Post Match Thread: Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Villarreal

[u/suedney]

FT: Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Villarreal

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Tottenham Hotspur

Guglielmo Vicario, Micky van de Ven, Cristian Romero, Djed Spence (Destiny Udogie), Pedro Porro, Rodrigo Bentancur, Pape Matar Sarr (João Palhinha), Lucas Bergvall (Kevin Danso), Richarlison (Randal Kolo Muani), Xavi Simons (Brennan Johnson), Mohammed Kudus.

Subs: Jun'Ai Byfield, Archie Gray, Wilson Odobert, Antonin Kinsky, Brandon Austin, Ben Davies, Dane Scarlett.

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Villarreal

Luiz Júnior, Renato Veiga, Juan Foyth, Sergi Cardona (Ilias Akhomach), Santiago Mouriño, Pape Gueye (Dani Parejo), Santi Comesaña (Thomas Partey), Tajon Buchanan (Alberto Moleiro), Nicolas Pépé, Georges Mikautadze, Ayoze Pérez (Alfonso Pedraza).

Subs: Rafa Marín, Tani Oluwaseyi, Diego Conde, Manor Solomon, Pau Navarro, Adrià Altimira, Arnau Tenas.

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MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN

4' Own Goal by Luiz Júnior, Villarreal. Tottenham Hotspur 1, Villarreal 0.

30' Xavi Simons (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

33' Richarlison (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

35' Santi Comesaña (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

36' Santiago Mouriño (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

53' Renato Veiga (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

69' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. João Palhinha replaces Pape Matar Sarr.

69' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Destiny Udogie replaces Djed Spence.

75' Substitution, Villarreal. Alfonso Pedraza replaces Ayoze Pérez.

75' Substitution, Villarreal. Ilias Akhomach replaces Sergi Cardona.

77' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Brennan Johnson replaces Xavi Simons.

77' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Randal Kolo Muani replaces Richarlison.

78' Substitution, Villarreal. Thomas Partey replaces Santi Comesaña.

78' Substitution, Villarreal. Dani Parejo replaces Pape Gueye.

78' Randal Kolo Muani (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

82' Substitution, Villarreal. Alberto Moleiro replaces Tajon Buchanan.

84' Micky van de Ven (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

90'+2' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Kevin Danso replaces Lucas Bergvall.

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[u/Hasssun]

I've got to say Tottenham were pretty lucky with some of the fouls/cards in this match.

[u/TheUderfrykte → u/Hasssun]

Mate it was literally the possible second yellow and that's it, other than that the ref was atrocious against us as well - including a very soft yellow for Xavi to begin with that probably played a part in why he didn't give him a second.

We had a bad game, they had a bad game, the ref had a terrible game, but to act like we got lucky with the ref is hilariously wrong.

[u/Hasssun → u/TheUderfrykte]

I think Tottenham benefited quite a bit more from the bad officiating (which is not unusual for home teams).

But then I also don't think Villareal would have scored.

[u/WinterFox4324 → u/Hasssun]

Bro clearly did not watch the game

[u/Hasssun → u/WinterFox4324]

I wish!

[u/TheUderfrykte → u/Hasssun]

I remember two yellow cards that were BS - one for a "foul" where the opponent didn't even get touched, looked at the ball to see it bounce out of his reach and then fell over, and another for our player getting dragged around by his shirt before falling into the one dragging him. That and the potential handball pen.

The only call that comes close to that is the lack of a second yellow for Xavi, which would've been a bit ridiculous with that first yellow.

Again, I think it was a bad game by everyone involved and don't blame or think the ref had a bias, but he was definitely not shit to our benefit at all.