It took a kick from a thoroughbred gunner like Harry Kane on Sunday to avoid their first league defeat. Tottenham came away unbeaten at the last gasp from Stamford Bridge at the end of a derby with Chelsea that did not disappoint expectations and was a real rollercoaster of emotions. What monopolised the clash between the two Premier League bigwigs in the end was the skirmishes between the two coaches, Antonio Conte and Thomas Tuchel, the absolute protagonists of the derby with their bickering. What happened between the two coaches, however, perhaps overshadowed Spurs’ less-than-enthusiastic performance.
Low on play and appearing on the whole inferior to the Blues, the men coached by the Salento coach tried to close the gap with the ‘cousins’ thanks to a test of great character, as indeed his coach had demanded. It is no coincidence that the goal of the final 2-2 scored by Kane was celebrated almost as a victory in the Tottenham environment, which can be satisfied with the point taken away from the ‘trip out of town’ in the Fulham district in a match that they probably deserved to lose. Spurs now return to their own stadium, where on the first day they overwhelmed the hapless Southampton 4-1.
This time they will ask the way to Wolverhampton, who started the season with two subdued performances against Leeds and Fulham, teams who both aspire to salvation. One point in two games for Wolves, still struggling with the usual problems in the scoring phase: in attack, the prolonged absence of the Mexican striker Jimenez is being felt and that is why the club has come to the rescue by expanding the Lusitanian ‘colony’ with the arrivals of Guedes from Valencia and Nunes from Sporting.
Bruno Lage ©️Ansafoto
The Prediction
Tottenham should immediately return to victory, taking advantage of the difficulties Wolverhampton are experiencing in these early games. Spurs are likely to find the way of goal at least twice against Bruno Lage’s men.
The likely Tottenham-Wolverhampton line-ups
TOTTENHAM (3-4-3): Lloris; Sanchez, Dier, Davies; Emerson Royal, Hojbjerg, Bentancur, Sessegnon; Kulusevski, Kane, Son.
WOLVERHAMPTON (4-2-3-1): José Sa; Jonny, Collins, Kilman, Ait-Nouri; Dendoncker, Ruben Neves; Podence, Gibbs-White, Neto; Hwang.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 3-1
