In four minutes, between 13 and 17, Tottenham overwhelmed, disarmed and struck down Everton, which showed the reason for their position in the standings, fourth down on the edge of the relegation zone, and that they have not won since August as a visitor, with defensive facilities that the London team and Harry Kane took advantage of, with a ‘double’, to overwhelm them, thrash them and insist on the assault on the Champions League zone (5-0).
It is already only three points away from Arsenal’s fourth place, with one game less than the group led by Antonio Conte, rediscovered with victory in front of his public, which packed the Tottenham stadium even if it was a Monday with 62,000 spectators, and relaunched for his third victory in the last four days that proposes him for more than he has aspired to so far this campaign. There is still time to enter ‘Champions’.
It is true that Everton were a bargain for Tottenham as soon as they launched into the attack with precision and decision. The action of 1-0, in the 13th minute, had a lot of the first and the second, but it also highlighted the moment of the Liverpool team, which arrived late and badly throughout the play between Ben Davies and Sessegnon down the left wing and on top of that he scored in his own goal. Keane did it (replaced after the break for a blow) in his clearance.
Four minutes later, after 17 minutes, Tottenham had enough of a good combination at the first touch between Harry Kane, whose maneuver away from the area was the beginning of the end for Everton; Kulusevski, also first; and Son Heung Min, who controlled first and shot second. It was a goal because the Pickford goalkeeper made an improper error of his level.
Then, the international goalkeeper vindicated himself to frustrate the 3-0 that Son opposed again, which Matt Doherty tried minutes later and Kane established in the 37th minute, which he defined with absolute determination after Hojbjerg’s stupendous pass to his uncheck, first, to leave him alone against Pickford and sentence the game in just over half an hour, if there was any doubt before, against a sunken Everton, without reaction, without football and with the feeling that the final stretch of course will be an agony to save.
It was still the second half of the game. At intermission, Reguilón substituted for Sessegnon, after a blow on the edge of the break. In 41 seconds of the second half, the Madrid winger made it 4-0, culminating on the left wing with Tottenham’s quick move and another defensive nonsense by the team coached by Frank Lampard, overwhelmed without nuances, even more so when Kane volleyed with the left the 5-0. It was still the 55th minute. An exhibition of superiority by Conte’s team… And of Everton’s inferiority, which borders the abyss.
