Hello, everyone.
We’ve seen a lot of bicycle kicks at Tottenham Hotspur Football Club this season. First was Richarlison’s on the opening day of the season. Watching him again, it’s almost unbelievable that he’s not already the automatic winner of the team’s best goal this season:
Then Cristian Romero launched his own overhead kick against Newcastle. His was a little less impressive than the beauty we saw from Richarlison (rebounding twice before scoring), but it came at a great moment in the game to draw Spurs level against Newcastle.
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In fact, he scored a brace in that game to save the tie, and we know that every point matters right now.
Well, let’s add another bicycle kick to the list. Except this time it comes from a beloved former Tottenham Hotspur player: Oliver Skipp.
That’s our boy Skippy with the overhead kick in the 52nd minute of Leicester’s game against Southampton. It was a great goal too, leveling the game against the Saints until the Foxes fell in extra time. Heartbreaking for Skipp and Tottenham Hotspur hero Harry Winks.
The defeat gives Leicester City more time to focus on their relegation battle (and you were worried about Spurs). After a recent points deduction, they now find themselves in the relegation zone and are in danger of dropping to League One.
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It’s a pretty close race – just one point will keep them out of the bottom three, but they’ve also played more games than Portsmouth (21st with 33 points) and Charlton (18th with 39 points). Then you have West Brom and Blackburn in the fight too.
It is a notable fall from grace for Leicester. And this could be a very rare, if not unprecedented, case of two former Premier League champions dropping to the third tier.
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And now your links:
BBC video (territorial restriction): “Spurs unstoppable in a 10-goal thriller against Aston Villa”
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Atlético ($$): “Clubs turn to Igor Tudor when they are on the brink; Spurs will not intimidate him”
The times: “Hull fans arrested for offensive chants during Chelsea defeat”
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