Spurs FA Cup 4th Rd (A) | Man of the Match

[RodneyRodney]

Kovacic seems leaner, quicker and more decisive than I’ve seen him before.

Can we rename him Hannibal ?
He looks a bit like Sir Anthony . . .

 

[MCFC1993]

Has to be Kovacic, drove us forward all game.

 

[colinbellsboy]

I thought Kovacic had another great game, but I went for Phil Foden. He seemed to link up really well. Tbh, everyone looked up for it. Thought we controlled the game apart from a short spell from spurs in the 2nd half. Some of our passing and movement was brilliant. We just missed that edge in front of goal at times. It's not a complaint, it's just an observation.

 

[eastlandsblue]

Ally Macoist clearly wanted to give it a spurs player imo. So when he said Ake it seemed rushed.
Kovatic was immense last night. Just needs to get that shot of quicker

 

[Chi-town blues]

Doku?

After he got ear wax cleaner from pep for not tracking back, he made a huge impact. Pep gave him hi five few moments later and leading up to the goal ,it was his effort that earned the corner.

 

[growl]

Long awaited goal almost clinched it for the excellent Ake, but Kova was superb over the 90.

 

[Legal Alien]

Kovacic - was the best player on the park.
He's exactly what we need besides Rodri.
Keep it up lad.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Walker for that covering run and tackle towards the end.

Got us the result that.

 

[tommybooth]

Our number 8. Not sure why Mr Ake was given it by ITV. Great shift be everybody.

 

[Buckshaw Blue]

Our number 8. Not sure why Mr Ake was given it by ITV. Great shift be everybody.

Because Mr McCoist wanted to give it to a Spurs player and realised he couldn’t so took the easy option of giving it to the match winner. Probably didn’t give it any thought whatsoever.

 

[flook]

Our number 8. Not sure why Mr Ake was given it by ITV. Great shift be everybody.

Couple of reasons, he was rock solid throughout, and scored the only goal (which is often a shoo-in for lazy commentators), however you'll see a lot on here agree with the choice

He's also looking after Mr Gvardiol a lot of the time too and doing it well and without fuss

 

[IronsideKozuch]

Incredible performance by Ortega. Gone a bit unnoticed, but hes clearance after Werner/Johnson combination was absolutely crucial and top notch. He had more work than statistics shows. Plus FLAWLESS match with the ball at his feet. A bit surprised hes not MOTM, even more so Mateo had over 50% votes. What Ake has to do to get MOTM? Man is the wall at the back, got winning goal, excercised fluid passing. I dont get it.

By own admission I have agenda against Kovacic at this point, but I cant just understand it like at all. He was good, but breaking lines is not neccessarly a holy grail of a football game. Its alternative is a good or great pass. Kovacic had like 4 shots blocked. All such actions might be seen as a mistake (yeah, often its question of being unlucky etc).

Ortega and Ake had MOTM displays, not Kovacic.

 

[flook]

What Ake has to do to get MOTM? Man is the wall at the back, got winning goal, excercised fluid passing. I dont get it.

What Ake does, game after game is produce a rock solid defensive performance without fuss and without mistakes. He does this in such a quiet efficient manner he often goes under the radar, so doesn't get the MoM votes that diving in to block a shot or a last ditch tackle might get for a defender, simply because his positioning and general reading of the game means he doesn't have to do that very often.

I've been saying since he was a Bournemouth player that Ake is amongst the top 3 defenders in the premier league, in the last 12 months I've revised that to the best out and out defender in the premier league

 

[IronsideKozuch]

What Ake does, game after game is produce a rock solid defensive performance without fuss and without mistakes. He does this in such a quiet efficient manner he often goes under the radar, so doesn't get the MoM votes that diving in to block a shot or a last ditch tackle might get for a defender, simply because his positioning and general reading of the game means he doesn't have to do that very often.

I've been saying since he was a Bournemouth player that Ake is amongst the top 3 defenders in the premier league, in the last 12 months I've revised that to the best out and out defender in the premier league

Also if anybody's noticed, but Ake actually had crazy "last ditch" tackle but at the other end, at Spurs half of the pitch when he was on the ground and still fought for the ball putting head among Spurs players feet. Has anyone noticed this moment and could tell when it exactly happened?

 

[IronsideKozuch]

Also if anybody's noticed, but Ake actually had crazy "last ditch" tackle but at the other end, at Spurs half of the pitch when he was on the ground and still fought for the ball putting head among Spurs players feet. Has anyone noticed this moment and could tell when it exactly happened?

Ok, I actually found it. 10:26 of the game.

I encourage to check it out, because was great and he actually recovers the possesion for us with this great dedicated tackle!