The club has confirmed that more than 80,000 tickets have been sold for the clash – which would mean the biggest ever attendance for a Champions League tie in this country, as well as a home attendance record for the Lilywhites. Desperation in a striker is seldom a good sign – but I’m pretty sure that all Kane needs is a bit of luck to get himself going again.
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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.
Son Heung-min bagged a goal on either side of the half-time break before Dele Alli and Harry Kane completed the rout.
The decision was for him to stay and I am very pleased.”Stoke City manager Mark Hughes reacts after being sent to the stands during their Premier League match against Tottenham Hotspur at Bet365 Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent, September 10, 2016″.
Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino insists that he is not concerned by the stuttering start to the new campaign by his side and star striker Harry Kane.
For the second home game in a row they conceded four times and looked alarmingly open as soon as they fell two goals behind, with boss Mark Hughes expressing concerns over his team’s in-game management.
If Spurs had ground out their first three results of the season, this was the form that made them title challengers last term. As I said, he’s just happy at Tottenham.
Pochettino believes Spurs were so successful in their transfer window business because they are rapidly becoming one of the Premier League’s superpowers.
They played against Middlesbrough on the opening match day and was able to draw their game.
Arsenal, who handed debuts to new signings Shkodran Mustafi and Lucas Perez, heaped on the pressure and were rewarded in the 29th minute when Koscielny slammed home a fine overhead kick as Southampton failed to clear their lines from a corner.
Shawcross stabbed just wide for Stoke early in the second half, before two Spurs goals in three minutes ended the game as a contest.
He explained: “For me, it is all about the fact that they need to be confident”. He had scored in his last two Premier League starts against Spurs, but was unable to find the target this time, despite causing a threat. “On top of that, we will play in the Champions League so I can’t wait to get started”.
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And while the club forked out a reported £30million for the France worldwide, Pochettino says it is the club’s infrastructure that attracts top quality players and not the money they could earn elsewhere.
