Arsene Wenger, the legendary Arsenal manager, is a big fan of Tottenham Hotspur combination James Maddison and Micky van de Ven, who are now leading the Premier League table under Ange Postecoglou.
As the London giants maintained their best-ever start to a league campaign away at Crystal Palace on Friday night, with a Joel Ward own goal and Heung-Min Son’s finish ensuring Jordan Ayew’s late stunner was merely a consolation, two of Postecoglou’s summer signings laid the groundwork for another three-point haul.
Van de Ven, who I think is very special, was acquired by them. In my perspective, he is truly remarkable.
Brennan Johnson and Guglielmo Vicario, two other newcomers, also drew attention at Selhurst Park. Johnson assisted Son shortly after coming off the bench in the second half, while Vicario made one of the season’s best saves with a fantastic reflex save at 0-0.
Spurs maintain their table-topping position.
Last year, they had defensive issues. Wenger claims that (former number one Hugo) Lloris had a poor season as well, with the Spurs’ Achilles heel becoming a great strength.
Overall, the transition from Son to the middle looks great.
Tottenham Hotspur is capable of competing in the Premier League. Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, and, of course, Manchester City will always fight back. At the moment, it appears that these four will battle for the Premier League.
Arsenal cut the gap to Tottenham back to two points on Saturday, thanks to a hat-trick from Eddie Nketiah against Sheffield United.
