Michail Antonio scored in the fifth and 33rd minutes for West Ham to move up to four goals for the season – all of them headers – before his team imploded in its second league match at the Olympic Stadium.
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Over the last three seasons Eriksen has certainly made an impact for his club – he has made 101 Premier League appearances, contributed a goal in on average almost one in two as well as providing 46 combined goals and assists.
Spurs picked up their second win of the new campaign as striker Harry Kane opened his account this term, leaving coach Pochettino to praise his charges for an almost-perfect showing on the road.
“Mark Hughes is a manager who has changed a lot about them, the culture and the philosophy that Stoke played with before”.
Harry Kane brought up 50 Premier League goals for Tottenham on Saturday, and now he wants more.
The Korean global 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.
The visitors began to stem the tide, however, and with 25 minut 3es played Shay Given in the Stoke goal was forced to push a snap-shot by Dele Alli over his crossbar.
With Glenn Whelan deployed as chief protector for the Stoke defence, Allen and fellow midfielder Giannelli Imbula were given full licence to roam. The Dane cut inside Joe Allen and pulled the ball across for the South Korean global to volley left-footed into the bottom left corner of the Stoke net.
Mild mannered and considered in interviews, Mark Hughes has clearly lost none of his famous aggression on the sidelines.
“They continued to do so over the most recent period”.
He was accompanied from the scene by a group of stewards, who must have feared for the canvas of the retractable tunnel.
Manager Mark Hughes was sent off in the first half and his team have showed nearly no resistance since falling behind.
The Spurs boss was sanguine about the frantic machinations of the summer transfer window.
And four minutes later, Mauricio Pochettino’s men made sure of the points with an incisive counter-attack.
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Son doubles Spurs’ lead 5. It said: “We are delighted to announce Christian Eriksen has signed a new contract with the club, running until 2020”. “It’s always been the plan to sign a new deal and now it’s happened I’m relieved and very happy”.
