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Jordan Pickford's Double Error Helps Spurs Beat Everton To Record Best Start To An EPL Season

Tottenham beat Everton 2-0. The win saw Spurs move onto 23 points - their best return after the first 10 games of a season in Premier League history.

Robert Summerscales

Jordan Pickford's Double Error Helps Spurs Beat Everton To Record Best Start To An EPL Season
Jordan Pickford's Double Error Helps Spurs Beat Everton To Record Best Start To An EPL Season /

Tottenham beat Everton 2-0 in London on Saturday thanks to a Harry Kane penalty and a late Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg strike.

The win saw Spurs move onto 23 points - their best return after the first 10 games of a season in Premier League history.

Spurs dominated possession in the first half but the best two chances fell to Everton's Demarai Gray and Amadou Onana.

Everton failed to register a single shot in the second half, though.

Tottenham had started the match in a 3-4-3 formation but an injury to Richarlison on 52 minutes prompted a change to a 3-5-2 following the introduction of Yves Bissouma.

This tactical switch saw Spurs take control in midfield. The game was now being played exclusively in Everton's half and the pressure told on the hour-mark.

Jordan Pickford spilled a hopeful shot from Matt Doherty into the path of Kane. In attempting to atone for his error, the Everton keeper made another by fouling Kane.

Kane converted the penalty to score for the fifth Premier League game in a row.

Harry Kane (center) pictured falling to the ground after being fouled by Jordan Pickford (right) during Tottenham's 2-0 win over Everton in October 2022
Harry Kane (center) pictured falling to the ground after being fouled by Jordan Pickford (right) during Tottenham's 2-0 win over Everton :: IMAGO/PA Images/Mark Pain

It took Spurs until the 86th minute to score their second.

It arrived when Rodrigo Bentancur's low cross found Hojbjerg on the edge of the box and he beat Pickford via a slight deflection off Alex Iwobi.

Highlights: Tottenham 2-0 Everton

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Robert Summerscales
ROBERT SUMMERSCALES

Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.