...was unbelievable.
Seriously- if we don't jar that, it's 2-1 at the half with an eerie "oh shit, here we go..."-feeling pervading around not only the stadium but the entire Spurs universe. If that doesn't go in then- as strange as this may sound- we might've been better off down 2-1 (if you get my drift). Chelsea would've dodged a bullet and their tails would've been way, way up in the 2nd half. If we fail to score there, we lose that match. Period.
Instead, up steps Eriksen- and then- Townsend?!? Wtf? Whose call was that? Poch's? The players? Was Eriksen going to take it and then Andros talked him out of it? Has he ever taken a pen that massively important before? And as to the goal itself: Courtois actually guessed right! Townsend placed it so perfectly and hit it so hard that the goalie had no chance whatsoever! Don't mean to state the obvious but my God was that a pivotal moment; up two goals at the half and everyone- including the players- began to really believe we could do it. Were it 2-1 many of us would've been thinking "3-2 loss" (or, at the very least- "3-all draw").
I would dearly love to know the backstory to that pen- who decided what, when, and why...were we messing with the goalie's head by not having Eriksen take it? If so- that was genius. Ballsy too-- imagine if Andros had had it smothered- or skied it over the crossbar...
Anyway- despite the fact that it was Harry Kane's day- that Andros Townsend goal was a fucking masterstroke. I will forever look at Mr. Townsend differently for having the sack to slot that home against those zombie scum vermin fuckers.
Seriously- if we don't jar that, it's 2-1 at the half with an eerie "oh shit, here we go..."-feeling pervading around not only the stadium but the entire Spurs universe. If that doesn't go in then- as strange as this may sound- we might've been better off down 2-1 (if you get my drift). Chelsea would've dodged a bullet and their tails would've been way, way up in the 2nd half. If we fail to score there, we lose that match. Period.
Instead, up steps Eriksen- and then- Townsend?!? Wtf? Whose call was that? Poch's? The players? Was Eriksen going to take it and then Andros talked him out of it? Has he ever taken a pen that massively important before? And as to the goal itself: Courtois actually guessed right! Townsend placed it so perfectly and hit it so hard that the goalie had no chance whatsoever! Don't mean to state the obvious but my God was that a pivotal moment; up two goals at the half and everyone- including the players- began to really believe we could do it. Were it 2-1 many of us would've been thinking "3-2 loss" (or, at the very least- "3-all draw").
I would dearly love to know the backstory to that pen- who decided what, when, and why...were we messing with the goalie's head by not having Eriksen take it? If so- that was genius. Ballsy too-- imagine if Andros had had it smothered- or skied it over the crossbar...
Anyway- despite the fact that it was Harry Kane's day- that Andros Townsend goal was a fucking masterstroke. I will forever look at Mr. Townsend differently for having the sack to slot that home against those zombie scum vermin fuckers.
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