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Tottenham Hotspur lost 1-0 against Manchester United on Sunday at Wembley, losing the opportunity to cut the gap from Liverpool to six points. Things have now gone bad to worst with striker Harry Kane out of action till March 28th an ankle ligament injury with Son Heung-Min also unavailable as he has now gone for the Asian Cup with South Korea. While many would say it's Spurs, they always choke, Spurs have gone really well this season but they're facing the consequences of having a very thin squad fighting in different fronts. Everyone knows Spurs have a fantastic starting XI with Hugo Lloris, Toby Alderweireld, Jan Vertonghen, Christian Eriksen, Dele Alli and Harry Kane as their spine for about three seasons now. Under Mauricio Pochettino, Spurs have notion that they have a soft spot, finishing in the top three for three straight seasons and having their highest points tally in Premier League history with 86 points in 2016/17, which is good to win the league in 15/16 and ...

The Premier League returns this weekend following FA Cup action last week and the biggest match-up is Spurs facing Manchester United at Wembley on Sunday which is an important fixture for both sides particularly for the managers. Tottenham have put themselves in the conversation of this season's title race as they are currently third in the table, six points behind league leaders Liverpool. Spurs won five of their last sevn league games last month losing to Arsenal and Wolves. They have also been scoring goals at will, netting 23 times with Korean forward Son Heung-Min scoring six times during that period. This will also be the last game Son will play for Spurs before leaving for the Asian Cup. Against the top 6 this season, Spurs have gotten only six points with two wins and three defeats and with how tight the title race is, games between teams in the top 6 now have more importance. The game will carry a lot of attention surrounding Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino. The Ar...

Gameweek 2 of the Premier League kicked out with Cardiff City against Newcastle United at the Cardiff City Stadium. The game ended goalless with Newcastle going down to ten men with Isaac Hayden receiving his marching orders. Four games were played from 3pm with Tottenham Hotspur maintaining their 100 percent record in the league winning against Fulham 3-1. Everton and Bournemouth also maintained their perfect record with wins while Leicester City and Everton got their first wins of the season at home against Wolves and Southampton. The 5:30 kick-off was a London Derby as Chelsea faced Arsenal at Stamford Bridge. Sarri got the better of Emery as the Blues went out 3-2 winners with Emery already experiencing back-to-back defeats at the job. Here are the five things learned from the games today. Dominant Chelsea The tie between Chelsea and Arsenal saw the new managers face one another and Sarri looks to have already stamped his blueprint on his Chelsea side. The Blues outplayed...