Luton 0-1 Tottenham: Ange Postecoglou says players want to change club's destiny after best league start since 1960
Tottenham have registered 20 points from their opening eight Premier League games this season (W6 D2), only in 1960-61 (21 points in first seven games converting to three points/win) have they done so in fewer games to begin a top-flight campaign
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Saturday 7 October 2023 17:19, UK
Micky van de Ven's first goal in English football fired 10-man Tottenham to the Premier League summit with a 1-0 win at Luton — and manager Ange Postecoglou claimed his players are fully focused on «changing the destiny of the club».
Spurs entered this fixture following a controversial 2-1 victory over Liverpool last weekend, where Jurgen Klopp's side were denied a legitimate goal due to a «significant human error» by VAR operator Darren England.
It meant three points for Postecoglou's team at Kenilworth Road would send them to the summit for at least 24 hours, but they had to work hard for it after Yves Bissouma was sent off in first-half stoppage-time.
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Bissouma was booked twice in quick succession by referee John Brooks, the second for simulation, but Van de Ven's close-range finish in the 52nd minute earned Tottenham a hard-fought win.
Speaking to TNT Sports after the narrow victory, Postecoglou said: «I don't think it is fair to compare to last season, and speak about what happened then. It is all credit to the players, the way they have bought into what we are trying to do.
»We are really tight as a group, which you see because not only are we winning games but apart from the football which has been good, the resilience we have shown has been great.
«The players want to change the destiny of this club and that is what they are trying to do on the pitch.
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