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Swansea 1-1 Man City

Swansea are trying to be difficult to play through at the moment and it's working.

Manchester City haven't been able to get any clear strikes away despite setting up camp in the final third.

The hosts, though, haven't had a shot yet in this half. They're firmly on the back foot.

'Big goal'

Newcastle 2-0 Tottenham

Alan Smith

Former Arsenal forward on Sky Sports

They made it look easy, the big man. And Kinsky has helped in that direction.

Danso thinks Kinsky's going to deal with this but he doesn't

That's a big goal.

'What a chance'

Newcastle 1-0 Tottenham

Alan Smith

Former Arsenal forward on Sky Sports

That was the old 50 pence piece coming off the side of his head. He's totally mistimed it.

It's a real mess in the end. What a chance.

'Confidence crisis'

Liverpool 0-2 Crystal Palace

Stephen Warnock

Former Liverpool defender on BBC Radio 5 Live at Anfield

I would be inclined to take Milos Kerkez out of the firing line. Let him understand his role in the team. He is certainly struggling and he looks so uncomfortable.

Holders Newcastle United have made eight changes for their Carabao Cup tie against Tottenham at St James' Park.

Aaron Ramsdale, Emil Krafth, Fabian Schar, Sandro Tonali, Jacob Ramsey, Joe Willock, Anthony Elanga and Harvey Barnes all come into the side.

Tottenham are keen on signing 28-year-old Scotland midfielder Scott McTominay from Napoli. (Teamtalk), external

However, they are unlikely to sign Germany goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen, 33, from Barcelona in January. (Teamtalk), external

Meanwhile, Spurs and Chelsea showed serious interest in Morgan Rogers, 23, during the summer, butAston Villa are currently holding talks with the England attacking midfielder over a new contract. (Fabrizio Romano, external)

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Spurs have won just one of their last 13 Premier League games against Chelsea (D2 L10), losing the last four in a row since a 2-0 home win in February 2023.

Chelsea have won five of their six Premier League games against Spurs at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (L1), earning more victories at the ground than any other visiting side.

Tottenham Hotspur have won five of their nine Premier League matches this season (D2 L2), as many as they won in their last 26 games under Ange Postecoglou last season (D4 L17).

Chelsea have lost three of their last five Premier League matches (W2), more than they’d lost in their previous 16 combined (W10 D4 L2). In just two of their previous 30 seasons have they had four defeats in their opening 10 games of a season, doing so in 2015-16 (5) and 2023-24 (4).

Only Arsenal (7) and Chelsea (6) have scored more Premier League goals from corners this season than Tottenham (5), while in the last two seasons only the Gunners (21) have more than Spurs (15).

Chelsea have won four of their last seven away Premier League matches (D1 L2), having gone eight winless on the road beforehand. The Blues’ two away wins this season have been against managers no longer in the Premier League – 5-1 against Graham Potter’s West Ham and 3-0 against Ange Postecoglou’s Nottingham Forest.

Tottenham manager Thomas Frank has lost just two of his eight Premier League games against Chelsea (W3 D3). However, all three of those victories have come at Stamford Bridge, with the Dane winless in his four home games against the Blues (D3 L1).

Five of Tottenham’s 17 Premier League goals this season have come via headers (29.4%), with those goals coming in two games (2 v West Ham, 3 v Everton). It’s their highest percentage of headed goals in a season since 1998-99 (16/47, 34%).

Excluding own goals, each of Chelsea’s last 101 Premier League goals has been scored by players under the age of 30, the eighth longest run in Premier League history.

Micky van de Ven netted twice on MD9 for Tottenham against Everton, becoming the first Spurs defender to score twice in a Premier League game since Jan Vertonghen in March 2013 against Liverpool. His next appearance will be 50th in the competition, with Spurs averaging 1.7 points per game in games that feature him compared to just 1.11 without him since the start of 2023-24.

Spurs' effectiveness from set-pieces so far this season should come as no surprise.

This is not about hopeful balls into the box or copying the latest trend. This is about Thomas Frank being a details man who surrounds himself with equally technically and tactically astute staff.

While we scored 11 times from set-pieces last season, we have already produced five goals from them under Frank.

In direct contrast to his predecessor, Frank not only understands the technical and tactical detail of set-pieces, but he also believes passionately in their importance - an opinion that has changed during his career, as he has progressed to different clubs and developed his way of coaching.

When you are trying to build something new with people who you are still getting to know, it is a common human and coaching behaviour to go with what you know. Frank knows set-pieces and, perhaps more significantly, he knows an expert in them - Andreas Georgson.

Georgson helped Frank turn Brentford into set-piece specialists during their time together at the club, so when the Swede was also recruited to Spurs in the summer, it made sense that becoming better at attacking and defending set-pieces would be a priority.

Kevin Danso famously won the long throw-in competition in pre-season and is already causing chaos with it in this campaign. Micky van de Ven, someone with exceptional speed, was identified as a player who should be making more of his height and build to really bully opponents at both ends of the pitch. Both were excellent against Everton on Sunday.

Clearly, Spurs cannot rely on set-pieces alone. However, while Frank continues to improve the system so that our attacking players can flourish, being a force to be reckoned with from set-pieces is another valuable layer in a set of increasingly promising foundations.

Ange Postecoglou, sacked after just eight games in charge of Nottingham Forest, is the bookmakers' favourite to replace the departed Brendan Rodgers and return to the Celtic manager's hotseat. (The Scotsman), external

Only an hour or so before news broke that Brendan Rodgers had walked away from Celtic for a second time, the manager was still exchanging text messages and giving absolutely no indication that he was writing a letter of resignation at the same time. (Daily Record), external

Jimmy Thelin's job as Aberdeen manager is safe, with newly appointed sporting director Lutz Pfannenstiel's first job being to help the Swede improve results rather than sack him. (Daily Record), external

Steven Davis and Neil McCann are in a two-way fight to become Danny Rohl's right-hand man in Rangers' dugout as the new head coach looks to add a former Ibrox player to work alongside fellow Germans Sascha Lense and Matthias Kaltenbach. (Daily Record), external

Former Rangers manager Michael Beale has pinpointed Ross Wilson's departure for Nottingham Forest as a key moment when it "became difficult" at Rangers because he struggled with working without a sporting director. (Coaches Voice), external

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Frank confirmed it was "all good" for the players that featured in Tottenham's win against Everton on Sunday and added: "Dom [Solanke] stepped forward, step by step. Cuti [Cristian Romero] on the pitch today, not a timeframe. Destiny [Udogie] on the pitch as well today, so three steps forward."

On being better away from home: "It's a relatively small sample. Hopefully at the end of the year it's fantastic away and home. It's a team that's still finding each other, the way we're building we have 14 games with one bad performance against Bournemouth, second half against Wolves and second half against Monaco. In general we're building."

He said it is "very clear that we are in this game because we love it" when asked whether trophies were set as a target when he took over, adding: "At a club like Tottenham, we do everything we can to win. We're trying to win every tournament we're playing in. Playing against a strong team [in Newcastle], the holders, it's a very difficult place to play but we'll do everything to compete, win and progress."

The Spurs boss added: "To get to win a trophy, that's very difficult. To sustain it is even harder, but that's the aim. The players here had a fantastic experience last year and are very eager to win again. We are going for it."

On defender Micky van de Ven: "He's been brilliant for the club since he signed. He's taken his game up a level, he's still very good on the ball and he added headed goals. He's a threat from set-pieces. We have a good contract for him but definitely a player with a big future here."

He said the team's set-piece coach Andreas Georgson "is doing a top job" and that his players are "really committed" to improving in this area: "We need to be good in every aspects of the game, but set pieces have created a third of all goals I think. So not to spend time on it, be super-focused on details, then defending and attacking those is a major strength and I'm really happy with how we are doing there."

We asked for your thoughts after Sunday's Premier League game between Everton and Tottenham Hotspur.

Here are some of your comments:

Everton fans

Mark: We just lack a goalscoring striker. Beto works hard, just not good enough, and we were poor defensively from corners.

Simon: This result is a pretty fair reflection of where the team is at, which is miles off the top half of the league. Until we can start playing through balls behind the opposition defence, we will continue to be an easy team to defend against. We have first-class wingers, but our nine and 10 offer nothing through the middle.

Mike: Everton have become so predictable, and teams have sussed us out very quickly. We are far too slow and ponderous; it's easy to defend.

Ted: We were awful. No centre forward. No creativity. Grealish tried, but was not supported by anyone.

Tottenham fans

Andy: Although we are now riding high in the league, I just can't get excited about this team or its manager. Frank is perfectly content letting the opposition dictate, playing all the positive football whilst we play on the back foot, passing sideways and backwards when we have the ball; hoping at some point to score from a set piece.

Frank: Much better performance. Defence is good, central midfield is excellent. Sarr seems to have an eye for goal play as a forward. As Frank says, it is about building layers, and we need to get the four forwards working with pace. Enjoyed the game.

Supporters like their team to have an identity, and I can already see one at Tottenham under Thomas Frank after less than 10 league games.

At the moment they are a side which is well drilled with a tremendous work ethic and is difficult to beat, and not obsessed with playing out from the back and giving away stupid chances.

I'd also say they are reasonably pragmatic and rely heavily on set-plays, as we saw in their 3-0 win at Everton on Sunday, but there is nothing wrong with that.

Lots of other teams are the same and Spurs have got some big players to aim at, and others who can provide a good delivery.

At the moment it does feel like they are looking for individual brilliance from their forward players in open play to provide the magic moments in games, rather than a system to play through the opposition.

I look at them and think Mohammed Kudus needs some help in that respect, but that help is coming.

The biggest reason I think they will improve, however, is Frank himself.