The game of musical chairs at the top of the league continues. Man Utd slip up, Liverpool rediscover a bit of form, but West Ham are breathing down their necks....Man City are looking increasingly robust, even without KDB. Let's not forget they're the richest team with the deepest squad.
Klopp remains committed to an unaltered pressing game, in a year where even Guardiola has made stylistic concessions and pretty much the entire campaign will have to be played with an ersatz central defense. It was a disastrous choice against Man Utd, as I predicted, but it also worked brilliantly against Spurs. Liverpool can't win a title without their first choice defenders, but if the forwards find and maintain form, and the back line is "good enough," a top four finish is still a reasonable target - especially with the clubs around them being equally inconsistent.
As for Tuchel, probably not a bad appointment. As mentioned here already, Tuchel is not a good long-term choice, but Chelsea don't work that way anyway. It is reasonable to expect him to improve on Lampard's performance in the short term and that's all that matters.
Spurs are toast without Kane.
