Leicester City 1 – 1 Spurs Match Review

Ange Postecoglou’s Tottenham were unlucky to not come away with the win against the Foxes on Monday night after creating a number of opportunities.

Spurs began their 2024/25 Premier League campaign at the King Power Stadium on Monday night, where they came toe to toe with Steve Cooper’s newly promoted Leicester City side in the East Midlands. The Lilywhites were looking to get their campaign to the best of start with all three points, as they target a return to the UEFA Champions League.

In the end, Ange Postecoglou’s Tottenham can count themselves unlucky that they did not come away with the win, given the fact that they had several opportunities to find the back of the Foxes’ net throughout the contest.

It was the visitors from North London who had the first opportunity in the match through Rodrigo Bentancur, with the Uruguayan central midfielder seeing his close range shot blocked well by the hosts after he met a cross into the box from James Maddison (6’).

Another chance came just a minute later, this time through Brennan Johnson, who forced a fantastic save from Leicester ‘keeper Mads Hermansen (7’).

New signing Dominic Solanke was making his debut from the start in this game, and his first significant opportunity to open his account for Spurs came with almost ten minutes gone when the former Bournemouth forward saw his header produce another save from Hermansen, who kept the scoreline on level terms at 0 – 0 (8’).

Then, just a few minutes later, Solanke was handed another opportunity to score the opening goal of the game when he met a cross from Pedro Porro, only for his latest header on goal to also be saved well by Leicester Goalkeeper Hermansen (14’).

Spurs were the dominant force in this game, and they were able to take the lead when Hermansen was finally beaten with almost half an hour gone. A James Maddison cross found the head of right back Pedro Porro, who managed to guide his headed effort into the bottom right corner to break the deadlock (29’).

Just moments later, Brennan Johnson came close to scoring once again, almost doubling his side’s advantage with a shot from just inside of the Leicester City penalty area, which flew narrowly wide of the left post after he had met a Maddison cross from a free-kick (33’).

Leicester did have an opportunity a few minutes later through former Bristol City and Fulham forward Bobby De Cordova-Reid, but his effort flew wide at the right post from distance (36’).

The last chance of the first half saw midfielder Pape Matar Sarr have a long range effort blocked well by the home defence just before the whistle went for half time (42’). Spurs held a one goal lead at the break.

Just as they did in the first half, Spurs had the first opportunity of the second half when James Maddison saw a shot blocked by the home defence after he had met a pass from Pedro Porro (51’).

Solanke’s latest opportunity then arrived a few minutes later, but he was once again denied by a sensational save from Hermansen (55’). Rodrigo Bentancur was also denied by the Danish Goalkeeper just a minute later (56’).

Unfortunately for Tottenham, they were not able to take any of these chances, and they conceded an equalising goal when Jamie Vardy found the top left corner via a header that gave Guglielmo Vicario no chance (57’).

Vicario came to Spurs’ rescue shortly after when the Italian stopper made the save from Vardy with exactly twenty minutes of the game remaining. Brighton loanee Facundo Buonanotte had found the veteran forward thanks to a through ball (70’).

Spurs substitute Lucas Bergvall had his side’s next significant opportunity late on in the contest when the Swedish midfielder had a shot on goal which was unfortunately blocked by the Leicester defence (84’).

Leicester City did then have a couple of late efforts on goal through Kasey McAteer (86’) and Wilfred Ndidi (90+1’), the latter of whom managed to force another save from Guglielmo Vicario in second half stoppage time.

Spurs did have the final chance, but Richarlison was unable to find the back of the net with a header on goal from close range after the Brazil International had met a great cross into the box from Bergvall (90+9’).

The full time whistle then went shortly after to confirm what was a 1 – 1 draw between Leicester and Ange Postecoglou’s Spurs at the King Power Stadium on Monday night.

It was a truly dominant display for Tottenham. The Lilywhites had no less than 70.5% possession compared with the Foxes’ 29.5%. Spurs also had the most shots on target with 7 (compared with Leicester’s 7), and more shots in general with 15, compared with 7 for the hosts.

This is what Tottenham Head Coach Ange Postecoglou had to say (via Tottenham Hotspur’s Official Website): “The outcome is the most important thing and that is the disappointing thing – the result,” Ange reflected. “We played well enough, we dominated the first half, we were just wasteful in front of goal and the same in the second half.

“We started really well, had some great opportunities, didn’t take them and then you’re always allowing the opposition back into the game and they scored and then we lost our way for about 15, 20 minutes. We looked a bit tired but again we finished strong just without that clinical front third.

“There’s no doubting that the performance warranted us having more than a 1-0 lead. Again, if you don’t take those chances, you are allowing the opposition into the game. It’s disappointing.

“We finished strong but lacked some cutting edge in the front third and for us it’s really important that we try and address that as quickly as possible because it’s one thing being dominant in your performance but you have to reflect that in the end result.”

It’s very early on in the season, but this draw does see Spurs currently sitting in 12th place, just 2 adrift of the summit of the table.

Up next for Spurs is their first home game of the season at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium against Sean Dyche’s Everton on Saturday 24th August 2024. The game is set to kick-off at 15:00.

Then, after an away trip to face Newcastle United at St. James’s Park on Sunday 1st September, the first North London Derby against Arsenal will then be taking place at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday 15th September 2024 in a 14:00 kick-off.

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