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On December 1st, a Sunday, the English Premier League will offer another high-level football event. In London, at the "White Hart Lane" stadium, local team "Tottenham" will meet defending champions "Manchester United".
"Tottenham" - "Manchester United" Tournament: Premier League Stadium: White Hart Lane, London. Referee: Mike Dean Date and Time: 2013-12-01, 14:00 London's "Tottenham" coach Andre Villas-Boas is facing a challenging day. Lately, the "Spurs" team has been showing poor form and there have been reports in the English media suggesting that the Portuguese specialist is facing dismissal. The team is currently in 9th place in the Premier League standings with 20 points, and since the beginning of the season, the team's performance has not shown any signs of progress. Last weekend, "Tottenham" suffered their biggest defeat in the English championship in 17 years, when they were humiliated by Manchester City with a score of 0 - 6 at the Etihad Stadium. The last time A.Villas-Boas' team won in the Premier League was at the end of October, and in the last three matches, they only managed to secure one point. The match against "Manchester United" could be decisive for the Portuguese coach. With a victory, A.Villas-Boas would rehabilitate himself in the eyes of the Tottenham fans, whose patience is slowly running out. If the team loses, the coach faces a wave of criticism and the likelihood of losing his job would increase even more. Despite being able to boast a good defense ahead of the match against Man City, "Spurs" players are facing serious problems in attack. The London club is among the five worst attacking teams in the league with only 9 goals scored so far. The same number of goals have been scored by Hull City, while the bottom-placed Crystal Palace and Sunderland have scored even fewer. In the match against Manchester United, the team will be without the recovering attackers Emmanuel Adebayor and Harry Kane, as well as defender Danny Rose and midfielder Christian Eriksen. ***continued***
