Premier League Review: Tottenham facing rebuild, the unstopp

Keeper howlers, injury crises, and chef Brendan Rodgers serving up some delightful delicacies. w88 line Buckle up: It's Nick Miller's Premier League weekend review. JUMP TO: 'It's like a new signing' | The KDB Assist-O-Meter | Compliments to Chef Rodgers | Doom and gloom for the Toon | What will please Chris Wilder? | Liverpool's luck strikes again | Finally, the real Jorginho | Injuries scuppering Norwich's safety hopes | Why Villa is 'Frustration Central'

Lloris emphasises the task ahead for Spurs
"Don't blame Hugo," said Mauricio Pochettino about his captain's stinking error that donated a goal to Southampton on Saturday.

"Blame me. I ask him to play that way."

Of course, Pochettino was always going to defend goalkeeper Hugo Lloris after a mistake like the one that donated a goal to Danny Ings, and the caveat should be added that Lloris made a couple of excellent saves later on in Spurs' 2-1 win over Southampton, but costly mistakes are a pattern for the France international now.



Indeed, he made an almost identical one to this in the World Cup final, which is often forgotten because it was ultimately of no consequence, but nobody can say they didn't see this sort of thing coming w88 mobile ios .

Saturday's result was good for morale at Tottenham, and the fortitude they showed to beat Southampton with 10 men is at least a hint that the dressing room isn't quite as divided as Pochettino has implied in recent weeks.

But Lloris' error emphasised that they potentially have a massive rebuilding job to do over the next year, with the contracts of Jan Vertonghen, Toby Alderweireld and Christian Eriksen expiring, plus the need for a new goalkeeper will become impossible to ignore with more errors like this one from Lloris.

Did Lloris' 2nd-half saves make up for his howler?Steve Nicol says Spurs captain Hugo Lloris needs to learn when he can't pass out of the back after the Frenchman produced another goalkeeping howler.
City are keeping things new with old blood
There has been much talk this season about keeping squads fresh, in the light of Tottenham's troubles, and Manchester City also have to deal with the problem of keeping their squad motivated to continually produce excellence w88 ดีไหม .

Riyad Mahrez and Kevin De Bruyne might be taking care of both those problems for City. The phrase "like a new signing" is a cliche usually reserved for managers who haven't signed anyone and want to convince their fans that the guy coming back from injury is enough, but in this case it genuinely might be true.

Last season De Bruyne and Mahrez were barely factors for City, through a combination of injury, poor form and the excellence of others, but they have returned to relevance this term, with some gusto. De Bruyne has reclaimed his status as the best player in the Premier League, while Mahrez is now basically undroppable after another goal and brilliant showing against Everton. And that, in this City squad, is certainly saying something.