Manager hails squad after star man departure
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Spurs manager Andre Villas-Boas has claimed that the club are adapting to life without Gareth Bale rather easily following their 1-0 victory over Cardiff City this weekend, the Daily Mail reports.
The result was the club’s third 1-0 victory of the season so far and even though they have scored just five goals in the league so far, they have conceded just once – in the north London derby day defeat to Arsenal – and the manager has even gone so far as to say that the side are coping without Gareth Bale than they were with him.
Bale of course joined Real Madrid this summer in a world record £86m deal.
“Most of the games, we have created 10 or 20-plus chances so I am not worried,’ he said. ‘Last year with two strikers, we left ourselves exposed a little bit. We have more consistency throughout and play better football. We are able to control the games.”
Villas-Boas also reserved praise for new signing Paulinho after his creativity helped Spurs collect all three points. Spurs had 21 shots but had to wait until late for their goal after an inspired display from Cardiff goalkeeper Marshall, who looked unbeatable until beaten by Paulinho’s flick.
“We got rewarded for the number of chances we created. If it wasn’t for David Marshall (Cardiff’s goalkeeper) we could have had a more comfortable win.”