#FT: Crystal Palace 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur
Venue: Selhurst Park
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Crystal Palace
Sam Johnstone, Marc Guehi, Joachim Andersen, Tyrick Mitchell (Nathaniel Clyne), Joel Ward, Will Hughes (Naouirou Ahamada), Jefferson Lerma (Matheus França), Cheick Doucouré, Odsonne Édouard (Jean-Philippe Mateta), Jeff Schlupp (Jesurun Rak-Sakyi), Jordan Ayew.
Subs: Chris Richards, Jairo Riedewald, Rob Holding, Remi Matthews.
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Tottenham Hotspur
Guglielmo Vicario, Micky van de Ven, Cristian Romero, Ben Davies (Emerson Royal), Pedro Porro, James Maddison (Bryan Gil), Yves Bissouma (Pierre-Emile Højbjerg), Pape Matar Sarr, Son Heung-Min, Richarlison (Brennan Johnson), Dejan Kulusevski (Rodrigo Bentancur).
Subs: Eric Dier, Fraser Forster, Oliver Skipp, Giovani Lo Celso.
MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN
45’ Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Emerson Royal replaces Ben Davies.
53’ Own Goal by Joel Ward, Crystal Palace. Crystal Palace 0, Tottenham Hotspur 1.
60’ Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jesurun Rak-Sakyi replaces Jeffrey Schlupp.
64’ Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg replaces Yves Bissouma.
64’ Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Brennan Johnson replaces Richarlison.
66’ Goal! Crystal Palace 0, Tottenham Hotspur 2. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Brennan Johnson.
70’ Substitution, Crystal Palace. Nathaniel Clyne replaces Tyrick Mitchell because of an injury.
70’ Substitution, Crystal Palace. Naouirou Ahamada replaces Will Hughes.
79’ Substitution, Crystal Palace. Matheus França replaces Jefferson Lerma.
79’ Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jean-Philippe Mateta replaces Odsonne Édouard.
89’ Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Bryan Gil replaces James Maddison.
90’ Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Rodrigo Bentancur replaces Dejan Kulusevski.
We didn’t look like title contenders. Weak first half, did enough in the second half. Crystal Palace weren’t bad, but they had players out so we played them at the right time.
We are top, and that’s as good as we can hope for. But we aren’t blowing teams away like you’d expect from a top team.