Premier League Review: Tottenham facing rebuild, the unstopp

Keeper howlers, injury crises, and chef Brendan Rodgers serving up some delightful delicacies. Buckle up w88 โปรโมชั่น : It's Nick Miller's Premier League weekend review. JUMP TO: 'It's like a new signing' | The KDB Assist-O-Meter | Compliments to Chef Rodgers | Doom and gloom for the Toon | What will please Chris Wilder? | Liverpool's luck strikes again | Finally, the real Jorginho | Injuries scuppering Norwich's safety hopes | Why Villa is 'Frustration Central'

Lloris emphasises the task ahead for Spurs
"Don't blame Hugo," said Mauricio Pochettino about his captain's stinking error that donated a goal to Southampton on Saturday. "Blame me. I ask him to play that way." Of course, Pochettino was always going to defend goalkeeper Hugo Lloris after a mistake like the one that donated a goal to Danny Ings, and the caveat should be added that Lloris made a couple of excellent saves later on in Spurs' 2-1 win over Southampton, but costly mistakes are a pattern for the France international now.

Indeed, he made an almost identical one to this in the World Cup final, which is often forgotten because it was ultimately of no consequence, but nobody can say they didn't see this sort of thing coming.



Saturday's result was good for morale at Tottenham, and the fortitude they showed to beat Southampton with 10 men is at least a hint that the dressing room isn't quite as divided as Pochettino has implied in recent weeks w88 mobile ios .

But Lloris' error emphasised that they potentially have a massive rebuilding job to do over the next year, with the contracts of Jan Vertonghen, Toby Alderweireld and Christian Eriksen expiring, plus the need for a new goalkeeper will become impossible to ignore with more errors like this one from Lloris.

Did Lloris' 2nd-half saves make up for his howler?Steve Nicol says Spurs captain Hugo Lloris needs to learn when he can't pass out of the back after the Frenchman produced another goalkeeping howler.
City are keeping things new with old blood
There has been much talk this season about keeping squads fresh, in the light of Tottenham's troubles, and Manchester City also have to deal with the problem of keeping their squad motivated to continually produce excellence.

Riyad Mahrez and Kevin De Bruyne might be taking care of both those problems for City. The phrase "like a new signing" is a cliche usually reserved for managers who haven't signed anyone and want to convince their fans that the guy coming back from injury is enough, but in this case it genuinely might be true.

Last season De Bruyne and Mahrez were barely factors for City, through a combination of injury, poor form and the excellence of others, but they have returned to relevance this term, with some gusto. De Bruyne has reclaimed his status as the best player in the Premier League, while Mahrez is now basically undroppable after another goal and brilliant showing against Everton. And that, in this City squad, is certainly saying something w88 line .

Do Manchester City need to address defence?Alexis Nunes and Don Hutchison break down Man City's win over Everton and discuss if they need to address their defence in the transfer window.
The Official Kevin De Bruyne Assist-O-Meter

A new regular feature for this column will be a tally of how many goals De Bruyne lays on for his teammates this season.

After setting up Gabriel Jesus' opener against Everton, De Bruyne has eight assists from six starts: If he continues at this pace, he'll break the Premier League assists record for the season at some point in December.

Chef Rodgers cooks well with the right ingredients
The wisdom of Leicester and Brendan Rodgers joining forces in February last season, rather than waiting for the summer, has once again shown to be a brilliant move by all parties.

Rodgers has made this team the most impressive outside of the top two, collecting 31 points from his 17 games in charge so far, all of which was helped by him starting work last term and carrying their form across seasons.


But Rodgers isn't some footballing shaman who has sprinkled a spell over Leicester: This is a triumph of recruitment as much as anything else, and that group of richer clubs who are currently floundering beneath them will only feel worse as they observe James Maddison, Youri Tielemans, Ricardo Pereira, Caglar Soyuncu, Dennis Praet and others, wondering why they didn't spot that talent and grab it for themselves.