‘Top side’ – Tottenham receive a lot of praise from rival Premier League striker
Ollie Watkins has praised Tottenham and insisted that they deserve to be near the top end of the table after Aston Villa turned over the Lilywhites on Sunday. The clash at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium was an end-to-end affair, with both sides looking to take the game to the opposition and fashioning plenty of chances. […]
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Ollie Watkins has praised Tottenham and insisted that they deserve to be near the top end of the table after Aston Villa turned over the Lilywhites on Sunday.
The clash at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium was an end-to-end affair, with both sides looking to take the game to the opposition and fashioning plenty of chances.
Tottenham undoubtedly created the better opportunities but it was the away side who were more clinical in front of goal.
Pau Torres cancelled out Giovani Lo Celso’s opener just before the half-time whistle before Watkins put Unai Emery’s men ahead with a smart finish on 61 minutes.
Tottenham kept pushing until the end but could not find a way past Emiliano Martinez, with the 2-1 win seeing Villa leapfrogging Spurs into fourth place.
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Watkins was quite complimentary of his opponents after the game, admitting that the Villans had to battle hard through the 90 minutes to emerge with all three points.
The England striker told Sky Sports about Ange Postecoglou’s side: “They are a top side, they deserve to be where they are in the league because of the football they are playing, so it was a really tough game.”
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There were undoubtedly more positives than negatives for Spurs from that game, particularly considering how many players we had missing. It was a game of fine margins and I have no doubt that we would have won it if Bentancur had not come off injured in the first half.
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