1-0
Tottenham has had to make several changes over the offseason with Dempsey, Bale, and Parker all leaving the club. The Spurs signed some quality players to fill those gaps including Spanish striker Soldado and Brazilian midfielder Paulinho who contributed to today's win over Swansea City.
Playing at White Hart Lane, Tottenham were the more dominant team from the start especially Paulinho who was able to find space all over the pitch and forced several saves from the Swansea keeper.
Late in the first-half Swansea were lucky to avoid conceding a penalty when Tottenham's Townsend was fouled by Shelvey in the box. The foul was given, but the referee thought the foul occurred just outside the box when in fact it was in the penalty area. Then in the second-half Shelvey was again called for a foul on Townsend. This time the foul was clearly inside the box, however it seemed rather obvious that Townsend took a dive to draw the foul. (Quid Pro Quo I guess.) Soldado took the penalty and scored from the spot for the only goal of the match (58').
Perhaps the more interesting match of the day was between Manchester City and the newly promoted Cardiff City. Manchester City were first on the scoreboard, but three second-half goals for Cardiff City put them out of reach to give them their first Premier League win.
No comments:
Post a Comment