Tottenham ended their recent struggles in the Premier League with a 2-1 win against Burnley on Saturday afternoon.
Ange Postecoglou made two changes to his Tottenham team to face the Clarets, knowing they still have a chance of qualifying for Champions League football with three matches of their campaign remaining. However, to do so they need to take maximum points from their final three fixtures against Burnley, Manchester City and Sheffield United and hope Aston Villa take a single point from their remaining two matches against Liverpool at home and away to Crystal Palace. Will not get more than. Palace.
Vincent Kompany's Burnley were fighting for their Premier League survival, knowing they had to win all their remaining games and hoping results elsewhere would be in their favour.
Richarlison, who scored and assisted a goal for Liverpool, missed out with a calf injury, but returned to the James Maddison line-up and left-back Oliver Skipp impressed against Liverpool and agreed with Postecoglou and the coaching staff. Got a chance after working. role in recent weeks.
Burnley took the lead midway through the first half. Jakob Bruun Larsson picked up a ball through the middle and slotted home after Pep Matar Sarr, Brennan Johnson and Pedro Porro failed to stop Sander Berge in the build-up.
Poro made up for it when he fired a powerful shot past Arizente Muric to tie the game after exchanging passes with Johnson.
The next goal did not come until the 86th minute, when Micky Van de Ven, now on the left, cut inside down the flank and fired a shot inside the left-hand post to claim the winning goal in front of the buoyant South Stand.
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Here are our Spurs player ratings from the game:
Guglielmo Vicario
Made an early point blank save from Vitinho's header. Couldn't get close to Larsson's goal but didn't have much to do after that except take a few comfortable shots. 6
pedro porro
Vitinho is nowhere near the Burnley man for a starting chance. One of those who allowed Berge to stray in the build-up to Burnley's first-half goal. However, he made up for it with a powerful shot past Muric and leveling the score. Got another chance in the second half but missed. 7
Christian Romero
An important header was then scored, with an early Vitinho header saved. Again involved heavily at both ends and almost put the Scarlets behind with a second half try. Muric had a forced save with a header from a set piece. 8
mickey van de ven
Showing aggression from the back and then when he switched to left-back he motored up and down the flank and then got inside and fired a beautiful finish past the goalkeeper. 9
oliver skip
In his temporary role at left-back he had a lot of work to do. Couldn't get back in time for Larsson's goal. His a mixed bag with some good fighting moments, but he also hasn't got the recovery speed that someone like Udogi would need to get back into position from the opposite role, so balls over the top were dangerous. 6
Pape Matar Sarr
Sluggish for Burnley's first half goal and looked like he had got a take on that move. However the play and its dynamics improved in the second half. 6
Yves Bissouma
Postecoglou said he was excellent at Anfield and the midfielder was good for the most part of this encounter, barring a few messy passes, before coming off on 75 minutes. 7
james madison
Back in the team and sent an early deflected effort over the bar. The rest of the first half was a bit of a let down but most of the second half was excellent. 8
brennan johnson
Muric saved the volley early on. Another that let Berge stray but he would soon find his assist on Porro's goal. An engaging performance, even if it doesn't have a final product for most. 6
son hyung-min
Created some chances for others with some good play but struggled to create much for himself and his serving was also poor. 6
Dejan Kulusevski
Johnson was set up for early chances and was busy around the pitch with shots saved by Muric, but his final ball was lacking and he lost the ball a few times in good positions. 6
later stages
Radu Dragusin
Put in a good performance after coming on and made a crucial tackle late on. 6
Rodrigo Bentancur
Added some bite to midfield and forward movement. 6
den scarlett
A busy little cameo and his little movement helped Van de Ven find space in the middle to score. 6
giovani lo celso
Came on late until the last eight minutes of the game. N/A
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg
Lo came in with Celso in the last moments. N/A
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