And
on it goes. The longest winless run in the history of the Premier
League, 24 years straight and counting. Tottenham Hotspur haven’t taken
three points from Stamford Bridge since Terry Venables was manager, Gary
Lineker was the centre forward and the competition was known as
Division One.
It
was a different century, a different time, a different world back then.
The idea that Chelsea would grow to be this superpower, the first
London club to become champions of Europe, Double winners, back-to-back
title holders, would have seemed fanciful. On Wednesday night, it must
have appeared all too real. When will Tottenham break this hoodoo? When
they have a team as perfectly assembled as Chelsea, perhaps.
It
was not that Tottenham were lousy. Chelsea were simply too good. They
won the game in the space of three first-half minutes with two goals,
and never looked back. It was like watching a great boxer punish a
hopeful challenger. A few rounds of sparring, soaking up the odd flurry
of blows and then, a smartly executed combination and it was all over.
Tottenham didn’t quite know what had hit them. It was going along so
well and then, bang bang, lights out.
No comments:
Post a Comment