Spurs closer to top-four finish plus the MNF awards
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What were the key moments in Tottenham's 2-0 victory over Watford?
Fairly Ali kind of slided into Son. It's a good ball. It's a pass for Kane, who lost his footing. Spurs may not have lost their chance, though. And Harry Kane makes no mistake, second time round.
His 150th Premier League appearance and an incredible 105 Premier League goals now for Harry Kane, helping Spurs to a 2-0 victory over Watford tonight. And Gary Neville, if people had just come in and seen that result, they might have thought it was very straightforward for Spurs, was it?
No, it wasn't. It was a scabby-type performance from them.
A lovely choice of words.
But it was. I never expected Watford to get as many clear chances as they got, particularly in the first half. Tottenham did look a little bit sloppy, a little bit hungover from the last few weeks. But sometimes in a season, the result is most critical. And tonight for Tottenham, with Chelsea breathing down their necks,
How did Gary Neville assess Spurs' performance against Watford?
Absolutely, they would have taken that all day long because it was critical they got that cushion back.
Did it feel like, and you mentioned that the best of what's for chances really did come at the end of that first half, did it feel like the kind of performance that might have had a manager right at them at half-time, just to remind them of what they were about?
I'm certain he would have said... the focus, concentration, that they're getting far too much joy. They were sloppy on the ball, topped them in the first half. And they weren't at the best. And I don't think Monsieur Pochettino... I think Monsieur Pochettino is wise enough to know that his team aren't at the best at this moment in time. So we may have expected that. But I think he'll have said, look, focus, make sure... I mean, they've got through the game. That's the main thing. They needed to win. They desperately needed to win. He'll be a relieved man tonight just because they've now got that cushion back and they can get over the line more comfortably. They've got two more home games left out of the three games to play.
Talking about teams at their best, were Watford at their best defensively tonight?
What impact does Harry Kane's performance have on Spurs' top-four chances?
No. I mean, I don't think they played badly. I mean, I went through this at half-time. The reason I'm just going to show this again is I think it reflects upon the second goal. And I mentioned... Just take it forward a touch. This shape that they had, that the coach had been working on, almost perfect 4-4-2 shape. Compact, all together, no spaces. I covered it at half-time, not alert enough to get over quickly, block the lines, get across in front, shift across. All the team, they're walking, they're ambling, and that cost them the first goal in terms of stopping it at source. I mean, it gets a little bit messy. In fact, it doesn't get a little bit messy, it gets very messy after this. You see this now, there isn't too much danger, but Kavasalic gets across his goalkeeper and he ducks right in front of him.
Should he just head it away? It's never ideal that... He's obviously got a late shout, and the late shout puts his goalkeeper off, and ultimately that gives Tottenham the opportunity. It's a bit of quality from Eriksen, a good finish from Dele Alli, but they make a real mess of it, I have to say.
What were the standout defensive issues for Watford during the match?
Watford, it should be something that's dealt with. It's a standard cross. It's not even a difficult one to catch.
Yeah, lovely little touch from Christian Eriksen to pick out Dele Alli. That got Spurs up and running, and Harry Kane scored the second in the second half to put the game out of Watford's reach. And I'm very pleased to say that Harry Kane is waiting to speak to us live from Wembley. Congratulations to you, Harry. We've just been reflecting on the kind of game it was for Spurs tonight, but how would you sum it up?
It was OK. Obviously, it was important that we won the game. But, yeah, we could have played better, especially first half. I thought we could have moved it quicker and we were lucky to be ahead at half-time, thanks to Hugo. So, yeah, second half we did a little bit better, but there were still times I felt we could have played a bit quicker, especially through the line.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What were the key moments in Tottenham's 2-0 victory over Watford?
0:01–0:58
2
How did Gary Neville assess Spurs' performance against Watford?
0:58–1:49
3
What impact does Harry Kane's performance have on Spurs' top-four chances?
1:49–2:57
4
What were the standout defensive issues for Watford during the match?
2:57–3:53
5
How did Spurs manage to secure the critical win against Watford?
3:53–4:47
6
What factors contributed to Spurs' recent performance struggles?
4:47–5:59
7
What are the highlights from Gary Neville's end-of-season awards?
5:59–6:52
8
Who does Gary Neville believe should be the Player of the Season?
6:52–41:53
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