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Team Focus: New Found Spurs Resilience Built on Belgian Backbone

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Team Focus: New Found Spurs Resilience Built on Belgian Backbone Of the Premier League’s top seven teams at present, five have at least one Belgian player in the ranks. Maximising the immense footballing talent of this small European nation has become the latest trend among England’s elite, with no fewer than nine Premier League performers called up t...

Match Report: Comprehensive Spurs Win Reinforces Top-4 Credentials

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Match Report: Comprehensive Spurs Win Reinforces Top-4 Credentials Mousa Dembele, prior to Sunday's London Derby, spoke highly of this current Tottenham team. This is the best team I've played in since I've been at Tottenham, the Belgian told SkySports. Given he was part of the Spurs side that came perilously close to securing a top-4 berth in the 2012/13 season, i...

Match Focus: Spurs Must Defend Unbeaten Run Against Happy Travellers West Ham

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Match Focus: Spurs Must Defend Unbeaten Run Against Happy Travellers West Ham In the only game on Sunday as the Premier League gets back in full swing this weekend Tottenham host West Ham, with no love lost between the two London rivals. Having fallen to three defeats to the Hammers in the 2013/14 season, the bragging rights returned to Spurs last time around, though the spoi...

Player Focus: Alli Primed to Make International Step Up

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Player Focus: Alli Primed to Make International Step Up The danger of any teenager coming through the ranks at a major football club is the hype placed upon his tender shoulders. Fans often demand to see their team place faith in youth, even when weighing up the risks in the hope of unearthing the next superstar. However, too much top-level game time whe...

Player Focus: Committed Lamela Finding His Feet After Slow Start at Spurs

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Player Focus: Committed Lamela Finding His Feet After Slow Start at Spurs There was something almost comic about the frenzy with which Erik Lamela played Sunday’s North London derby. Mauricio Pochettino didn’t say it, but there was a suspicion that when he was substituted with 16 minutes remaining it was for his own protection. He’d already been booked f...

Match Report: Draw a Fair Result in Sunday's North London Derby

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Match Report: Draw a Fair Result in Sunday's North London Derby The North London Derby is usually one of the most hotly contested in the country and Sunday's edition was no different. The latest meeting between Arsenal and Tottenham started at a frantic pace before some sort of dominance was established, that coming from the visitors. Spurs were arguably he bett...

Match Focus: Arsenal Must Cope Without Key Players in Derby with Spurs

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Match Focus: Arsenal Must Cope Without Key Players in Derby with Spurs Arsenal vs TottenhamIt’s a fitting end to this week’s action in the Premier League and indeed the last before the upcoming international break as Arsenal host Spurs in the second North London derby of the campaign. It was the Gunners that came out on top when the sides met in the cup in ...

WhoScored Tipster: Derby Delight Hogs the Limelight in this Week's Betting Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: Derby Delight Hogs the Limelight in this Week's Betting Tips It’s an incredible coincidence that this weekend coming, there are three major derbies across Europe’s top 5 leagues. True, a local derby is not uncommon, but this time around, the three most heated city or regional rivalries all take place in the same round. Roma vs Lazio – Draw @...

Player Focus: Dier Deserves Chance to Play Ball Winning Role for England

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Player Focus: Dier Deserves Chance to Play Ball Winning Role for England As Roy Hodgson announced his England squad for the upcoming friendlies with Spain and France there were very few surprise inclusions. With the likes of Sturridge, Welbeck and Wilshere all long-term absentees on the international front, the Three Lions boss is being forced to prepare for the fact tha...

Player Focus: Display Against Liverpool Reinforced Dembélé's Worth to Spurs

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Player Focus: Display Against Liverpool Reinforced Dembélé's Worth to Spurs The Jürgen Klopp love-in was in full force on Saturday when he took charge of his first match as Liverpool boss last weekend. The German was appointed as Brendan Rodgers’ successor over the international break after the Northern Irishman was relieved of his duties at Anfield following an ...