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 made Spurs’ less-than-enthusiastic performance go by the wayside.
While the men coached by the Salento coach were under-played and appeared to be generally inferior to the Blues, they tried to close the gap on their ‘cousins’ thanks to a display of great character, as 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 underwhelming performances against Leeds and Fulham, teams who both aspire to salvation. Wolves, who are still struggling with their usual problems in the scoring department, have only picked up one point in two games: in attack, the prolonged absence of Mexican striker Jimenez is being felt, and the club have taken steps to expand their 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
