{"id":294527,"date":"2023-10-28T04:10:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T04:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=294527"},"modified":"2023-10-28T04:10:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T04:10:33","slug":"the-notebook-its-more-of-a-slow-burn-than-a-belter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/the-notebook-its-more-of-a-slow-burn-than-a-belter\/","title":{"rendered":"THE NOTEBOOK: It&apos;s more of a slow burn than a belter"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>THE NOTEBOOK: It&#8217;s more of a slow burn than a belter, Tottenham avoid Yves Bissouma blow &#8211; but fans continue to defy Premier League&#8217;s policy on Israel and Palestine flags<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tottenham beat Crystal Palace 2-1 to extend their lead at the top of the table\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Spurs are five points clear of second place Man City heading into the weekend\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>KIERAN GILL looks at some of the things you\u00a0might have missed from the game\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tottenham extended their lead at the top of the Premier League to five points on Friday with a 2-1 victory against Crystal Palace.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Eagles nullified their opponents for the first half of the clash before Joel Ward inadvertently deflected a James Maddison cross into his own net.<\/p>\n<p>Heung-Min Son kept up his fine form to add a second soon after, before Jordan Ayew ensured it would be a nervy finish as he pulled one back in injury time after a long VAR check.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s side held firm and ensured they will spend at least the weekend at the top of the table.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>Mail Sport&#8217;<\/span>s KIERAN GILL was at Selhurst Park and looks at some things you might have missed from Friday&#8217;s match.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/27\/23\/77099553-12681843-image-a-25_1698444750814.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tottenham extended their lead at the top of the table with a 2-1 victory over Crystal Palace<\/p>\n<h2>It&#8217;s more of a slow burn than a belter\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Attack. Be fast. Be ferocious. Don\u2019t overthink. Just do it. Win the ball. Use it. Play it into feet. Move. Push. Shoot. Score. That is Ange Postecoglou\u2019s philosophy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s supposed to be fast and furious. But this was a slow burner of a match as Roy Hodgson\u2019s Crystal Palace were stubborn in the extreme, with Jordan Ayew and Jeffrey Schlupp tucking in from the wings to flood the midfield.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It meant Tottenham&#8217;s full backs found themselves swarmed when they tried to invert into that area, while James Maddison was likewise suffocated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Joel Ward&#8217;s own goal seemed to ease the pressure on the visitors as their second strike, scored by Heung-min Son, was a move full of swagger.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/27\/23\/77099551-12681843-image-a-26_1698444809198.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s attacking philosophy wasn&#8217;t quite on display in what was a slow burner<\/p>\n<h2>A happy return for Bentancur<\/h2>\n<p>Rodrigo Bentancur made his first appearance since February last night, having finally overcome his ACL injury.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Son ordered the away support to celebrate his late arrival as a substitute and they obliged, cheering and singing his name in what was a nice moment.<\/p>\n<h2>Fans continue to defy Premier League&#8217;s policy on Israel and Palestine flags<\/h2>\n<p>The Premier League\u2019s policy on Israeli and Palestinian flags \u2013 that they should be prohibited from stadiums \u2013 is still being defied.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This match started with a moment\u2019s silence. In the Crystal Palace end, there were Palestine flags. In the Tottenham end, Israel flags.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/27\/23\/77099619-12681843-image-a-27_1698444834909.jpg\" height=\"412\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Premier League\u2019s policy on Israeli and Palestinian flags \u2013 that they should be prohibited from stadiums \u2013 is still being defied, with both flags on display throughout the match\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Winning ugly is a sign of champions<\/h2>\n<p>The great debate is whether Tottenham are legitimate title challengers. Well, a hallmark of champions is having the capacity to win, even when you are not playing particularly well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Spurs led 1-0 without having managed a single shot on target, thanks to Ward&#8217;s moment of madness.<\/p>\n<h2>Spurs avoid Bissouma suspension<\/h2>\n<p>If yellow carded here, Yves Bissouma would have been suspended for Tottenham&#8217;s next game against Chelsea. Despite the threat of that, Bissouma still threw himself around.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His turnaround, from outcast under Antonio Conte to outstanding under Postecoglou, is why Spurs were wincing whenever he went into a challenge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They desperately wanted Bissouma&#8217;s services for that London derby and substituted him once they had their lead.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/27\/23\/77099557-12681843-image-a-28_1698444872130.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Spurs will have been delighted that the impressive Yves Bissouma didn&#8217;t pick up a yellow card<\/p>\n<h2>Kane not the only striker sold by Postecoglou<\/h2>\n<p>Harry Kane was not the first star striker to be sold by his club after Postecoglou\u2019s arrival.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It happened to Odsonne Edouard at Celtic, too. Postecoglou arrived in June 2021 and Edouard was sold to Crystal Palace in the August.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Edouard was the cover star on Palace\u2019s match-day programme last night but there was no mention of Postecoglou in his accompanying interview.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He wanted to do his talking on the pitch, though struggled to prove a point to his old boss here.<\/p>\n<h2>Hodgson fails to mark milestone with a win<\/h2>\n<p>This was Hodgson\u2019s 500th match in charge of English clubs. He lost his 100th (3-1 to Sunderland) and his 200th (3-1 to Tottenham), but won his 300th (1-0 against Huddersfield) and 400th (2-1 against West Ham).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sadly for Hodgson, he could not celebrate that milestone with a victory.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12681843\/Tottenham-Yves-Bissouma-Premier-League-Israel-Palestine.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE NOTEBOOK: It&#8217;s more of a slow burn than a belter, Tottenham avoid Yves Bissouma blow &#8211; but fans continue to defy Premier League&#8217;s policy on Israel and Palestine flags Tottenham beat Crystal Palace 2-1 to extend their lead at the top of the table\u00a0 Spurs are five points clear of second place Man City [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294526,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>THE NOTEBOOK: It&amp;apos;s more of a slow burn than a belter - Sports Life Tale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/the-notebook-its-more-of-a-slow-burn-than-a-belter\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"THE NOTEBOOK: It&amp;apos;s more of a slow burn than a belter - Sports Life Tale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"THE NOTEBOOK: It&#8217;s more of a slow burn than a belter, Tottenham avoid Yves Bissouma blow &#8211; 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