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MOTD- Tottenham Hotspur 5-1 Sunderland

By on April 7, 2014

Tottenham Hotspur came out with five goals, which Tottenham Hotspur have not scored in a single league match since 2009, three points, and one exuberant Tim Sherwood from their 5-1 win over Sunderland. Twenty-nine shots came from the home side at White Hart Lane, and although only the bottom of the table Sunderland was on the receiving end of the Spurs demolition, manager Sherwood will hardly lose any sleep over it, considering he should finally able to sleep at all at night with his first big win under his belt. Certainly, it will at least give him cause for celebration in the middle of a difficult period in charge of Spurs.

It was the first real time in which his expensive Tottenham offense showed their worth, and they nearly put Sherwood in front just five minutes in, with Christian Eriksen’s cross from the right nearly deflecting into the back of the net, only for Vito Mannone to tip it just over the crossbar. However, seventeen minutes in it looked to have taken a sour turn for Spurs due to their biggest weak point – their defense. A stray ball across the middle fell from Vlad Chiriches fell straight to Lee Cattermole, who curled a long range effort into the bottom corner as Hugo Lloris scrambled to get back into his goal from no-mans-land. It was a freak goal, but boy did it put the fire in Tottenham’s bellies.

Less than a minute later Harry Kane should have put Spurs level, connecting onto a mis-hit effort from Nacer Chadli near the penalty spot before smacking a low shot on goal which Mannone managed to hold onto. Adebayor screwed a good chance over the bar soon after, yet Tottenham got their equalizer in the twenty-eighth minute when Eriksen’s delicious cross from the left was bundled home at the far post by Adebayor. Another goal for the player reintroduced to the Tottenham side by Sherwood, yet it would not be the last goal for a player shining brightly under the “interim” manager. In fact, Tottenham’s next goal to take them in front was scored by Harry Kane, who was making his first start for Spurs. It also came from another gorgeous Eriksen cross from the left, which was again poked home at the far post.

But the match was far from over, although Tottenham did a good job of making it so with a late flurry of goals. Eriksen got his much deserved goal to add to his two assists in the seventy-eighth minute, driving a low twenty-yard effort into the bottom right corner before Adebayor made it four, tapping the rebound of Kane’s curling effort on the counter-attack into the back of the net. Gylfi Sigurdsson then put the icing on the cake, volleying the ball into the top left corner in the middle of a crowded Sunderland penalty area. Five goals, but it still doesn’t look enough to keep Sherwood his job come the summer. At least he has one high moment to look back on now.
Man of the Match: Christian Eriksen

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