Tottenham’s competitive collapse and Maddison’s decisive defeat

November is not going to Tottenham and she has proven that Third defeat in a row in the Premier League, this time against Aston Villa 2-1 at home.

That the Roosters built up the first 10 games of the world’s highest league, regardless of the negative result, with a reckoning 8 wins And 2 tieswas demolished in just a month Tottenham -now- to move further and further away from the top, ie after minus 4 from the pioneer Arsenal.

The London club is the first in their years Premier League who immediately after the unbeaten series suffered three negative results in a row in the first 10 games of the English league.

What is also particularly worrying is the fact that he was top of the table in all three of those defeats, with Chelsea (1-4), Wolves (2-1) and most recently Aston Villa (1-2) canceling out the result. leading the whole thing Postecoglou leave the field with your head bowed.

There are many reasons for withdrawal. Fatigue, lack of championship mentality, unexpected injury absences of key players (Ivan Perisic, Micky Van De Ven, Richarlison), player deformations and the lack of mercy cards (Heung-Min Son and Cristian Romero) are just a few of them.

The key role of James Madison

However, the main reason lies in his decisive loss James Madisonone of the island’s leading playmakers and the player on whom much of the Greek-Australian coach’s attacking style is based TottenhamAngelos Postecoglou.

Before his injury against Chelsea in early November, the Englishman was Tottenham’s number 10 in the Roosters’ 4-2-3-1 and was the player Postecoglou wanted to play with in the starting lineup as he carried out his role perfectly.

Tottenham’s summer signing helped build attacks and “rushed” towards his team’s goal. At the same time, he helped move the ball before making key decisions about when and how the England team should attack.

However, his contribution did not end there as he was Kane’s successor. Not in the execution part, since this was entrusted to Son, but in the part of working with the 31-year-old striker, who was the player who primarily created both the South Korean’s and all Tottenham’s chances and broke the opponents’ passes defense .

Whether he was operating between the lines between ten and the second striker or supporting the play of full-back Desini Udoji on the left, he converged and created gaps for Tottenham to exploit. James Madison made his presence felt.

Except 3 goals And 5 assists In 11 Premier League games he was fourth in through balls into the opposition defense and first in actions that create conditions for goals with 12.

So Angelos Postecoglou’s biggest problem is not the deformation of the last month, but the crucial loss of his playmaker. With Maddison expected to miss all of Tottenham’s games in 2023, the ‘nature’ of his absence remains an unsolved mystery, knocking the London club off the top of the Premier League.