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Match Highlights – Chelsea vs Tottenham
Even if Chelsea were the better team from the start and already in the lead, Samuel Eto’o diving, Michael Oliver buying it and Younes Kaboul sent off ruined what could have been a much less one sided derby, with the league leaders beating Tottenham 4-0.
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Match Highlights – Arsenal vs Tottenham
The superiority of Arsenal over their biggest rivals, Tottenham, continues, beating Spurs 2-0 with a solid performance, enjoying an opening goal from Santi Cazorla and a second half clincher from Tomas Rosicky.
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Match Highlights – Manchester United vs Tottenham
All the talk about Manchester United getting back into the title race seems premature as they lose for a second consecutive time to Tottenham at the Old Trafford, suddenly becoming their most difficult fixture. Emmanuel Adebayor and Christian Eriksen did an excellent job in finishing counter attacks before a quick Danny Welbeck goal and immense pressure from the home side created late drama, but nothing more.
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Tottenham Manager Shortlist – Roberto Di Matteo, Murat Yakin & Roberto Mancini
The problems aren’t over for Tottenham, finding it quite difficult not just to get out of their poor form, but also find a manager to replace Andre Villas-Boas. Franco Baldini has offered his resignation which was rejected by Daniel Levy, while Roberto Di Matteo, Roberto Mancini and Murat Yakin remain as the leading men to take over the managerial position.
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Spurs Mess – Andre Villas-Boas Didn’t Want New Signings
On Andre Villas-Boas getting blindsided by Daniel Levy and Franco Baldini, while Frank de Boer might become his replacement soon enough at Tottenham.
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Tottenham Didn’t Learn From Liverpool’s Mistakes
Selling your biggest star and expecting to spend the exact same money on other players doesn’t always work out. Tottenham could have asked Liverpool who went through the same ordeal two years earlier, but Daniel Levy, Franco Baldini and Andre Villas-Boas, even if his mistakes were on the pitch and not in the transfer room, refused to look in the right direction.
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Match Highlights – Tottenham vs Liverpool
A shocking result in White Hart Lane, as the Luis Suarez show conquers North London. Liverpool win 5-0 with a brace and three assists from the Uruguayan striker, helping John Flanagan, Jordan Henderson and Raheem Sterling get on the scoresheet as well, while Tottenham once again collapse in a big match that was a must win for her.
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On Andre Villas-Boas Letting it Rip On Neil Ashton of the Daily Mail
It’s hard to say Andre Villas-Boas is safe after the 2-2 draw between Tottenham and Manchester United. However, not losing is always a source of relief when you’re under immense pressure, and scoring two goals is certainly a change for the better. Instead of somewhat taking it easy after the draw, the Portuguese manager decided to vent some pressure in the press conference after the match, directing his angel at Neil Ashton of the Daily Mail.
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Andre Villas Boas – One More Sacking Will End his Premier League Career
The point about the whole Andre Villas-Boas situation isn’t whether or not he deserves to keep his job with Spurs. It’s about his future in the Premier League as a manager after already getting sacked once by Chelsea, there’s a good chance he won’t get another opportunity from a club of this stature for a very long time.
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Tottenham Hotspur – Andre Villas-Boas Doesn’t Seem to Know What He’s Doing
It’s not the manager’s fault when a team conceded after only 14 seconds. However, Andre Villas-Boas is to blame when Tottenham have scored only nine league goals through 12 matches, some of them coming thanks to bad refereeing decisions, and it’s his fault Spurs completely fell apart at the Eithad stadium, playing without a bit of sense or caution and intelligence, getting destroyed 6-0, which could have been worse.