Tottenham Hotspur manager Andre Villas-Boas experienced his first taste of defeat as Spurs manager when his side lost in an away game to Spanish http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Club-Valencia-c38828.
The North London club had a very impressive pre-season tour of the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/United-States-c3034, where they won most of their games. Villas-Boas was very content with the progress his side were making and was satisfied with the overall shape and form of the squad.
New signings http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jan-Vertonghen-c17814 and Gylfi Sigurdsson have impressed both the manager and the fans. Sigurdsson, the Icelandic international has been in fine form ever since he made his move to the club. The attacking midfielder has scored in a number of friendly
games and has shown just what he is capable of.
Vertonghen on the other hand is a defensive signing and has been solid at the back. The Belgian centre-half will be facing the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-Dawson-c25288 as he makes his claim for a spot in the first team, but
his performances in pre-season may have already impressed the manager.
Both signings were however unable to make much of an impact as Spurs bowed out in a 2-0 defeat to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jonas-c18967 and then added another goal in the second half.
Spurs had their chances, but were unable to capitalize on them. Sigurdsson had the first chance of the game after 10 minutes but saw his shot blocked. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-Alves-c11071 through two fine saves.
The North London club had various other opportunities to grab a goal, but they were unable to do so. Rafael Van Der Vaart saw his shot deflected wide and then had a free kick saved by Alves. Towards the end of the game, it was all Tottenham. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jermain-Defoe-c18359
also had a shot at goal, but fired straight at the goalkeeper.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sofiane-Feghouli-c33740 fired a shot across Friedel into the far corner. Spurs were punished for not being clinical and ended up losing the match.
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