If only Tottenham could play Man City every time! After demolishing the Cityzens, the Spurs failed to win the next three games and following tonight’s 1-0 defeat in Bournemouth, they are only tenth in the Premier League. On the other hand, after beating Arsenal and Man City, the Cherries “taught a lesson” another member of so-called Big Six of English football.Ange Postecoglou opted to leave Son Heung-min on the bench for almost 60 minutes, but that risk did not pay off. The decisive moment happened in the 17th minute when the 19-year-old defender Dean Huijsen netted a header for the victory.Bournemouth recreated the ‘chill guy’ meme after Dean Huijsen became their youngest ever Premier League goalscorer 😅 pic.twitter.com/erIXTGkTFK— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) December 5, 2024 Ange Postecoglou apparently wanted to surprise his rivals by leaving the captain, Son Heung-min, on the bench and replacing him with Brennan Johnson in the XI. Still, his team managed to create only a single chance in the first 45 minutes over Dominic Solanke, who sent the ball high over the bar into the stands from about ten meters.On the other hand, Bournemouth were way better and deservedly awaited the break with a goal up. The decisive moment was Marcus Tavernier’s corner kick, which ideally found Dean Huijsen in the box for the Cherries’ 17th-minute opener.GOAL🏴 | Bournemouth 1-0 Tottenham | Huijsen pic.twitter.com/i5lv28l9FU— Kevin Highlights. (@abongo_jr) December 5, 2024 Tavernier netted himself fourteen minutes later, but his goal was disallowed due to offside. Seeing that he had made a colossal mistake, Postecoglou sent Son to start warming up even before the break but did not make any changes between the two halves.19 – Aged 19 years and 235 days, Dean Huijsen is the first ever teenager to score for Bournemouth in the Premier League. He’s the youngest player whose first Premier League goal came against Tottenham since Phil Foden in April 2019 (18y 327d). Junior. pic.twitter.com/6KhCuKnjBn— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) December 5, 2024 Eight minutes into the second period, Justin Kluivert made a hasty run after Tottenham’s corner, escaped Destiny Udogie but could not overcome the last obstacle, the Spurs’ keeper Fraser Forster.Postecoglou subbed his captain in only after 58 minutes, and the Korean scored less than a minute later but was offside, so it did not count. Minutes later, James Maddison was close to equalizing, which was another proof to the Australian gaffer that “Sonless” Tottenham is not a good Tottenham. In ten minutes since Son entered the game, Kepa Arrizabalaga had more job than during the previous hour.Playing an hour with a broken ankle? Not a problem for Spurs’ hero!As the Spurs were getting focused on offence, they left much space for Bournemouth’s counters. After one such situation, Ryan Christie could have made it 2-0 but ended only hitting the post. The hat-trick of disallowed goals was completed in the 72nd minute, when VAR deprived Bournemouth’s Evanilson of his fifth goal in the season.##NAJAVA_MECA_8547744##As if Tottenham’s sudden pressure scared Andoni Iraola, the Spaniard ordered his man to start with pressing, for which the Spurs had no solution. In the end, the Cherries were closer to scoring the second, than the visitors to the leveller. Had Evanilson, Tavernier, Antoine Semenyo, and Dango Outtara been more focused regarding finishing, the home team would have recorded a more convincing triumph.Thanks to this win, Bournemouth overtook the London side in the ninth place and moved Postecoglou’s men to only tenth position. Both teams will play their next-round matches in three days – the Cherries travel to Ipswich, while Tottenham await Chelsea.ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCHDAY 14TuesdayIpswich – Crystal Palace 0-1 (0-0)/Mateta 59/Leicester – West Ham 3-1 (1-0)/Vardy 2, Khannous 61,Daka 90 – Fullkrug 90+3/WednesdayEverton – Wolverhampton 4-0 (2-0)/Young 10, Mangala 33, Dawson 49 og, 72 og/Man.City – Nott.Forest 3-0 (2-0)/Silva 8, De Bruyne 31, Doku 57/Newcastle – Liverpool 3-3 (1-0)/Isak 35, Gordon 62, Schar 90 – Jones 50, Salah 68, 83/Southampton – Chelsea 1-5 (1-3)/Aribo 11 – Disasi 7, Nkunku 17, Madueke 34, Palmer 76, Sancho 84/Arsenal – Man.Utd. 2-0 (0-0)/Timber 54, Saliba 73/Aston Villa – Brentford 3-1 (3-0)/Rogers 21, Watkins 28 pen, Cash 34 – Damsgaard 54/ThursdayFulham – Brighton 3-1 (1-0)/Iwobi 4, 87, O’Riley 79 og – Baleba 56/Bournemouth – Tottenham 1-0 (1-0)/Huijsen 17/
