O'Neil tells Tottenham they need 'more quality' v small sides as they're best v giants – what do the stats say?

Gary O’Neil owns briefed Tottenham they need “more trait” against smaller sized sides as their superb capabilities this period have been against titans – as F365 reviews the stats off the ago of that claim.

Spurs came close to throwing away to Wolves on Saturday – a side that had yet to pick upwards a juncture in the Premier League prior to that video game. Tottenham were bailed out by Joao Palhinha, that racked upwards his thirdly impartial of the period in the 94th minute.

The draw preserves the north London club thirdly in the Premier League.

Yet off the ago of it, former Wolves pinnacle mutt O’Neil owns upbraided Tottenham are currently also worse against also worse groups, and their superb capabilities have come against some European juggernauts.

“The sector I counteract via is that they didn’t deserve to [win] in any way. I’ve observed them twice at abode this period and in both galleries the onus is pioneered to to be on them against Bournemouth and Wolves,” O’Neil asserted.

“Yet they struggled in both. Their sweet capabilities have come against PSG and Manchester City when they have to safeguard and be without the bulbous.

“So I think there’s most breakthrough pertinent at Spurs if they’re visiting be gained service at the pinnacle expire of the table this year.

“Staffs are visiting come and discourage and they should forge more trait than they did this evening.”

Against PSG, Spurs had merely 25 per cent of the bulbous, yet had both more shots and more on target than the Champions League owners, maximizing what little little they did have of the bulbous.

Against City, Tottenham had 38 per cent of the bulbous, and again had more shots and more on target, and racked upwards 2 wishes to City’s none.

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Yet in the draw against Wolves, possession was pretty evenly measured up to and the north London club struggled to have much of an inspire until proper at the expire of the video game.

Unchanged was true in the loss against Bournemouth. Tottenham had 62 per cent of the bulbous yet had singular one inoculation on target, and enabled the Reds to bear down on their impartial usually, as they had 20 shots, six on target, and racked upwards one.

Tottenham’s record in the vast six over the past pair of seasons is adeptly also. In the Premier League, they have won four galleries and squandered seven – racking upwards 18 wishes in them – yet they similarly outclassed Manchester United in the Europa League last, and saw off Manchester City in the League Cup last term, previously again outmatching United in that competition.

In every singular one of those galleries, Spurs had less of the bulbous yet came out on pinnacle. While they won’t twinge to position upwards coordinate to marginal groups, they should at least render their pummeling tactics matter, supposing as if they won’t avail clusters of of them, as they lug out against bigger sides.

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