Tottenham’s Harry Kane Hurt by Loss Against Chelsea
Tottenham’s first loss of the season has hurt Harry Kane on a personal level as losing in a London derby is never a good feeling.
After the final whistle blew yesterday and the scoreline read Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham, a dejected Harry Kane summed up his feelings in two simple words: “It hurts”.
The Spurs striker who has been simply unstoppable in London derbies wasn’t able to get on the scoreboard on Saturday. Though, whether he scores or not pales in comparison to getting a win first and foremost.
After losing at Stamford Bridge, Kane’s obviously disappointed with the result.
To take an early 1-0 lead after a fantastic strike from Christian Eriksen, before dominating the first 44 minutes, it looked as if Spurs could finish the job that they started last season when they went ahead 2-0 before collapsing in the second half.
Unfortunately, that same storyline seven months ago played out exactly the same way with Chelsea coming back into this game and taking the lead six minutes into the second half.
Tottenham did their best to level the game and come away with a point, but instead they left with nothing and their first loss in the Premier League this season.
“We’re gutted today and it’s the same in any London derby, if you don’t win it’s disappointing. It hurts,” Kane said (via Spurs’ official website). “That’s football but we have to get on with it and prepare for Swansea.”
“Everyone knows we probably played better than Chelsea over the 90 minutes but we’ve come away with nothing and that’s difficult.”
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“It’s been a tough week to go out of the Champions League and now lose here but it’s early, we’ve still plenty of games left in the Premier League and Swansea next week is definitely one we’re now looking at to try and get back to winning ways and put this week behind us.”
It has indeed been a tough week for Spurs. They lost two games in a row, they’re out of the Champions League, they’re four points from fourth in the league table and seven points from first.
To make matters worse, their form has been dreadful the last two months compared to the opening two months of the season.
In all competitions, August through September saw the team win six games, draw twice and lose once. October through November had two wins, five draws and four losses.
What has gone wrong for Tottenham? The normal suspects such as injuries, poor form, inconsistency, multiple formations, the list could go on and on. It’s anyone’s guess if Mauricio Pochettino and company could turn things around.
December 3rd, at home against 19th-placed Swansea City, could be the turning point to get Spurs back to winning ways.
Because on paper, this should be an easy win. They have eight losses on the year with half of them being on the road. Of course, Swansea’s poor run in their opening seven matches was with Francesco Guidolin as manager.
Under Bob Bradley, the final results haven’t been too different, though the American coach has gotten the Swans to play much better.
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Over the years, Swansea City have proven to be a tough opponent, but if there was a time to get things going and back on track, Spurs couldn’t have faced a better club.
The Welsh side will push Tottenham to play their best for 90 minutes which is what this team needs right now to fight for a top four spot.
Anything besides a win at home could seriously jeopardize Spurs’ season at the halfway mark with plenty of questions that need to be answered.