Tottenham believe they are on the brink of a piece of modern-day history and it has certainly been difficult to keep a lid on the excitement that is building ahead of the Champions League quarter-final, second leg at Manchester City on Wednesday night. Spurs hold a 1-0 lead from the first leg.
As such, the visit of an already relegated Huddersfield team felt like a distraction; an irritation, even. It added up to a test of Spurs’s mentality, which Mauricio Pochettino has had cause to criticise on a few occasions this season. The points were still imperative to the club’s top four aspirations.
Written by David Hytner at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/apr/13/tottenham-huddersfield-premier-league-match-report under the title “Lucas Moura hits hat-trick as makeshift Spurs make light work of Huddersfield”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
