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Everton are the latest situation nine to question a cure for their ills successful the healing hands of 'Dr Tottenham' and their manager Ange Postecoglou - and travel distant feeling reinvigorated and revitalised.
David Moyes was the biggest beneficiary arsenic Everton secured their archetypal triumph since his instrumentality arsenic manager with a 3-2 victory, but Spurs counterpart Postecoglou's presumption volition travel nether adjacent person scrutiny aft a seventh decision successful 10 Premier League games.
'Dr Tottenham' is the latest cruel jibe aimed successful the absorption of Spurs - the mentation being if you are a squad oregon manager successful hopeless request of a tonic, past look nary further than the country successful northbound London.
Among the satisfied patients this play person been Crystal Palace and Ipswich Town - some of whom secured sorely needed archetypal league wins against Postecoglou's side.
Everton whitethorn person had a caller (or old) manager successful Moyes, but they took a database of ailments arsenic agelong arsenic your limb into Sunday's lucifer aft the 61-year-old Scot's archetypal crippled ended successful a home decision by Aston Villa.
That made Spurs - admittedly successful desperately reduced circumstances of their ain due to the fact that injuries - the perfect opponents.
At kick-off, Everton had failed to people successful 9 of their past 11 Premier League games, netting lone 5 goals successful that period, including 2 ain goals from Wolverhampton Wanderers defender Craig Dawson.
They had scored a miserly 15 successful their erstwhile 20 league games this season, mustering conscionable 66 shots connected people from 226 attempts.
Central to that toil was striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin, who had not scored successful the league since the 3-2 decision astatine Aston Villa connected 14 September - his barren series extended to 16 games erstwhile helium looked abbreviated of assurance arsenic helium missed 3 bully chances against those aforesaid opponents connected Wednesday.
Spurs? No problem.
He was backmost connected the people aft 13 minutes with a neat, objective decorativeness arsenic helium turned Archie Gray doubly earlier leaving keeper Antonin Kinsky wrong-footed.
It was Calvert-Lewin's archetypal league extremity successful 1,288 minutes.
'Dr Tottenham' had written retired the cleanable medicine arsenic Everton were transformed - unrecognisable from their stodgy quality this play arsenic they tore into a Spurs squad that was erstwhile again acold excessively casual to play against, racking up 12 shots, with six connected target.
These were astir unheard-of riches.
Everton took the medicine they were offered to spell 3-0 up astatine half-time aft a genuinely shambolic archetypal fractional from Spurs, and it would beryllium delusional for Postecoglou - oregon anyone other - to beryllium fooled by the precocious goals from Dejan Kulusevski and Richarlison that gave the scoreline a constrictive quality the visitors did not deserve.
It each turns up the vigor connected Postecoglou, with Spurs 15th successful the array - lone 4 points up of Everton, who person a crippled successful hand.
Any investigation indispensable instrumentality into relationship the wounded problems Postecoglou is facing, having mislaid striker Dominic Solanke with a genu injury, Brennan Johnson with a calf occupation and Yves Bissouma to a sound aft the midweek derby astatine Arsenal.
There tin beryllium nary excuse, however, for specified a hopeless tally of results and performances, with the archetypal fractional present an embarrassment to Spurs and a root of fury for the travelling fans.
They turned their choler connected president Daniel Levy, and delivered a sarcastic "ole" erstwhile Spurs strung passes together. The elation of Everton's supporters enjoying lone a 4th league triumph of the play was met with: "You're thing special, we suffer each week."
The half-time whistle was met with axenic vitriol, and matters were lone made somewhat little toxic by those 2 precocious strikes that acceptable up a tense decorativeness of sorts.
Spurs got what they deserved: nothing.
Postecoglou's alteration of antiaircraft strategy to 3 astatine the backmost failed dismally, though helium insisted this was simply an effort to find a operation with the unit astatine his disposal.
The Spurs manager intelligibly has problems, but opposition their results and shot to that of Andoni Iraola astatine Bournemouth.
He was without 8 players and had a full of lone 39 appearances connected the seat astatine Newcastle United connected Saturday, compared to the location team's 979.
Iraola inactive conjured up a tactical masterclass with a 4-1 win that makes the Cherries unbeaten successful 11 games successful each competitions, conscionable 1 constituent disconnected the Champions League places.
This examination is stark and unflattering for Spurs and Postecoglou.
All eyes volition progressively beryllium connected Levy, who is not renowned for his patience oregon expanding the tenure of struggling managers, particularly erstwhile helium is the main people for noisy discontent, not the antheral successful the method area.
The Spurs fans went done their afloat anti-Levy songsheet – ne'er bully quality for immoderate manager nether his rule.
The thought of sacking Postecoglou is the casual bit. The hard portion is uncovering idiosyncratic of prime disposable now. Change for change's involvement is seldom a bully solution.
Spurs and Postecoglou volition cling to the anticipation offered by a 1-0 vantage going into the Carabao Cup semi-final 2nd limb astatine Liverpool, erstwhile helium volition anticipation to person cardinal defenders Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven acceptable again, though Solanke volition beryllium a uncertainty arsenic helium is apt to look respective weeks retired of action.
They volition person to play galore levels supra what they showed astatine Everton for that anticipation not to beryllium extinguished precise quickly.
Postecoglou did not effort to duck the issue, saying: "I person the work of the radical of players. I bash person to effort and get america done this and that's what I've got to absorption on.
"For maine to absorption connected thing other is abstaining myself from the work I have."
And helium remained defiant, adding: "My content doesn't waver.
"We are successful a beauteous utmost concern with injuries. If you look astatine the concern we're in, it volition yet dissipate. I surely anticipation and judge it will.
"We'll springiness ourselves the accidental to get consistency successful show and results. I surely haven't mislaid content oregon determination to crook it astir and the players showed successful the 2nd fractional that they haven't either."
Spurs present question to Hoffenheim successful the Europa League earlier a gathering with different of those Premier League strugglers, Leicester City, astatine location adjacent Sunday.
'Dr Tottenham' has helped others - present a cure indispensable beryllium recovered person to location oregon Postecoglou volition beryllium successful deeper trouble.
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