An FA Cup semi-final against a serial winner of those kinds of ties awaits Mauricio Pochettino on Saturday and it is surely all those questions about the absence of a significant major honour on his record that persuaded this young manager to pick a team with Wembley in mind.
There were six changes from the Tottenham Hotspur side that lost to Manchester City on Saturday and although Harry Kane scored his first goal without use of the shoulder in seven games, this was not quite the performance that said Spurs are back in the groove. They may yet be favourites for Saturday’s semi-final against Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United, but the intensity that they have managed at times this season is not yet there at this critical stage.
There was no Dele Alli in this starting XI, nor Eric Dier, Mousa Dembele, Davinson Sanchez, or Kieran Trippier and while Spurs should have had enough to edge out a feisty home team they could not find the second goal to decide it. For his part, Chris Hughton accepted nothing but complete focus from his Brighton side and one mistake aside, they responded within two minutes to Kane’s goal to equalise through a penalty that Patrick Gross slotted home.
Hughton’s team have consolidated 13th place, and 36 points which is eight clear of the relegation places and should be enough to keep them in the Premier League although the manager was taking nothing for granted. “No, I don’t think we’re safe,” Hughton said. “Only because I can’t afford to think that way. The most important thing on my mind is making sure we put in the same type of performances in these last four games.”
The last three are against Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool, but this point will at least have given them the confidence. In terms of the Champions League places, Tottenham are eight clear of Chelsea in fifth, who have played one game fewer and can close the gap to five points with four games to play if they beat Burnley on Thursday. Spurs are in control although such margins have been conceded before.
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Harry Kane and Pascal Gross, with a penalty, score within two second-half minutes of each in a 1-1 draw that soothes the Seagulls’ relegation concerns
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Harapan Harry Kane mempertahankan gelar topskor Liga Primer untuk ketiga kalinya masih belum pupus.
Masih ada lima laga tersisa, dan rekannya, Dele Alli, percaya Kane bisa mengejar perolehan gol striker Liverpool, Mohamed Salah.
Saat ini, Kane terpaut lima gol (25 gol) dari Salah (30 gol) di daftar top skor sementara Liga Primer.
Kane mengumpulkan 25 gol (plus dua assists) itu dari 32 kali main, atau rata-rata mencetak satu gol tiap 106 menit.
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Bandingkan dengan Salah yang memang meroket musim ini. 30 gol, serta 10 assists diciptakannya juga dari 32 kali main, atau rata-rata ia mencetak gol tiap 86 menit.
