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Luca Williams-Barnett hit a first-half hat-trick as our Under-21s ran out 6-3 winners in a thriller at Leicester City on Friday night.

The 16-year-old netted twice from close range in the opening half-an-hour – the first one accompanied by a slice of fortune and the second an opportunistic reaction after Yusuf Akhamrich’s shot was saved – before rounding off his treble in the 41st minute with the kind of strike he’s more accustomed to, an explosive finish from the edge of the area to put us 4-2 in front.

Rio Kyerematen, operating as a false nine, contributed two goals and went agonisingly close to completing a hat-trick of his own at the end of the game, with substitute Leo Black also on target in the closing minutes.

It wasn’t all one-way traffic, though, as we allowed Leicester to keep coming back at us with Olabade Aluko, Silko-Amari Thomas and Jake Evans all finding the net. Indeed, it wasn’t until the latter stages that we truly had the game won.

Williams-Barnett’s hat-trick spanned 39 minutes, with his first goal coming just over 60 seconds in – perhaps with more luck than judgment. Jun’ai Byfield’s ball over the top found Reiss Russell-Denny in space in behind and his square pass saw defender Kevon Gray play the ball against the attacking midfielder before it looped up and dropped into the net.

Thomas threatened a couple of times for Leicester while Akhamrich was denied by a good low save from Stevie Bausor before the hosts restored parity on 21 minutes, captain Aluko latching onto a long ball down the right before darting between two players and finishing from an acute angle – a disappointing goal to concede from our perspective.

Williams-Barnett showed quick reactions to tuck home his and our second on 28 minutes after Bausor had parried Akhamrich’s effort and then saw a low strike cleared off the line by Gray, but Leicester hit back once more with 33 on the watch, Thomas curling low into the corner on his right foot.

The hosts were finding their fair share of openings but two goals in three minutes towards the end of the first period swung the contest firmly in our favour, Kyerematen drilling home through a crowded box after Williams-Barnett’s corner was cleared out to him, before the latter cracked in a rasping shot from the edge of the area after Kyerematen won the ball on the right-hand touchline and fed Russell-Denny, who in turn set up the youngster to make it 4-2 going in at the break.

Williams-Barnett was a little off-target with his trademark attempt from the half-way line at the start of the second period but Leicester remained a threat and pulled one back on 55 minutes when Evans collected a pass from the right side and curled beyond Luca Gunter. Evans missed a great chance in the middle of the box moments later while Thomas went close with a rising shot towards the near post, but after the latter went off with 20 minutes remaining, the Foxes lost some of their attacking impetus and our fifth goal with a quarter-of-an-hour remaining – a cracking strike from Kyerematen that went in off the underside of the crossbar following substitute Tynan Thompson’s cut-back – finally saw us take a tighter grip.

Williams-Barnett teed up substitute Black to dart into the box and finish from a tight angle after we won possession in an advanced position – and in truth we could have scored several more in the latter stages with the hosts on the ropes. Kyerematen was left kicking himself after missing two chances to complete his treble, either side of an angled Thompson drive that nestled into the side netting. We were deserved winners overall, but coach Wayne Burnett’s calls for a better collective defensive effort in the wake of Tuesday’s UEFA Youth League win over Villarreal again rang true as the dust settled at the Foxes’ training ground.

Reaction on SPURSPLAY

‘We were much better in the second half’

“In the first half we didn’t play with the fluidity that we have done, so I’m a little bit disappointed if I’m being honest,” said Wayne as he reflected on the game on SPURSPLAY. “We spoke at half-time about some spaces that we needed to exploit better and I thought we were much better in the second half. It was evident on Tuesday that some of our reactions weren’t quite good enough when we lost the ball and we spoke about the importance of that, we speak often about how quickly we can press the opposition and to see if we can press them in their own half to try to regain the ball, and a few of our goals came from that tonight, so that was pleasing.”

On Williams-Barnett’s first Under-21s hat-trick, Wayne added: “Some of his football is very, very good. He’s an intelligent footballer for such a young man, he’s got ability and talent, you can clearly see that. He has to keep working, he has to keep developing but he can be very exciting at times.”

Martin Ho gave an honest assessment of our performance after a 5-1 defeat to Manchester City in the Barclays Women’s Super League on Friday evening.

The visitors netted three goals in 20 minutes – Aoba Fujino, Vivianne Miedema and Kerstin Casparji on the scoresheet – to take control of proceedings in the first half, despite a positive opening quarter-of-an-hour to the contest at Brisbane Road.

Although Lize Kop produced the heroics to deny Khadija Shaw from the penalty spot 11 minutes into the second period, former Spur Grace Clinton stepped off the bench to add a fourth for City.

Olivia Holdt fired home a fantastic strike from distance to pull a goal back in the closing stages before Laura Coombs reinstated their four-goal advantage in the fifth minute of stoppage, bringing an end to our perfect start to the campaign.

Speaking to us after the game, Martin said: “Disappointing. I thought we took a step back in terms of aggression, how we pressed and our intent to defend. We had spells, especially in the second half, where we were better but, overall, I thought the first half was stronger.

“We had good moments, but too many off moments where we were hesitant. When we did press, we caused them problems, but against top teams, you can’t switch off like that… they’ll punish you.”

“When you look at the game collectively, you can’t be fighting an uphill battle at 3–0 or 4–0 down. We can’t allow ourselves to get in that position. We’ve actually defended really well in other games, but tonight we weren’t decisive enough with our pressure. We did have some good spells with the ball, got into good positions, and Olivia's goal in the second half was brilliant.

“There are positives in how we responded. The attitude to defending in the second half was better, and the players who came into the game gave us more. But as a team, we can’t accept being that passive - against top sides or anyone.

“We have to make sure we’re competitive, we show up for games and we don’t have another result like this.”

Our next fixture comes quickly – five days in fact – as we turn our attentions to the Subway Women’s League Cup for the opening game against Aston Villa at Brisbane Road, tickets still available, and Martin sees it as an opportunity to put things right.

“Games are coming thick and fast now in these three-game weeks,” he added. “It’s another opportunity to put things right. Every individual has the chance to put their case forward, and we’ve got to make sure we’re competitive going into Aston Villa on Wednesday.”

Three goals in 20 minutes in the first half took Manchester City out of sight as our perfect start to the Women's Super League campaign was ended with a 5-1 defeat at Brisbane Road on Friday evening.

Two wins out of two, no goals conceded before kick-off, we started well and matched City for the first quarter of the game, but once Aoba Fujino fired home the opener on 23 minutes it was an uphill battle.

Vivianne Miedema and Kerstin Casparij made it 3-0 by half-time and despite a brave defensive effort in the second half - including Lize Kop's penalty save to deby our old nemesis, Bunny Shaw - City forged further ahead when former Spur, Grace Clinton, marked her City debut with the fourth.

Oliva Holdt struck a spectacular consolation effort from 30 yards for 4-1 on 87 minutes, but City had the final word when Laura Coombs added the fifth goal in the final minute of added time.

Both managers made one change as Charlotte Grant came in for Josefine Rybrink and Aoba Fujino took the place of Iman Beney in City's midfield.

We had a couple of early sights at goal in an even opening period. Cathinka Tanberg managed to charge down Khiara Keating's attempted clearance on seven minutes, the ball rebounded wide of the empty net, and Tanberg was there again with a flying volley on 21 minutes that looped straight at Keating.

City made the breakthrough soon after. Fujino played a clever little one-two on the edge of the box with Shaw and powered home via Kop's left hand from 16 yards. City stepped up a gear. Kop did well to deny Shaw from point-blank range and Gracie Prior poked wide before Miedema flicked home a header from Alex Greenwood's near post corner delivery on 39 minutes. There was a touch of fortune as City made it 3-0 on 43 minutes as Kerolin's shot was blocked by Toko Kogo and spun up to the far post where Casparij headed home.

We found it tough going in terms of creating anything going forward in the second half, but we defended stoutly under pressure to keep City at bay. That included a showdown between Kop and Shaw - Kop denying Shaw from the penalty spot down to her left and then again from close range. Shaw also headed against the crossbar.

Clinton, off the bench on 64 minutes, planted home City's fourth from Kerolin's cross on 80 minutes. We responded with the goal of the night as Holdt robbed Clinton, took aim from 30 yards and struck a beauty into the top corner. It would have been nice if that was the final action of note, but the visitors had the final word when Clinton's shot deflected into the path of Coombs, and she made no mistake from 10 yards.

We’re back on the road on Saturday afternoon as we make the trip to Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League.

The Seagulls have accrued four points from their four games in the division so far this term but went down 2-1 at AFC Bournemouth last weekend.

Here’s everything you need to know about Saturday’s game...

What time does the match start?

The game begins at 3pm UK time.

How can I watch the game?

Saturday’s match has not been selected for live television coverage in the UK.

If you’re following us from overseas, check out our Spurs on TV page to see if the game is live in your area.

Our Match Centre here on tottenhamhotspur.com and the Spurs Official app will bring you full live text and audio commentary throughout the match, while video highlights will be available on club channels from two hours after the full-time whistle, with a full match replay on SPURSPLAY from midnight.

What is the team news?

Dominic Solanke has returned to training on the grass but is still not ready to return to team duties.

He remains sidelined along with James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski, Radu Dragusin, Yves Bissouma and Kota Takai.

As for Brighton, Jack Hinshelwood misses out with an ankle injury while summer arrival Maxim De Cuyper will be assessed after taking a knock against Bournemouth last week.

Mats Wieffer is available for the Seagulls, but Solly March and Adam Webster remain out.

UEFA have released their technical report which breaks down how we became European champions.

A 49-page document, the report is jam-packed with analysis of all aspects of the 2024/25 Europa League, including special coverage of our final victory in Bilbao.

With sections exploring attacking phases, chance creation, goal scoring, set plays, goalkeeping and more, it also has analysis from First Team Assistant Coach Justin Cochrane and former Spurs man Steffen Freund, who were both part of UEFA's Technical panel for the season.

"Brighton appear to have recruited smartly again with Maxim De Cuyper already establishing himself at full-back (although he’s a doubt for the weekend) - while central midfielder Carlos Baleba stayed despite strong interest. A quick look at their bench last week, despite the 2-1 loss to Bournemouth, shows their available quality..."

Rob Daly, official club commentator, presenter and pundit

Brighton's busy window...

It’s been another active summer of transfers, in and out of the club, for Brighton. Chelsea, again, have come for some of their top talent with Joao Pedro and Facundo Buonanotte (loan) moving to Stamford Bridge. But even Simon Adingra (Sunderland), Pervis Estupinian (AC Milan) and Julio Enciso (Strasbourg) have left on permanent deals. They appear to have recruited smartly again with Belgium international Maxim De Cuyper already establishing himself at full-back (although he’s a doubt for the weekend) - while central midfielder Carlos Baleba stayed despite strong interest. The fact they can allow players like Evan Ferguson (Roma), Igor Julio (West Ham) and Matt O’Riley (Marseille) to head out on loan is a testament to their squad strength.

Super subs...

So far, Brighton have won only one of their four Premier League games, but that was the superb comeback victory over Manchester City. “Sometimes football isn’t about tactics - it’s about energy, it’s about intensity,” explained head coach Fabian Hurzeler, after his quadruple substitution just past the hour mark completely changed the match’s momentum. Brajan Gruda, James Milner, Georginio Rutter and Yasin Ayari all came on with the Seagulls 1-0 down, with Milner levelling from the spot before Gruda’s winner at the death. A quick look at their bench last week, despite the 2-1 loss to Bournemouth, shows their available quality with Baleba amongst the subs. Hurzeler has been set on his 4-2-3-1 formation so far, and his team were accused of being wasteful with chances in a 2-0 defeat at Everton last month.

Hinshelwood out...

Jack Hinshelwood will miss this weekend’s game, after going off in last Saturday’s defeat at the Vitality. Hurzeler explained the academy product will be, 'out for a long time'. "He has a ligament injury in his ankle, it happened in a very unlucky way, but that's football.” It’s a bitter blow - not only because of his quality and versatility - but his record against Spurs is impressive. Hinshelwood scored in the December 2023 win over Ange Postecoglou’s side and found the net twice on last season’s final day 4-1 win at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium - a record that reads three in three games!

Frank decision...

Thomas Frank only made a couple of changes to his starting XI for the midweek encounter with Villarreal, bringing in Rodrigo Bentancur and Richarlison. Despite the opportunity to give some players crucial minutes midweek against Doncaster, one imagines, given the draining nature of Tuesday night, that there will be some rotation at the AMEX. Randall Kolo Muani made his debut from the bench at centre-forward in the Champions League - could he get a look in up front for Spurs’ Brazilian number 9, especially with Dominic Solanke still not fit to play? Destiny Udogie might be pushing for a start as well, having made some substitute appearances after his injury, while Joao Palhinha may come back into the XI.

Scoring and not conceding...

As well as the shut-out against Villarreal in the Champions League, Spurs have kept three clean sheets in four league games so far. That’s more than in the entire second half of last season (two) - a notable improvement. It’s worth noting that Thomas Frank’s side are outperforming their xG (8 goals from 4.9 expected goals) and xG against (1 goal conceded with a xGA value of 4.7) currently. But even to the eye test, Spurs look so solid - it’s been an extremely encouraging start to the season at both ends of the pitch.

Thomas Frank spoke to the media at Hotspur Way on Friday afternoon, ahead of Saturday's Premier League clash against Brighton at the Amex (3pm UK).

Here's what he had to say...

Q1: What's the latest on Dominic Solanke?

Thomas: "The positive thing is that he's back (training) on the grass, he's been there for three, four days and progressing forward, slowly, but forward. It's too early for him (at Brighton) tomorrow, too early for Doncaster, but the positive is that he's on the grass and progressing forward."

Can you reflect on your first three months in charge?

Thomas: "It's gone so quick. It seems like I've been here for longer. You're also in that moment where things are just constantly happening and you are, we say dealing with it, putting processes in place, structures, and I think we and the team and the club is in a good place. I don't want to look too far ahead, or too far behind, we need to stay now, in the moment and do everything we can to win tomorrow."

When do you start looking at the league table?

Thomas: "April! I looked at the table a couple of times after the last games and think, 'oo, is that team that low or that high?' because I'm not looking at it, I'm trying really to focus on ourselves and our performances and what we can do. It's so easy to get dragged into something you can't control. I think for the fans, they should dream, they should hope, all that, that's what football is all about. I also dream and hope, but I'm a little bit closer to the action, so I need to stay level headed, focus on the next training. We need to be perfect - like today, I think it was very good training, the coaches, staff, top players. Everything ran well, and then I do what I can to make sure we try to win tomorrow."

How highly do you rate Cuti Romero?

Thomas: "I rate him super high. I agree that right now, he's one of the best centre-backs in the world. Clearly, it helps when you've won the World Cup and the Copa America and the Europa League and more things. The best, they perform consistently, week in, week out. Of course, I don't know Cuti inside out, I've only been here three months. Of course, I've followed him over the years. I definitely see a more mature player and person, not that he hasn't been that before, it's not like it's happened the last three months. I'm not saying that, because he was very good last year and also won the World Cup. About that consistency, now I see a player who is very aggressive when he needs to be very aggressive, cool and composed when he needs to be cool and composed, and I think he got that rare combination of being super aggressive in the duels, but also in the box, okay, I need to move two steps, header, that's the top level centre-backs who do that."

What kind of personality does Cuti have in the dressing room - what do you make of him as a person?

Thomas: "He's a great character. He loves his football, just loves his football. He's like a young boy sometimes, just loving playing out there with the boys, and that's a big thing, you need to love the game. He clearly does that. When we train, focus. He's got that ability. We went through set pieces, stop start, it's a little bit boring, but he's focused. You can see it in his eyes. He has that ability, 'boom', now it's game time, now he's competing. So, great character."

What work have you been doing with Lucas Bergvall?

Thomas: "I think it's fair to say that he had a good season last year. He played a lot of minutes that laid the foundation for this season, because in the beginning of the season, he came back from the ankle injury last year and he just needed time to go. You can see now he's going from strength to strength and has that extra confidence. You can see there was a situation in the second half where he got the ball from Mo in and around the box, just took it forward inside the box. That's the movement you see from a player that has confidence. The coaches and I have been working with him on a couple of things. He's got so much energy that sometimes you need to say, pause, stop, don't run when we have the ball and find the more dangerous positions. For example, the deep run where he scored the goal against West Ham was a big thing. The deep run where he was involved in the own goal against Villarreal. So, those deep runs and arriving in a higher positions up the pitch is key, I think. Then he's learning to be more and more clever in the pressure. We need all his energy and enthusiasm in driving the team, but also how does he need to be goal side when he marks in the man to man and how does he need to close the angles and stuff like that."

What do you make of Fabian Hurzeler?

Thomas: "He deserves massive praise to be able to, first and foremost, get a job in the Premier League club, then you have done something right. He's definitely done something right last year with Brighton as well. So, you know, he's young and he's learning every day. I'm learning every day, but he's clearly, you can see from last season, done well. Also, you learn processes, doing all the things right. He's got a great future ahead of him. I was thinking myself at 32. Wow, that's a few years ago. I think I'm still quite young. It's a great job he's done."

What does Destiny Udogie offer that is different to the other full-backs?

"I'm privileged to have four good full-backs, including Ben Davies. It's also fair to say that probably Destiny, Djed and Pedro are a little bit ahead and those three are performing at a very high level. Destiny has done very well the last two seasons when he's been fully fit. Pedro has been at just an unbelievable level, I think, and Djed just built last year, impressive how he lifted his level, and the way he started the season has been super impressive. So, of course, you can say the classic one is that Destiny offers his left foot as a left-back. So, some things are a little bit more natural for him in that sense. I think both him and Djed are a little bit similar. They have that fantastic physicality or ability to go all the time up and down. That's a fantastic thing to do, also to drive forward. So, yeah, I'm happy and it's a privilege to have good full-backs."

Why is Destiny's left foot so important on that side of the pitch?

Thomas: "It is very important, but I also think just to put it into perspective, Djed gives us something else because when you have a right-footer, like we did with Keane Lewis-Potter last year in Brentford, you can then cut in on your right and you almost can play as a winger sometimes. You can cut in and have the strong foot on the inside. The left foot gives some different angles when you play, you can play different angle passes into the six, to the eight, to the nine. When you're running forward and you're overlapping, it's more natural to your stronger foot, of course."

Andreas Georgson (assistant coach) - how long have you known him and what does he bring to the role?

Thomas: "I've known him since he was at Brentford when I appointed him there, together with Brentford and the other guys there. We stayed in contact over the years. He offers a lot to the coaching team. We have three assistant coaches - him, Matt Wells and Justin. All three bring different things to the table. The big responsibility for Andreas is obviously set pieces, but also culture, also he got a different approach, which I think is important in a group, to ask different questions. Sometimes extremely annoying, and puts me a little bit on the spot but that's good. We need that, I need that. Obviously on the set pieces, you can see I think we have a very good foundation to stand on. We can get better, but defensively we look strong, offensively we look strong. Big credit to him, but also a massive credit to Sean (McManus) our analyst, but also to the players that really bought into it."

Has starting Xavi Simons on the left been about introducing him more gently into the Premier League, rather than in the middle?

Thomas: "I also think it's how we let the team grow and develop. Where we came from in the summer... in the last two seasons, definitely last year, it was Kulusevski, Son, Maddison, Solanke. None of them are available, so it's a completely new front four. Xavi came in late to the picture. Mo came in in pre-season. Dom hasn't been fully fit. We've played with Pape and Lucas as the 10. So, we're trying to add those layers, you know, game for game. Right now, our strongest bit in the team is the structure and the way we defend, which is also a very offensive way of defending with the high pressure, because we win the ball high, we keep the initiative, we can be aggressive and intense. Then we are building more into how we can add maybe more offensive players in the future, depending on how players are developing. I also need to say that Lucas is doing quite well in the number 10 position, a different profile than Xavi, but offers something different. We're going to play a lot of games this season."

How do you manage Archie Gray's expectations this season? How do you see his development? What position will he play?

Thomas: "I think it is fair to say that mainly played as a centre-back and full-back last season. There were very few as a central midfielder. I like flexible players, every coach likes that. I definitely like that. Also it gives a little more squad depth at times and more opportunities, different abilities for different games. I see him more as a midfielder, as an eight or centre-back, I think he can play both. Sometimes you need that little run of games like Lucas gets now and you take the next steps. I must admit Archie really impressed me. He played a very good pre-season friendly against Newcastle and he really grew into the game against Burnley, he was very good in the second half and I like his mentality. He was not in the squad for West Ham and the day after he trained fantastically. Yesterday, fantastic. He does the bit I like for example, from a midfielder, he can twist and turn to go forward, he is very mobile, he is reliable, so I really like Archie. Unfortunately, you can only play 11. Can we change the rules? Get a few more on the pitch, it would help a little bit!"

Any news on your leadership group?

Thomas: "What’s that again?"

Your leadership group?

Thomas: "I need to do that. Actually that will come. I promise you soon. You have put pressure on me now, that's good."

What's the latest on Kota Takai?

Thomas: "He is very close to training with the group - I'm pretty sure he will train with the group on Monday."

The Premier League has announced changes to all four of our fixtures scheduled for November.

First up, our home clash against Chelsea on Saturday 1 November will now kick-off at 5.30pm, televised live by Sky Sports.

A week later, 8 November, our home match against Manchester United will now kick-off at the earlier time of 12.30pm, televised live by TNT Sports.

Next up, this season's first edition of the north London derby at the Emirates moves from Saturday to Sunday 23 November, kick-off 4.30pm, live on Sky Sports.

Finally in November, our home derby against Fulham moves to an 8pm kick-off on Saturday 29 November, televised by Sky Sports.