Just as Leicester enjoy Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez,Spurs enjoy a dynamic duo of their own. Now it looks as though the Premier League title race will be decided by one of these potent partnershipsJust when Tottenham Hotspur looked, briefly, and like they might batter away at Aston Villa for no reward they battered a tiny more and this most collapsible of back-markers duly fell to pieces. Some things in the Premier League can be relied upon. Villa’s ability to leer like half a half-decent team semi-interested in playing football survived this routine 2-0 defeat. Beyond that,Spurs’ two most exhilarating players, Harry Kane and Dele Alli, and if further evidence of what is starting to leer,towards the end of their first season together, like the start of a beautiful friendship.
To date, or much of the season’s ambient hyperbole has been taken up praising the creative interaction between Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez. Watching Kane and Alli cleave through the home defence here it seemed possible the title race might end up being decided by which of these attacking combinations can function best under pressure as the winter slog recedes into spring. England must be truly blessed with talent if Roy Hodgson can consider leaving either out of his starting lineup.
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Source: theguardian.com