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The Wales international, whose father David played for the Tractor Boys between 1997 and 2001, bagged a first-half double, while Djed Spence and Dejan Kulusevski were on target later on to seal all three points at Portman Road.

Johnson was in the right place at the right time twice in the space of eight minutes to convert a pair of Son Heung-min assists, though Omari Hutchinson halved the deficit before the break with an impressive first-time strike for the hosts.

The result remained in the balance until the closing stages, when a deflected Spence effort and Kulusevski's fine individual goal ultimately condemned Ipswich to a seventh defeat in eight home league matches.

Kieran McKenna's side remain 18th in the league table, but they are now five points from safety following Wolves' surprise win at high-flying Bournemouth.

Spurs, meanwhile, stay 12th and are six points adrift of the top 10.

Around this time 25 years ago, David Johnson's goals were instrumental towards Ipswich sealing their return to the Premier League. But a quarter of a century later, his son’s goals have dented their hopes of remaining in the top flight.

Johnson's first Premier League brace for Tottenham took his tally for the season to nine, his highest during a single campaign.

Both were set up by Son, who has been directly involved in eight goals (two goals, six assists) in his last eight away league games.

Kevin Danso, Son Heung-min and Rodrigo Bentancur are all among the doubtful players ahead of their trip to Ipswich Town, while Richarlison, Dominic Solanke, Radu Dragusin and Micky van de Ven are all out.

"Everyone likes an impeding car crash, I am sure we had a lot of people willing that scenario on. I know how hard these players have worked," he said.

"Our training was better and I was confident that we would put in a good shift. The focus is still on trying to win games. In the background we are doing it our own way. We are looking into ways we can do things better, but we're not going to be the only ones.

"There will be a few that come to my world in the next period and people will see it's not just a reflection of people involved, but the circumstances you have been dealt with.

When questioned as to whether he thought the problems with injuries and poor form might soon ease, he was unwilling to give a definitive answer.

"Who knows? We feel, and I certainly feel there's a massive opportunity in the back half of the year," he said.

"You look at him and he’s a monster. He’s a young lad that’s got the enthusiasm and energy and also the talent," said Palmer.

“So for us to have him and him be playing as well as he is at the moment, he’s going to have a big part to play the rest of the season.

“He’s a proper striker, and I think for us as well he’s an outlet. He’s a big physical boy. He’s not huge but he’s got that raw strength.

Delap is Ipswich’s top scorer, with all of his 10 goals coming in the Premier League. He comes into this game having scored in back-to-back league games.

Only Chris Wood (43.9%) has scored a higher share of his team’s goals in the Premier League this season than Delap (43.5% - 10/23). Delap’s 10 goals this season is the joint second most by an Ipswich player in a single Premier League campaign, behind only Marcus Stewart in 2000-01 (19).

Tel scored in his first start for Tottenham, away to Aston Villa in the FA Cup earlier in the month, which was also Spurs’ last away game.

While, at home to Manchester United last time out, he became the seventh different teenager to feature for Tottenham in the Premier League this season. It’s the joint-most different teens they have fielded in a single campaign in the competition (also seven in both 1992-93 and 1993-94).

After a run of one win in 11 Premier League games (D2 L8) that saw them concede 24 goals, Tottenham have won their last two (2-0 v Brentford, 1-0 v Man Utd). They last won three in a row in December 2023, while they last did so without conceding in May 2022.

Ipswich remain the only side without a win in the Premier League so far in 2025, drawing two and losing four of their six games. They last had a longer run without a league victory from the start of a calendar year in 1990 (eight games).

No side has won fewer games (one) or scored fewer goals (nine) at home in the Premier League this season than Ipswich Town. Since beating Chelsea in December, they have lost their last three at Portman Road by an aggregate score of 10-1.

Tottenham Hotspur welcome fellow Premier League strugglers Manchester United on Sunday, February 16 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with pressure building on both managers - Ange Postecoglou and Ruben Amorim. (More Football News)

Spurs, who are fifteenth in the PL standings, were knocked out of the Carabao Cup by Liverpool whereas Red Devils are placed a spot above in fourteenth.

Spurs have a host of injuries but could be boosted by the return of Guglielmo Vicario, Destiny Udogie, James Maddison and Brennan Johnson in a fortnight.

Reports suggest that angry Spurs fans will be taking to the streets ahead of the game to protest against club owner Daniel Levy and his ownership.

As for the Red Devils, they are still without key players and the form in the league has not been good under new boss Ruben Amorim.

The Tottenham Vs Manchester United, Premier League 2024-25 match will be played on Sunday, February 16 at 10pm IST. The match will be played at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Spurs currently sit 14th in the Premier League table, having won just one of their last eight matches in the competition, while they were also knocked out of the EFL Cup and the FA Cup last week by Liverpool and Aston Villa respectively.

They have struggled with injuries over the last few months, with 11 senior players missing from their FA Cup squad last time out alone.

Son has been one of the players regularly available to Spurs, making 21 appearances in the Premier League with 19 of those starts.

He has netted six goals in the top-flight this term, the third-best return in the team, but has not scored since the north London derby on January 15.

Son does lead the way for assists among Spurs players, registering seven. After his assist for Pape Sarr's goal against Brentford, he became Tottenham's outright leading assister in the Premier League (69), overtaking Darren Anderton (68).

And only Dejan Kuluesevki (59) has created more chances for Spurs than him in the competition this season (37).

However, Son has been the subject of criticism for his performances during Spurs' low spell, though Postecoglou was adamant that the South Korean is the perfect player to lead the group.

"I've said a million times; we are in a world now where people are constantly wanting someone to blame. That is the world we live in," Postecoglou said.

"The reason for our poor results and consistency is not because of Sonny or my tactics.

"It is just that we have had 11 injuries for the last two months that means we have had tired players, but that doesn't suffice.

"That doesn't provide a head on a plate. That's how we live our lives these days. If someone makes a mistake, they want to tear them down. There is no leniency anymore, understanding or contextualising of why this happened.

"They are looking for someone. If people think Sonny hasn't done everything in his power to help us through this. So, what if he is a nice guy? What is wrong with being a nice person?

"Sonny is Sonny. I have no complaints about his leadership, he's handled it his way.

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Arsenal closed the gap on Premier League leader Liverpool to four points after a 2-1 victory over Tottenham on Wednesday. Mikel Arteta’s team took advantage of Liverpool’s draw with Nottingham Forest on Tuesday, with Leandro Trossard firing the winner in the north London derby at the Emirates Stadium. Arsenal was runner-up to Manchester City in the last two seasons and is in contention for the title again this year. But it was given a fright by Spurs when Son Heung-min opened the scoring for the visitors in the 25th minute. A Dominic Solanke own goal when trying to defend a corner leveled the game in the 40th and Trossard struck low from just inside the box four minutes later to put Arsenal ahead.

Tottenham endured the humiliation of being taken to extra time by Tamworth, an opponent nearly 100 places lower in English soccer's pyramid, before winning 3-0 and avoiding one of the biggest shocks in FA Cup history on Sunday. A massive surprise was on when fifth-tier Tamworth forced extra time with the score 0-0, only for the hosts to concede an own-goal in the 101st minute and then strikes by Dejan Kulusevski and Brennan Johnson to disappoint the majority of the 3,700 fans inside the tiny stadium called The Lamb.

The South Korean signed for Spurs in August 2015 from Bayer Leverkusen, with his previous deal due to expire at the end of this season.

Reports had suggested that Barcelona were one of the clubs interested in Son's signature at the end of the season, but he will now stay at Spurs for an 11th year.

Son has scored 169 goals in 431 appearances for Spurs in all competitions and is fifth on the club's all-time top scorer list, five behind Martin Chivers.

The 32-year-old has netted 125 goals in the Premier League, making him the most prolific Asian player in the competition's history. He has also reached double figures in each of the last eight seasons and shared the Golden Boot with Mohamed Salah in 2021-22.

However, Spurs have struggled this season, currently sitting 12th in the Premier League, with Son scoring just five goals despite having 35 shots (14.29% shot conversion).

He also has six assists in the top-flight, the most of anyone in the team, while he has created the second-most chances (33, behind Dejan Kulusevski).

Tottenham Hotspur will look to put their Premier League woes aside when they welcome red-hot Liverpool to the Tottenham Hotspur stadium in the 1st leg of the EFL Cup (Carabao Cup) second semi-final on Thursday, January 9 at 1:30 am IST. (More Football News)

Ange Postecoglou, who had famously reiterated that he wins silverware in his second season, will be surely under pressure to deliver success to a club that has been ravaged by form and bad history. Spurs, who are on a miserable run, will look to the Carabao Cup, to renew their form and bring home some silverware.

As for the Reds, Arne Slot's side are one of the top-most clubs in Europe this season. Liverpool, who drew 2-2 to Manchester United in the league, could make some wholesale changes to their playing XI. Slot could start some fringe players including summer signing, Federico Chiesa.

Spurs could potentially have to face Wolves in the Premier League on Sunday without a fit centre-back after Ben Davies suffered a setback in training.

Davies was one of three defenders missing from their 1-0 defeat at Nottingham Forest on Boxing Day, with Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven also sidelined, but their issues were compounded when Radu Dragusin limped off with an ankle problem in the 87th minute.

Given the extent of their injury list, which also includes first-choice goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario, Postecoglou conceded they may need to look to the transfer window to alleviate some of the issues.

"We're running a fine line," Postecoglou said in his pre-match press conference. "There's always been issues at different times, but not to this extent.

"I think we've had close to pretty consistently 10 first-team players not available for a significant run of games. Definitely a first for me. We're in a tough spot, and we have been for a while.

"We've been kind of getting through it for quite a while and keeping our fingers crossed we don't get any more issues.

"[Transfer policy] can be disciplined, but we need a clear picture of where we're at. There is a need to reinforce if we can. It's not an easy time to do that in this window.

"The club is working hard behind the scenes to help the players we've got, who are giving everything in every game to try and get us through.

"We need to help some of these guys, because there's at least two or three who are feeling long-term injuries, so we're going to be short there. Others are coming back and need time to get up to speed. We're working hard to try to get reinforcements."

Against Forest, Spurs averaged over 65% possession for the seventh time in the Premier League this season (70.4%), though they have lost five of those games (won one, drawn one).

Their defeat at the City Ground was their ninth in the Premier League this season, leaving them 11th in the table and 10 points behind rivals Arsenal in fourth.

They now face Wolves at home, where they have conceded 31 goals in the league in 2024, the most they have shipped in a single calendar year since 2007, when they let in 34.

And with an EFL Cup semi-final against Liverpool to come in January, Postecoglou insisted he still feels support from the fans, despite the increasing pressure.

"They love their football club, they care about their football club, and they want their football club to succeed," he added. "They make those feelings and emotions seen.

"I haven't felt anything but support since I have been here. I still feel that support is there.

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