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Tottenham Hotspur have been in Premier League action this weekend
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Tottenham Hotspur won 1-0 at home to Manchester United on Sunday afternoon. James Maddison’s first-half goal was enough to earn a big three points at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Some pressure has been eased off Ange Postecoglou after their victory over the Red Devils. The visitors missed a couple of chances but weren’t able to take them.
The hosts are now sat 12th in the table. They have 30 points on the board from their first 25 fixtures and have 13 games left to play.
Gary Neville on Djed Spence
Speaking after the game, Gary Neville, who was on co-commentary duties for Sky Sports, singled out Spurs’ Djed Spence for praise and said: “It isn’t an easy one to choose (player of the match) but I think Djed Spence has been good as any for Spurs at left-back. Spence on that side has stuck to his task well.”
Neville, who spent his whole playing career at United, added: “105 days Spurs have waited to win a home Premier League game and it’s James Maddison’s goal after he capitalised on a little bit of an error from Andre Onana.
“(Alejandro) Garnacho had some chances for United and maybe they could have levelled. The overall performance again was pretty poor and worrying for Ruben Amorim’s men.”
Spence, 24, has done well as a left-back over recent times. He has been forced to play there due to their well documented injury issues at the back and has adapted adequately.
Spurs signed the London-born man back in 2022 from Middlesbrough and it was a tough first couple of years for him. However, he has started to become an important member of the first-team squad.
The ex-England youth international has made 23 appearances in all competitions for his current club to date, 18 of which have come this season, and he has chipped in with one goal. He has also had loan spells away in the past at Rennes, Leeds United and Genoa.
He spent the second-half of last term with the latter and played 16 matches in Serie A. Spence returned to Spurs for pre-season last summer ahead of this campaign and he hasn’t looked back since.
What now for Tottenham Hotspur?
Spurs are back in action next weekend with an away trip to Portman Road to face Ipswich Town. Their upcoming opponents are sat in the bottom three along with Leicester City and Southampton and they drew 1-1 against Aston Villa at Villa Park last time out.
Postecoglou’s men then have back-to-back home fixtures against Manchester City and AFC Bournemouth as they look to build some momentum. They should take confidence from their win over United as they aim to hit some form now.