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Lackadaisical Effort by Spurs Punished by Wolves

By Aaron Coe

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 29: Players of Tottenham Hotspur look dejected after Willy Boly of Wolverhampton Wanderers scored his team's first goal during the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Wolverhampton Wanderers at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on December 29, 2018 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Jordan Mansfield/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 29: Players of Tottenham Hotspur look dejected after Willy Boly of Wolverhampton Wanderers scored his team's first goal during the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Wolverhampton Wanderers at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on December 29, 2018 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Jordan Mansfield/Getty Images) /
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Spurs Sloppy Ball Play

If this were a tennis match the story line would be unforced errors. It has been a long time since I have seen Tottenham give the ball away as many times as they did today. Trippier gave the ball away multiple times and one led directly to the second goal. Eriksen played the ball to nobody a couple of times, and Winks played multiple passes of questionable intent. Even the hot playing Moussa Sissoko, less one nice run, looked incredibly tentative on the day leading to several losses of possession.

LONDON, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 29: Christian Eriksen of Tottenham Hotspur is challanged by Ruben Neves of Wolverhampton Wanderers during the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Wolverhampton Wanderers at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on December 29, 2018 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Jordan Mansfield/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 29: Christian Eriksen of Tottenham Hotspur is challanged by Ruben Neves of Wolverhampton Wanderers during the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Wolverhampton Wanderers at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on December 29, 2018 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Jordan Mansfield/Getty Images) /

The Tottenham game was so out of sorts, the deep midfield three were disposed eight times between them, on top of the bad passes. Turnovers, regardless of the sport are bad for success, and it was the sloppy ball playing, leading to turnovers that gave Wolverhampton the opportunities, which they calmly capitalized on.