Welcome to King or Kaboul. After matches this will be filled with fresh and raw takes from the latest Tottenham game. This will be followed, as usual by my in-depth full match report later in the week as well as Spurs FPL Prospects Pre deadline. Enjoy.

King – Kane

The last 155 games, 155 goal contributions for club and country. What a striker. On Saturday he scored two well taken goals. The first he drives forward after a lay off from Son. A few touches and he leathers it in from 25 yards. Stunning power and accuracy from the marksman. The second goal showed great composure. Dele was tackled and Kane picked up on the loose ball. Driving into the box, he faced his man up cut in on his right foot and smashed a shot into the net. Pope had no chance.

Great all round performance from Kane. Due to our early goals and dominance he drifted inside and often swapped with Son in that left channel. This is the Kane we need to see more of. His goals however were his only shots on target during this game, so although clinical his shots per 90 are definately not on the rise. He is still chasing down records though.

King – Son

I do run out of things to say about Son. Or things that sound original and not cliched. But he is such a fantastic player that we are lucky to have at our club and lucky to have in the Premier League. He is so brilliant and exciting to watch, he oozes class and makes our team so much more dangerous. At the minute having Son player that role on the left and Dele close to Kane is making such a difference to our attacking play. All three interchanging on the left- hand side of our attack, with the right being dominated by Aurier and who-ever is the inside forward.

Back to Son, if you have not seen his goal for 3-0, where have you been? Stop reading, open up a new tab and search, watch and then clap. Jan clears the ball to Son who is at the edge of his own box. Looking up, he sets off at pace, accelerating past the midfield area. Now has 3 players chasing him and 2 more opposing him as he approaches the halfway line. He knocks it into space as he surges through the middle, losing the players chasing him. He then knocks it past a player who stepped up trying to intercept. Continuing his run into the area he finishes smartly and runs off to celebrate. Struggling for actual words to describe the goal. Just stunning.

King – Fast start

I wrote in pre-season about watching our games and what a slog it was over the past 12 months. It just seemed like we never started with any intensity. We just seemed so reactive instead of being proactive. Which resulted in putting more pressure on ourselves as the match went on and on. In this game, Kane’s early goal set us on our way to a rapid start. With 3 goals in in the opening 32 minutes. We need to see more of this, obviously not all teams are going to be as pourus as Burnley were on Saturday. But the tempo needs to be there from the off.

Kaboul – Aurier/Sissoko

Maybe seeming a bit harsh after Aurier got a clean sheet. But 2 or 3 times Burnley got at us on their left-hand side. Whether it was McNeil (who I would love us to sign) or the overlapping Pieters, they saw that as the way to get at us and put in some dangerous crosses a few times. It still shows the limitations of this overload that flank plan. Both Sissoko and Aurier are not natural defenders and as good a job as Sissoko has done there. Babysitting the right back position cannot be a full-time job.

It leaves us short in the middle of the park, even though Vertonghen covered in alongside Dier at some stages in this game. We let a midfield of Fred and McTominey dominate last week, and Rashford had that side all game long. It also gives confusion as those are 2 players I do not trust in those situations. They both have their strengths but they also have very glaring weaknesses.

King Wins

King wins easily for this game, so many more individual things to highlight. Will cover those off in the full match report tomorrow.

Thanks for reading and hope you stick around for my other articles this week.

COYS

Mr WP

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