The Dutchman, who came on from the bench, pulled out two goals in the last minute of stoppage time for Tottenham to take a well-deserved victory
Miracles exist. If not, ask Tottenham , who in the last minute of injury time went from falling undeservedly against Leicester to coming out with the three points in his pocket and with Steven Bergwijn as the unexpected hero (2-3).
Antonio Conte already said it a few weeks ago. The change in the club is not going to happen overnight, but the improvement since the arrival of the Italian is absolutely evident. Surely, Tottenham played one of their best games with the ball, fluid in possession and determined on the counterattack, and even regained that faith in the final stretch that seemed to have stayed in that Champions League semi-final against Ajax three seasons ago.
He knew how to shake some first moments in which Leicester squeezed to take the helm of the duel. It refloated in part because Harry Kane was seeded. In everything except the finish. First it was Schmeichel who made life impossible for him and some of his teammates. Even the crossbar allied himself with the Dane in a header from the English striker moments before the ‘foxes’ advanced. Luck was not on the ‘spur’ side, because a great coverage by Reguilón to prevent Lookman’s shot meant that Daka was left alone to beat Lloris from close range (24′).
Tottenham entered after that in a football limbo. He roamed the field and let Leicester take center stage with the ball again, although without reproducing that in the area. It lasted just as long as it took for Kane to act. He caught the defense’s back, sat down the center back with a cut and nailed it to the long post wonderfully (38′).
A replica of the goals that used to always go out to the ‘9’ and this course are seen less, although lately more often than before. He even had the advantage in his hands in another against in which, incomprehensibly, he threw the ball into the clouds against Schmeichel.
However, the best was yet to come in the second half. Leicester, once again, knew how to make a good counterattack to leave Conte looking silly on the wing (76′). This time with a goal from Maddison , despite the good staging of Tottenham , which from then on began to be more inoperative in the game.
He had to throw faith at the ‘spur’ team, something that seemed to remain in that agonizing semifinal against Ajax but that he momentarily rescued against Leicester . Conte opted for the entry of Bergwijn , who was in charge of turning water into wine. The first of the miracles was picking up a ball that Doherty had previously dropped to equalize in the last minute of added time (95′).
That was not all, because Leicester took a cross, went for the goal and did not count on Tottenham ‘s steal . Kane, with a clairvoyance worthy of a player recently entered the field, put a perfect pass to the Dutchman’s run, which featured the indecisive exit of Schmeichel, whom he dodged, to cross it when he saw Soyüncü on the line at the near post and unleash madness throughout the Tottenham squad, coaching staff included (97′).
A wonderful way to celebrate that the ‘spurs’ do not know what it is to lose in the Premier League under the hand of Conte , who already has his team fifth in the table, with one point less than West Ham (4th), who has played three more games. The miracle was done.