The Mexican Raúl Jiménez opened the victory (0-2) for Wolverhampton Wanderers against Tottenham Hotspur, who have lost their last two home games in five days.
“We knew that this It was a great opportunity for us, to pick ourselves up after the loss the other day (0-1 against Arsenal). We came to play our game and we deserved the victory”, Jiménez told Sky Sports.
The The Aztec striker only needed six minutes to hurt Tottenham’s flimsy defence, which had been badly hit after Wednesday’s clash with Southampton. It doesn’t work for the team of Antonio Conte or Hugo Lloris, who made two very bad clearances and the ball ended up in Jiménez, who pocketed it with his chest and sent it into the net with a perfect volley.
The Mexican celebrated his fifth goal in this Premier, and the second in the last four games. In this way, little by little, he is approaching the records that he averaged before the serious skull injury he suffered in November 550.
“This season we have had problems in front of goal, but today we got what we wanted. We always have confidence, because we know what we have to do. Now we are in a good moment, and we can improve and climb even more in the table. We dream big”, added the striker.
Tottenham suffered the continuation of what was seen against Southampton, when the Saints came from behind in the last ten minutes, but the defensive show only got worse. Lloris gave the calamitous Ben Davies a bad pass, and he gave the ball away from the edge of the box. Between Davinson, Bentancur and the stick they took Daniel Podence’s shot, but the rebound was left to Dendoncker at an empty goal to make it 0-2.
Wolves had more to make blood, with dangerous shots from Jiménez and Podence; but Tottenham, who played a very poor game, was spared even greater punishment. Of course, the team does not fix the negative inertia and sees fourth place from afar. Those of Conte are eighth, with 36 points, four from fourth position. They have over the Wolves, who are seventh with 37 units; to Arsenal, which has 39; and Manchester United, which remains with 40.