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Arnautovic’s booking for diving then resulted in a furious Hughes being sent to the stands by Taylor, before Spurs’ breakthrough arrived four minutes ahead of half-time.
South Korea global Son said: “It is unbelievable to win at Stoke away. we had a great game and deserved to win”.
Paul Merson is tipping Stoke City to frustrate Tottenham Hotspur by holding them to a 1-1 draw in Saturday’s clash at the bet365 Stadium. He found Alli with a centered ball into the box and he finished clinically.
The Korean worldwide hit the back of the net in both halves before Dele Alli and Harry Kane added gloss to the scoreline for Mauricio Pochettino’s charges.
Watford came from two goals down to beat West Ham 4-2 in the English Premier League on Saturday for its first win of the season under new manager Walter Mazzarri.
This was supposed to be the season the Potters finally pushed towards the European places, but if their start to this season is any indication, they aren’t ready to make the step up.
As well as Eriksen’s new deal, Spurs added two new faces to their squad on transfer deadline day as a deal to bring in Georges-Kevin N’koudou from Marseille was finally completed before a late move for France worldwide Moussa Sissoko came off.
Pochettino’s talisman scored just eight goals last term, his worst return yet in a Tottenham shirt.
Spurs had a penalty appeal turned down by referee Anthony Taylor as Heung Min-son, brought into the starting line-up thanks to Erik Lamela’s worldwide commitments during the week, collided with Geoff Cameron. Even before he had opened the scoring with a cushioned volley from Eriksen’s cross, Son was Tottenham’s liveliest player.
“Last season was tough for him (Son)”, said Pochettino.
Shawcross stabbed just wide for Stoke early in the second half, before two Spurs goals in three minutes ended the game as a contest.
The Danish playmaker, who went on to score a goal despite missing a penalty for his country in a midweek qualifier, has had an inauspicious start to the Premier League season for Mauricio Pochettino’s side and the indecision over the contract may well have been a reason why.
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“We want and we expect top performances in every game – to play well, score goals – and that is hard”.
