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Kane, Spurs Handle Their Business versus Huddersfield Town

By Aaron Coe

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 01: Manager Jose Mourinho of Chelsea and Manager Mauricio Pochettino of Spurs on the touchline during the Capital One Cup Final match between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley Stadium on March 1, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 01: Manager Jose Mourinho of Chelsea and Manager Mauricio Pochettino of Spurs on the touchline during the Capital One Cup Final match between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley Stadium on March 1, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images) /
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Spurs in the Second Half

Uncharacteristically, again, Pochettino made not one, but two subs at the break. Vertongen was taken off, presumably as a precautionary measure and Dembele came off as well. Dier dropped into the left center-half role and Harry Winks came on in the midfield along with Victor Wanayama.

Spurs were lucky not to concede early in the second half, as Depotre had a volley come back out of goal off the underside of the crossbar. Craig Pawson looked at this watch, twice, from what I could see, but no goal and the shut-out survived.

After a couple of nice chances for Lucas, where he was seemingly fouled and Lossl made a nice save one time were followed up with some neat dribbling from Harry Winks, the game really started getting contentious.

HUDDERSFIELD, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 29: Referee Craig Pawson talks with Huddersfield Town and Tottenham Hotspur players during the Premier League match between Huddersfield Town and Tottenham Hotspur at John Smith’s Stadium on September 29, 2018 in Huddersfield, United Kingdom. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)
HUDDERSFIELD, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 29: Referee Craig Pawson talks with Huddersfield Town and Tottenham Hotspur players during the Premier League match between Huddersfield Town and Tottenham Hotspur at John Smith’s Stadium on September 29, 2018 in Huddersfield, United Kingdom. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images) /

The crowd was well into the game, despite the two-goal deficit with Kane being booed every time he touched the ball. And the center-halves roughing him, Lucas, and Son up, every time they tried to hold up possession. Around the 65 minute mark, the Spurs looked like an old Jose Mourino team and sat back, once again ready to absorb the oncoming Huddersfield.

Neither side had many clear-cut chances the rest of the way. By 75 minutes the Spurs looked in need of a sub, but Moussa Sissoko didn’t come on until after the 85th minute. The fouls then continued to accumulate as did the cards. Winks got one, whether for persistent infringement or the foul itself, he had 4 fouls in 25 minutes and probably deserved it.

Speaking of deserving it Billings finally saw yellow at 86 and was lucky again not to see what should have been his third yellow of the day at 88 minutes. From there, Spurs saw things out, preserving the shutout and making it three straight wins before hosting Barcelona midweek and then Cardiff City on the weekend, before another international breaks.