Jose Mourinho’s charges lost 0:1 away to Brighton in the last round of the championship. The attack clearly lacked creativity. The absence of Harry Kane noticeably diminished the creativity in the attacking actions of the Spurs. The attack leader of the London club was injured and out of action until mid-February. The defeat from the “seagulls” was the second in a row in the national championship for Tottenham. One round earlier they lost in a fight of principle for themselves in their home arena to Liverpool with a score of 1:3. In general, in the last home games, the London club looked unconvincing. So, in the four previous matches, Spurs have beaten only Leeds (3:0), lost to Leicester (0:2), drew with Fulham (1:1) and got defeated by Liverpool. Jose Mourinho’s team dropped to sixth place in the standings. Tottenham are already six points behind the fourth Leicester and six points behind the Foxes. True, Londoners played one less match. In general, in terms of playing in their home arena, Spurs are now tenth in the Premier League. In ten home matches they won four wins, drew three times and lost three matches. Tottenham scores at home an average of 1.5 goals and concedes 1.2. In addition to Kane, Sergio Regilon, Giovanni Lo Celso and Dele Alli will miss the next game due to injuries.
In the second half of January, Boston alternated victories with defeats. In the last month of winter, one should not expect a special breakthrough in statistics from the visiting team. The vaunted Jason Tatum leads his partners, but often remains alone with opponents. His 30 points with a phenomenal conversion (14/21 sec) did not help in the match against the reigning champion. We do not argue that now the task for Boston is much easier. However, on someone else’s floor Brad Stevens’s basketball players are increasingly forgetting about defense.
