“But I am open too. To move on the team, to achieve another level, needs to improve their mental state”.
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The match will take place at Goodison Park in Liverpool.
The Toffees limped to a disappointing 11th placed finish last season – and even that flattered them – in what proved to be Roberto Martínez’s least year in charge of the club.
After coming into the game in the 56th minute to help Spurs score an equalizer and earn a draw at Goodison Park, the Dutch striker deserves to get more playing time.
Worldwide viewers can see their options here. “It will be a very interesting Premier League this year”.
The Blues, playing without injured duo Romelu Lukaku and Seamus Coleman, got off to the ideal start when Kevin Mirallas was fouled by Victor Wanyama in a unsafe area outside the Spurs box and Barkley bounced a wicked shot off the resulting free kick beyond the reach of Hugo Lloris with less than five minutes gone.
Phil Jagielka should be fit however.
Kane feels Spurs are well-placed to be better this season and believes new signings Victor Wanyama and Vincent Janssen, who made their debuts on Merseyside, will prove astute additions.
Despite Tottenham having the majority of possession in the first half, they failed to threaten Everton keeper Maarten Stekelenburg, who made just one comfortable save in 45 minutes following an Eriksen shot. In the second half we played as we usually play. When asked whether the team was ready for the start of the season he commented that he is “very happy with my players’ behaviour” including the ones “who arrived late that were involved in the Euros” as it’s now “about delivering out energy in the way that we play”. “But if I compare the numbers of the physical states of the players, it is 70% and at Southampton [Koeman’s former club] it was 100%”.
“That was important for us to keep the result, because it is also a mental question”.
“We know normally in football you don’t have time and need to win from the start”. That is very, very important.
Which is why Spurs played sluggishly against Everton.
Harry Kane is one goal away from 50 Premier League strikes, this will be his 87th match if he features.
FEW people can read a game like Gareth Barry.
“At half-time I told them that we had made a lot of mistakes, and if you can not play in possession and create chances you will not get anywhere”.
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Everton refused to let their heads drop, though, and Idrissa Gueye almost capped a superb debut with a goal only for Wanyama to produce a wonderful last-ditch challenge. These two Premier League mainstays are valued at 12/5 for the draw. Our aim is top four and whatever is better is better.
