Tottenham news – Ange Postecoglou saw his side pick up points in the Premier League despite losing for the fourth time this season, this time against bitter rivals Arsenal.
Tottenham can claim to be the Premier League’s new comeback king with a big record broken thanks to the points collected against Arsenal.
Spurs had to come from behind twice to pick up points in the North London Derby, with captain Son Heung-min scoring both goals
.From six Premier League matches this season, Tottenham have scored 14 points with four wins and two draws.
A combination of belief and defensive solidity has helped Spurs keep a clean sheet or come from behind to score in every Championship game so far this season.
They have kept clean sheets against Manchester United and Bournemouth while taking eight points from defeat and the most recent comeback saw Spurs set a new Premier League record.
As stated on their official website, the club can now call themselves ‘comeback kings’ with a draw against Arsenal that puts Spurs ahead of Manchester United on points gained from losing ground.
placed on the board.
A club statement said:
“Having picked up a point from Sunday’s north London derby, even though we went behind twice in the clash, we have now taken more points from the defeat than any other team on the calendar Premier League history.
This point allows us to move ahead of Manchester United (427) and into 2nd place.
” Topping these respective rankings, Arsenal (392), Liverpool (390) and Chelsea (360) complete the top five.
“So far this season we have taken eight points from defeat – 57% of our total at this stage (14).
” As the final tally revealed, the majority of league points secured under Ange Postecoglou came one goal ahead of Spurs and the 58-year-old praised the quality his players showed as of late.
last week.
Speaking to SpursTV, he said:
“That was three out of four away games [away from home] where we had to be ahead and also behind last week.
It’s not something we want to happen every week, but it’s testament to the boys and football.
” We are still in the early stages of development, but the character of this group is already showing and the spirit they have within the group is special.
Regarding the impact of the leadership team, he added:
“Led by Sonny [Son Heung-min], who had an incredible work ethic today, he and Madders [James Maddison] were not 100% in the match, along with [Cristian] Romero , those three are simply leading in every way possible.
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