Even as a Tottenham Hotspur fan, I have fond memories of former Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel for his talent (some would say luck) between the sticks as I was growing up for the Old Trafford side.
The now semi-pundit is a regular in the media when son Kasper plays for Leicester City and given our clash last Sunday where we took all three points following goals from Davinson Sanchez, Christian Eriksen and a late effort from Son Heung-Min, it’s no surprise to see him on beIN Sports once again.
Tottenham were terrible.. but that impressed @Pschmeichel1!#beINPL #TOTLEI 📺 HD11 pic.twitter.com/wCxPmfYU1t
— beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS_EN) February 10, 2019
“If you want to win a Championship, you win your games even when you play terribly. I thought Tottenham were terrible today. They didn’t create any chances. They scored from a corner for the first, the second – a Tottenham player handballs it and the third is a mistake. I’m trying to think of a move where Tottenham played and they had a chance. They did not have a single move. Whereas, Harvey Barnes had three one-on-ones with the goalkeeper. Leicester had all opportunities, but that’s why they are where they are.”
Some fans will naturally criticise his choice of words when it comes to the chances we did create, but the statistics from the game point out nobody can dispute the visitors to Wembley created more (20 overall and 9 on target compared to our 12 overall and 5 on target).
I think Schmeichel has it spot on and it’s not something we should be ashamed of.
Do enough, win ugly, call it what you will as despite how nostalgia remembers Sir Alex Ferguson’s side when it comes to the ‘attacking football United fans now expect’, they were dire at points. They needed to surround the referee at others (now frowned upon) and we all know they needed the football Gods to award inordinate stoppage-time from nowhere (and penalties) at other times as they marched to success.
Spurs might not have the stoppage-time from nowhere, but we’ve nailed digging in to get a result and it’s good to see those in football acknowledge that, not as a complaint, but as a trick a side needs up their sleeve across a long hard season.