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″.
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Like last season, his side took a narrow 1-0 advantage into the half-time interval, courtesy of Heung-Min’s opener, before turning on the afterburners and adding three more after the break as Heung-Min doubled his tally and Dele Alli and Harry Kane each opening their accounts for the season.
Saturday’s win signalled a return to form for Tottenham after a low-key start to the season.
And Pochettino believes the performance will be crucial in embedding confidence ahead of a busy period, starting with Wednesday’s Champions League clash with Monaco at Wembley.
Having missed a part of pre-season preparations due to Olympic duty with South Korea, Son opened the scoring just before half time following some excellent work from Christian Eriksen, the Dane fresh from signing a new contract.
“When momentum shifts and the game is getting a little bit pressurised, in terms of going against you, we’ve got to recognise those moments in the game and adjust our play accordingly”, he said.
“But we have conceded eight goals against Man City and Tottenham and I know they are two very top teams but that’s not good enough”. In the second half I’m very pleased, because the performance was nearly flawless.
“A lot of us have played there already, so it feels like even more of a home”, said the England man, who scored his side’s fourth goal to become the fastest Spurs player to 50 Premier League goals.
“If you lose a game you can say “oh, it’s because we remember the past and we cannot change the chapter”.
Hughes was sent to the stands by referee Anthony Taylor in the first half of the match, after showing his displeasure at a decision to book winger Marko Arnautovic for diving.
“I came out of my technical area”.
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Arsenal struggled with their own Wembley relocation as they won just two of their six fixtures in Europe when temporarily playing there in the late 1990s, but Davies believes the move could prove to be beneficial to Spurs.
