Tottenham Hotspur (1) 3 v Slavia Praha (0) 0 Zima (og) 26 Kudus (pen) 50 Xavi Simons (pen) 79 By Kaz Mochlinski at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Champions League MD6 Tottenham Hotspur edged encouragingly closer to the Champions League knock-out stages, extending their excellent European run with another home victory as they battled to beat Slavia Praha 3-0. However, it took an own goal and two penalties to maintain their 100% winning start in the competition this season in N1

Tottenham Hotspur (0) 1 v Fulham (2 Talking Points By Kaz Mochlinski at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Thomas Frank finally fought back against the fans turning the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium toxic for the team, after the deteriorating atmosphere again appeared to affect the players in a disappointing defeat by Fulham. “They can’t be true Tottenham fans” was the Spurs head coach’s most forthright comment about the recurrent booing that marked the Saturday night London derby, as

Brentford (0) 3 v Burnley (0) 1 Igor Thiago (pen) 81 Flemming (pen) 85 Igor Thiago 86 Ouattara 92 By Kaz Mochlinski at the Brentford Community Stadium Premier League Matchweek 13 Brentford added another home victory, with another Igor Thiago double, including another penalty, plus another stoppage time goal, as a very late, late show in the end ensured that Burnley were beaten 3-1. The Bees have now won five of the seven Premier League matches which they have played on their

Fulham (0) 1 v Sunderland (0) 0 Raúl Jiménez 84 By Kaz Mochlinski at Craven Cottage Premier League Matchweek 12 Fulham gained an absolutely vital victory over Sunderland with a Raúl Jiménez goal six minutes from full-time that significantly eased their fears of falling into the Premier League relegation zone. Having begun the weekend just one point above the bottom three, they left it late before getting the only goal of the game for a win which was thoroughly deserved after

Tottenham Hotspur (0) 2 v Manchester United (1) 2 Premier League Matchweek 11 Talking Points By Kaz Mochlinski at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium It was very, very nearly an unforgettable match. Equally, it was almost a game of great concern for Tottenham Hotspur. Ultimately, they did not do enough to deserve to end their three-month home run without a win in the Premier League. Manchester United scored two goals from their only two attempts on target. Spurs struck twice from t

Brentford (0) 3 v Newcastle United (1) 1 Barnes 27 Schade 56 Igor Thiago (pen) 78 Igor Thiago 95 By Kaz Mochlinski at the Brentford Community Stadium Premier League Matchweek 11 Brentford staged a scintillating second half comeback to recover from an undeserved deficit at half-time and defeat Newcastle United 3-1 with goals from Kevin Schade and another double for Igor Thiago. It took time for them to overcome Newcastle’s negative approach and they could have had more than on

Chelsea (0) 3 v Wolverhampton Wanderers (0) 0 Gusto 51 João Pedro 65 Neto 73 By Kaz Mochlinski at Stamford Bridge Premier League Matchweek 11 Malo Gusto scored the first goal of his career and Estêvão Willian increased his growing star status still further as Chelsea moved into second place in the Premier League with a 3-0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers. Three goals in the second half eventually broke the stubborn resistance of the league’s bottom team, who came to Stamford

Tottenham Hotspur (1) 4 v København (0) 0 Johnson 19 Odobert 51 van de Ven 64 João Palhinha 67 By Kaz Mochlinski at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Champions League MD4 Tottenham Hotspur gained their highest win under Thomas Frank, and a much-needed first success at home for six weeks, as they swept aside København 4-0 with the help of a wonder goal from Micky van de Ven. Spurs’ superiority was not even impeded by having to play for most of the second half with 10 men after Bre

Tottenham Hotspur (0) 0 v Chelsea (1) 1 João Pedro 34 By Kaz Mochlinski at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Premier League Matchweek 10 Tottenham Hotspur’s home ground may no longer be called White Hart Lane, but for Chelsea supporters it remains ‘Three Point Lane’ as the Blues continued their overwhelming domination over Spurs of recent years with yet another victory. João Pedro scored the only goal of the game to bring Chelsea level on points with Tottenham and trailing them j

Brentford (2) 3 v Liverpool (1) 2 Premier League Matchweek 9 Talking Points By Kaz Mochlinski at the Brentford Community Stadium It is two wins in a Premier League season of 38 matches, but the six points secured in the space of six days by Brentford, at West Ham United and against Liverpool, could prove more meaningful than most. A first away victory under Keith Andrews, followed in less than a week by beating the league title-holders, lifted the Bees from 16th place and thr