There it is - the opening goal, and a lovely one too.
It’s Pedro Porro who delivers the goods. That move began with a one-two on the left involving Son Heung-min and James Maddison. The latter crosses into the box and Porro is there with the header to guide it home.
Simple, effective, beautiful. And you can hear the travelling Spurs fans singing Ange Postecoglou’s name. How good.
Leicester City 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur, 30 minutes
It’s been more of the same for the last 10 minutes or so - as commentator Martin Tyler has just said, Leicester have barely laid a glove on Spurs. But the longer they go without conceding, the more confident they’ll feel. Now they have a set piece just in front of goal… dealt with easily by Tottenham.
Leicester City 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur, 21 minutes
Another close shave from the second phase of another corner - Cristian Romero gets his head on it but it goes just wide of the far post. Leicester are very much under the kosh. Some great positive signs by Spurs early on here.
Leicester City 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur, 12 minutes
Solanke! It wouldn’t have counted as he was offside but he latched onto a cross from Son Heung-min and didn’t quite make the right connection with it, his header meek and straight to the goalkeeper. For his sake, that’s hopefully a case of some cobwebs being blown out, both positionally and with his attempt. Tottenham are continuing to build pressure.
Leicester City 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur, 9 minutes
Good, positive start by Spurs - lots of possession and lots of probing, with the Foxes content to sit back and play it long when they do go forward. They’ve had two corners already, too, and the second one was flicked on at the near post by Rodrigo Bentancur and threatened to go in before it was cleared on the line. Wow, that was close.
Leicester City 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur, 7 minutes
We’re on here, folks! Dominic Solanke has just kicked the game off - his first action as a Spurs player. Ninety minutes of Angeball to come.
Leicester City 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur, 0 minutes
Ange Postecoglou is changing the way the rest of the world sees the Australian game. His first campaign as Tottenham Hotspur boss was a tale of two halves: they were unbeaten in their first 10 games, but a series of injuries, suspensions, international commitments and defensive catastrophes saw them slide to fifth on the ladder and miss qualification for the UEFA Champions League.
While he might be widely adored, the reality of football at this level is that the pressure will come quickly on Postecoglou if Spurs don’t get off to a strong start, and the same fans who have been singing his praises will turn on him in an instant. Spurs have retooled on the transfer market, bringing in Bournemouth striker Dominic Solanke - who seems a perfect fit for ‘Angeball’ - as well as Swedish wonderkid Lucas Bergvall and Leeds United’s teen sensation Archie Gray.
But their biggest improvement should come from within. History shows Postecoglou’s teams always get better with time, once his players have had enough of it to adjust to his high-octane tactics. Here’s a stat for you: Postecoglou has never failed to win a trophy in his second full season in any of his jobs, right back to his first coaching gig at South Melbourne in the old NSL.
Winning the Premier League might take a little longer than that, but the Europa League looks there for the taking.
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