The Belgian global commented, “Anderlecht woke us up”.
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“It is a hard situation when you are thrust into action and you are not anticipating it but we didn’t protect him very well”.
“We shouldn’t underestimate any team like we did against Anderlecht”.
Their host’s Bournemouth are not finding life too easy in the top flight as of late but they are competing well. Despite not suffering defeat since the opening day of the season when they lost 1-0 to Manchester United, the North London club are without a win in their last two league games, following draws to Swansea City and Liverpool respectively.
The Poland global remains doubtful for the Tottenham match and understudy Adam Federici endured an error-strewn display at the Etihad Stadium. However, despite having to deal with both his team’s on-pitch travails and a major injury crisis, Howe is remaining positive ahead of Sunday’s clash with Spurs.
“You can’t take away the instincts of the players. But it doesn’t make my faith any less in either”.
“I tried to bring him in on loan when I was at Burnley”.
“It was the only thing I watched when I was a kid, now it’s the only thing I don’t watch on a Saturday night!”
Eddie Howe is a big fan of Tottenham Hotspur’s Harry Kane. He joins Nabil Bentaleb, Ryan Mason, Alex Pritchard and Heung-Son Min on the treatment table.
Callum Wilson, Max Gradel, Tyrone Mings (all knee) and Tommy Elphick (ankle) are long-term absentees.
Tottenham have the second-best defensive record in the division and have kept four clean sheets in their last six league games – conceding just three goals.
In Kane’s past 17 Premier League appearances, he’s scored three goals from 40 shots (7.5 per cent conversion rate).
Tottenham are the visitors to the Vitality Stadium on Sunday and Howe is well aware of the threat posed by striker Kane, who – after a breakthrough season at White Hart Lane last term – has gone on to become a key member of Roy Hodgson’s England squad.
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– AFC Bournemouth have scored in each of their last seven Premier League games.
