Sunderland Need To Take Advantage Of Spurs’ Recent Upheaval On Sunday!

When it’s felt like nothing short of 9,635 days since our glorious victory against the ‘hosts’/‘visitors’, you’re left with a significant amount of time to think about our next match. International friendlies, although traditionally notoriously dull, have proven to be even more meaningless, with even the players themselves deeming them as optional events to take part in. With the exception of Southampton vs Arsenal, the FA Cup quarter-finals have been equally as tiresome, with the majority of games feeling like somewhat of a procession.

Simply put, there’s nothing that compares to watching Sunderland. What can we do, therefore, when there’s such a hefty gap between matches? After rewatching most of the highlights from the last twelve months, I thought it’d be beneficial to revisit our first visit to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

What can we learn from the away game — and apart from Richarlison being offside at least five times on Sunday, and an inevitable red card for Cristian Romero, is there anything else that we can expect to see? Although we would argue that any point away from home is a good one, with the power of retrospect, it feels like we wasted an opportunity when we last played Tottenham. Given what’s happened to their season since, with their third manager of the campaign about to take charge against us, I’m certain that Régis Le Bris will have the team motivated.

Our previously impressive home form has dipped during recent games and this is the perfect opportunity to put things right — especially if we think back to what Le Bris said to the BBC post-match in January… The first half we were a bit flat, without energy. That could be understandable after the Manchester City Game, which was really tough and demanding. This time, things are quite the opposite.