00:55 WIB
Jakarta, CNN Indonesia -- Tottenham Hotspur berhasil menggusur Liverpool dari posisi ketiga klasemen Liga Primer Inggris usai menang 4-1 atas tuan rumah Bournemouth di Vitality Stadium, Minggu (11/3). Tambahan tiga angka dari markas Bournemouth membuat Tottenham kini mengoleksi 61 poin, unggul satu angka atas Liverpool yang tergeser ke peringkat keeempat. Spurs sendiri berjarak empat angka dari Manchester United yang ada di posisi kedua.
Bournemouth mengejutkan Tottenham lewat gol cepat Junior Stanislas di menit ketujuh. Berawal dari umpan silang Adam Smith ke kotak penalti, tak ada pemain yang mengawasi pergerakan Stanislas. Bola yang diterima Stanislas langsung dilanjutkan tendangan kaki kiri oleh pemain bernomor punggung 19 tersebut. Tembakan keras mendatar ke sisi kiri gawang itu tak mampu dibendung oleh kiper Tottenham, Hugo Lloris. Situasi sulit makin bertambah bagi Tottenham saat Harry Kane terpaksa ditarik keluar dari lapangan di menit ke-34. Kane mengalami cedera usai terjatuh di depan gawang Bournemouth di menit ke-30. Namun semenit usai Kane keluar, Tottenham berhasil menyamakan kedudukan melalui Dele Alli. Serangan cepat Tottenham di sisi kiri pertahanan Bournemouth diakhiri umpan silang Sergi Aurier ke kotak penalti. Dele Alli dengan sigap menyambut umpan matang itu dan mengubahnya jadi gol dengan tendangan keras di depan gawang.
Tottenham Hotspur sempat dalam tekanan karena Harry Kane cedera di babak pertama. (Foto: REUTERS/Ian Walton)
Setelah bermain imbang 1-1 di babak pertama, gol yang ditunggu Tottenham akhirnya lahir di menit ke-62. Gol kedua Tottenham ini berawal dari aksi Danny Rose yang melakukan tusukan di sisi kanan pertahanan Bournemouth. Rose lalu mengirim bola ke Dele Alli yang lalu melepaskan umpan silang ke arah Son Heung-min. Pemain asal Korea Selatan ini lalu melepaskan tembakan voli. Dengan lebih dulu memantulkan bola ke tanah, tembakan Son tidak bisa dibaca dengan baik oleh kiper Bournemouth, Asmir Begovic. Tertinggal 1-2, Bournemouth coba menyerang lini pertahanan Tottenham dengan intensitas yang lebih tinggi. Namun hal ini malah jadi bumerang bagi tuan rumah. Lantaran kesalahan dalam distribusi bola, Tottenham punya kesempatan melakukan serangan balik.
Dele Alli berhasil mencetak gol penyama kedudukan satu menit usai Harry Kane keluar. (Foto: Reuters/Matthew Childs)
Sebuah umpan Christian Eriksen sukses membuat Son Heung-Min berlari sendirian dari tengah lapangan. Dalam duel satu lawan satu dengan Begovic, Son sukses menipu Begovic dan melepaskan tembakan ke gawang yang sudah kosong. Tottenham pun unggul 3-1 di menit ke-87.
Dua menit berselang, Son punya kesempatan mencetak hattrick namun tendangan kerasnya bisa dibendung dengan baik oleh Begovic. Tetapi di masa injury time, Begovic melakukan kesalahan. Saat ia menghalau bola hasil tendangan Kieran Trippier ke kotak penalti, bola malah mengarah ke Aurier. Aurier pun mampu menyundul bola masuk ke gawang yang tak terkawal. Laga pun berakhir dengan skor 4-1 untuk Tottenham. Susunan Pemain Bournemouth (4-4-1-1) Begovic; Francis, Cook, Ake, Daniels (Ibe 67); Smith, Cook, Gosling, Stanislas (Defoe 76); Mousset (King 67); Wilson Tottenham Hotspur (4-2-3-1) Lloris; Aurier, Sanchez, Vertonghen, Rose (Trippier 81); Wanyama, Dembele; Eriksen, Dele Alli (Sissoko 86), Son Heung-Min; Harry Kane (Lamela 34) (ptr)
Harry Kane has scored 35 goals for Spurs this season
England striker Harry Kane will have a scan on Monday on the ankle injury he suffered during Tottenham's 4-1 win over Bournemouth.
Kane, 24, was substituted 30 minutes into Sunday's match after injuring his right ankle in a collision with home keeper Asmir Begovic.
He immediately left the field and went straight down the tunnel.
"I hope it is not a big issue," said Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino. "We are concerned but need to wait."
Media playback is not supported on this device Bournemouth 1-4 Tottenham: Pochettino 'concerned' about Kane injury
Spurs meet Swansea on Saturday in the FA Cup, with England playing two friendly matches in the following week.
Gareth Southgate's men travel to the Netherlands on Friday, 23 March before hosting Italy on 27 March, with the squad being named on Thursday.
And Pochettino added: "It's the same ankle he suffered with before. He landed and twisted his ankle. He's positive, he's happy with the victory for the team."
England forward Dele Alli was also substituted after picking up a groin injury - and the Spurs boss said: "I don't believe it's a big issue, we have to manage him."
Last season, Kane missed 10 games for his club after suffering ligament damage to his right ankle in Spurs' Premier League win at Sunderland in September.
He also missed two of England's World Cup qualifiers - a 2-0 win over against Malta in Gareth Southgate's first game in interim charge and a goalless draw against Slovenia.
Kane, who has scored 35 goals for Spurs this season, then injured the same ankle again on 12 March 2017, in Tottenham's FA Cup quarter-final victory over Millwall.
On that occasion he missed four weeks of action, including England's 1-0 friendly defeat against Germany and a 2-0 win over Lithuania in a World Cup qualifier.
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"He was out for 49 days the first time he injured that ankle, and 24 the time after that. It looks painful, he is caught by the goalkeeper. He really rocks that but he was up on his feet. We wondered if he may be able to carry on but he hasn't taken any risks."
Former Liverpool midfielder Danny Murphy: "What's important is that he looked OK with it in his body language. He wasn't carried off on a stretcher. Maybe his previous experience made him cautious and not want to risk it.
"Tottenham only have three games in the next four weeks. Touch wood he'll be OK."
Media playback is not supported on this device Archive: Pochettino concerned for injured Kane
Kane poked Christian Eriksen's cross into the net, but was rightly ruled to have been offside
Close-ups showed how Kane's ankle twisted under the challenge from Begovic, who was not to blame
Kane initially received treatment on the field
