Andy Robertson has spoken about what many have been saying about Tottenham Hotspur under Antonio Conte and how they are ‘slow’ starters.
The Liverpool defender played against Spurs at the weekend and he spoke about his team needing to be at it from the get-go, because they have conceded the first goal a lot of late, as well as the opposition not being the best in the first halves of games.
Well, to no-one’s surprise, that’s exactly what happened on Sunday, with Mo Salah opening the scoring with a brilliant left-footed finish from the middle of the box, after Darwin Nunez fizzed in a ball from the left flank.
It’s one thing going 2-0 down to Bournemouth and then being able to mount a comeback, but you aren’t going to get away with it against a team of Liverpool’s quality.
That’s why, when Eric Dier gifted Salah with his second, Spurs fans would have been fearing the worst and the fact that they are facing back-to-back Premier League defeats on home soil.
That’s exactly what happened, despite Harry Kane’s second-half goal, as Robertson spoke about how Tottenham performed from one half to the other, as he told Sky Sports.
“We knew, in the first half we had to get off to a good start,” said Robertson. “We haven’t done that well enough this season, especially away from home.
“Over the season, Tottenham have been slow starters and they have always been better in the second half. Luckily we had the two-goal advantage and we knew they were going to come with everything in the second half.”
THE BIG GAMES
From the north London derby to Eddie Howe’s high-flying Newcastle United, when it has come to the so-called bigger games for Spurs, they have slipped up.
Harry Kane’s stoppage-time equaliser at Chelsea was perhaps their standout result against teams around them, but defeats to the likes of Newcastle, Arsenal, Manchester United and now Liverpool should be a worry.
The issue someone like Conte has is that, it’s not the results that are the problem, but the performances during these matches.
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