Harry Kane, Sergio Reguilon and Heung-Min Son combined to put Brentford to the sword on Thursday night, the Tottenham Hotspur trio producing a goal Bees boss Thomas Frank labelled ‘top quality’ in conversation with West London Sport.
Is there any member of the Spurs squad better suited to Conte’s 3-4-2-1 formation than Sergio Reguilon?
A full-back who is more winger than defender, the Spain international scored in Spurs’ 2-1 comeback victory over Leeds United in November and was at it again when Brentford came to town, making his presence felt in the final third after a trademark burst of acceleration down the left-hand side.
Racing onto a perfectly-weighted Harry Kane through ball, Reguilon then drilled the ball across the face of goal before a grateful Son doubled Spurs’ side and sealed three hard-earned points at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
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“The second goal is top quality from Tottenham. We switch off for half a second and don’t track the runner and it is three passes and 2-0,” visiting coach Frank said at full-time.
“Spurs deserved to win the game but I was satisfied with how we were brave on the ball and tried to build.
“We lacked some top quality with our final ball but we were brave off the ball and I was very pleased with the way we won the ball in good areas, but we just couldn’t capitalise.”
With Arsenal going down 3-2 to Manchester United in a game reminiscent of those titanic clashes from the early-2000s – Cristiano Ronaldo took his career tally to a staggering 801 with two goals at Old Trafford – Spurs a now just three points behind their North London neighbours in the Premier League table.
Conte’s tactics also appear to be taking shape with the electrifying Son producing one of his finest performances of the season on Thursday night.
Ben Davies was impressive in his new look left-sided centre-back role too while Oliver Skipp showed why he is ahead of Harry Winks in the pecking order with a dominant midfield display.
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