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2-0 Danilo. Utter pandemonium.

Only for it to be disallowed for handball

Oh ffs, that’s absurd. It hit Danilo’s hand after he’d volleyed it, the hand held in place by the defender utter %@#$&!s. VAR is so, so shit.

Originally Posted by ErikvanHaaksbergen

Spurs played a very peculiar 11: 9 of the 10 outfield were defenders or defensive midfielders. They had a number of injuries - Richarlison, Son, Kulusevski all out. Conte plays so on the margins that he can't very well survive the few goalscorers in his system being out and retreats back into full on attrition football.

Will shape up to be a very different season post-World Cup. Liverpool will likely benefit from the full backs and Salah getting 6 weeks off. Spurs will get players back as well. 3 pts at Fulham becomes vital next week to maintain some distance from the pack before season pt. 2 starts.

It's hard to justify playing that way if you constantly concede the opening goal. May as well set up to be on the front foot than waste entire first halves treating football like a game of chess.