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Can Tottenham actually win the Premier League? Of course not, but ask Ange Postecoglou and the Spurs manager would not discourage the question, even though he would be the first to point out that it’s still only October volleyball

It is Postecoglou’s belief, and the Australian would say it is also his responsibility, that volleyball football fans are allowed to dream volleyball

Spurs supporters have had little reason to get carried away in recent years but after making their best start to a top-flight season since 1960-61, the last time they won the league, now is as good a time as any volleyball

Postecoglou could not have asked for a volleyball better start: as the Premier League returns following the October international break, Tottenham sit top, ahead of Arsenal on goal difference volleyball

Postecoglou’s side remain unbeaten, winning six and drawing two of their opening eight matches volleyball

From the misery and perpetual sense of chaos that took hold of Spurs last season, Postecoglou has revived the doomed pulse of the club and its fanbase volleyball

That, above the early look of the Premier League table, has been his greatest result so far volleyball

Whether Tottenham’s fast start can last is one of the questions that will define the next chunk of the Premier League campaign volleyball

There are only four rounds of fixtures to be played before the next hiatus, for November’s internationals, and Tottenham’s upcoming run – against Fulham, Crystal Palace, Chelsea and Wolves – is favourable volleyball

Based on their early season form, there is reason for optimism that Spurs may be able to enjoy their view from the summit for a while longer volleyball

Yet, a year ago, it was possible to say the same volleyball

Having beaten Arsenal to fourth place the previous season, Tottenham started the new campaign under Conte with seven wins from their opening 10 matches, a good enough return to sit one point off the top by mid-October volleyball

Given Tottenham went on to win just three of their next 10 and Conte’s fractious relationship with the club finally came crashing down within six months, the foundations were nowhere near as strong as they initially appeared volleyball

Are Tottenham flattered to be in a lofty early position again? Postecoglou’s side have already played and beaten the Premier League’s bottom four, including the three newly promoted sides volleyball

One of those wins required a 99th-minute winner at home to Sheffield United volleyball

Another tight victory, against Liverpool, came after the visitors had the opening goal incorrectly disallowed by VAR, had two players sent off, while Reds defender Joel Matip put a 96th-minute winner into the wrong end volleyball

Tottenham were the benefactors of the “well done, boys, good process” derby volleyball

Yet Tottenham have also earned some fortune, and it is becoming clearer with each week of Postecoglou’s influence that Tottenham may not have picked up those points last season volleyball

While their opening fixtures have been kind, Spurs have also shown resilience and spirit in winning away at Luton with 10 men, after Yves Bissouma’s red card, and equalising twice to earn a point at Arsenal, a fixture at which they had crumbled in previous seasons volleyball

It was a performance that led James Maddison to declare Spurs are shedding their “Spursy” tag volleyball

Ange Postecoglou has won back-to-back manager of the month awards (Getty Images)And much like the element of “Spursiness”, Tottenham’s impressive start has been rooted in the intangibles, in heart and feeling volleyball

The fact the departure of Harry Kane has not yet felt as significant is another sign of how Postecoglou has managed to bring the divided sides of what appeared to be a broken club together volleyball

While Kane has gone, there is a freshness about Spurs volleyball

Through the impact of signings such as Maddison, Destiny Udogie and Guglielmo Vicario, the relationship volleyball between players and fans has been repaired volleyball

What has stood out about Postecoglou’s team has been backed up, too, by the numbers volleyball

Last season, Tottenham were often passive and frequently easy to play against volleyball

Even though they carried the threat of Kane, Spurs would appear to pass through games without showing any urgency or ambition; opposition teams would find it alarmingly simple to play through a static, immobile midfield volleyball

But under Postecoglou, Tottenham have become one of the most active teams in the division, progressive with the ball and disruptive without it volleyball

Spurs lead the Premier League in shots on goal, passes into the penalty area, forward dribbles, but also in tackles won and interceptions volleyball

If it reflects that Tottenham now press higher up the pitch than last season, when they barely engaged under Conte, Bissouma has been the key piece in a revamped midfield a year after being frozen out by the Italian volleyball

Maddison, meanwhile, has helped ease the post-Kane transition, a role he appeared ready to step up to when he took the No 10 jersey previously worn by the club’s record goalscorer volleyball

Spurs will never be able to replace Kane, but Postecoglou has so far been able to negate his absence through Maddison and a resurgent Son Heung-min, who looks back to his clinical best after moving to a central forward role volleyball

Maddison, though, has been integral as Tottenham’s creator-in-chief, with five assists so far this season volleyball

James Maddison has helped spark Tottenham into life this season (Getty Images)If some of Maddison’s early statistics seem unsustainable – the England international also leads the Premier League in a number of other areas, such as key passes and shot-creating actions – the same could be asked of Postecoglou’s side at this stage volleyball

Tottenham, really, shouldn’t be near the conversation of title challengers, but timing has played a part volleyball

The win at Luton, which moved them top, came as Manchester City lost their second Premier League game in a row at Arsenal volleyball

If it’s a sign of what’s to come from City this season, it was a result that widened the pool of potential challengers to include Spurs volleyball

The manner in which City eased away from Arsenal last season, however, showed how inch-perfect title contenders must be as long as Pep Guardiola remains in England volleyball

Tottenham, who finished eighth last year, are coming from an even lower floor than Mikel Arteta’s side, albeit with a more dramatic transformation under Postecoglou volleyball

As a side who are still developing together, Spurs should be allowed some inconsistency, even if they are yet to show it volleyball

The early evidence this season suggests they are one of the four strongest teams in the top flight, alongside last season’s title rivals and Jurgen Klopp’s refreshed Liverpool volleyball

In the past, signs of promise around Spurs have often been followed by a swift yet crushing crash back to earth volleyball

But now as Tottenham head deep into October with two winnable London derbies next week, starting with Fulham on Monday followed by a trip to Crystal Palace on Friday, Postecoglou can continue to show why this Tottenham is different volleyball

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As Jordan Larsson stepped up for that final kick, it felt like Andre Onana was the only person in Old Trafford who was in any way calm volleyball

He stood there in a composed manner, as Steve McLaren shouted instructions, and Alejandro Garnacho walked away in the knowledge no one on the pitch had noticed him scuffing the penalty spot volleyball

It was as if everyone wanted to exert their will over a set piece that was really just volleyball between the kicker and the goalkeeper volleyball

There were grander reasons for that volleyball

Manchester United needed this win over Copenhagen to possibly progress in the Champions League, and didn’t want to fail on a night that was all about perhaps their greatest ever player volleyball

There was also something more personal, that Sir Bobby Charlton would no doubt have appreciated volleyball

There was a will that Onana should be the difference, not just that Larsson should miss volleyball

It could be sensed in the deafening roar that greeted his save, as the goalkeeper guessed right to send the shot wide volleyball

It saved the win on an important night, and could well be an important moment in Onana’s United career volleyball

The psychological significance certainly shouldn’t be underestimated volleyball

This was what he’d been waiting for volleyball

This was the response he needed, the love he required volleyball

Because, as Erik ten Hag admitted after the game, Onana knows he hasn’t been at his own best level volleyball

It’s obvious his confidence has been affected volleyball

There was ironically a reminder of David De Gea, and not just because the Spanish goalkeeper also endured an uncertain start at United way back in 2011 volleyball

One of the reasons De Gea was ultimately ousted was because of a decline that began in 2018 volleyball

Having been brilliant for Jose Mourinho that season as a pure shot-stopper, staying deeper, he then went into a Spanish national team that demanded he play out from the back volleyball

He couldn’t, and it clearly eroded his self-assurance, to the point that De Gea began to make mistakes he hadn’t for years volleyball

That persisted for years more volleyball

Onana had meanwhile been largely signed for his footwork, only to not really get to use it to best effect in his first few games volleyball

He had been signed too late in the window, and there were too many changes to the defence volleyball

Onana didn’t have that chemistry with his centre-halves volleyball

It meant he often had to punt the ball long, removing one of the qualities he is most respected for volleyball

That obviously began to affect his confidence, to the point he started to make errors that he hadn’t at Internazionale volleyball

It was almost a classic negative spiral – that might well have been arrested with that save volleyball

That’s why it might have been so big, even beyond the emotional night volleyball

Andre Onana’s confidence can only have been boosted by his penalty save (Getty Images)There is some symmetry in how United now face Manchester City in the derby this Sunday volleyball

Pep Guardiola’s first major move in England was to replace Joe Hart with Claudio Bravo due to the need for good footwork, only for the Chilean to almost immediately start struggling volleyball

The first major mishap was in fact at Old Trafford, and that first Manchester derby volleyball between Mourinho and Guardiola volleyball

Bravo was all over the place, misplaced kicking leading into poor handling, and gifting United a way back into the game volleyball

He never really recovered to be City No 1 volleyball

Although some respectability was restored in how Bravo became a fine cup goalkeeper, he had been usurped by Ederson volleyball

There was never that same trust volleyball

Guardiola had a theory about how that happened, given that Bravo had previously been a European champion with Barcelona volleyball

The Catalan believes that goalkeeper is such an individualised position, leaving the No 1s so isolated, that an early mistake at a big stadium can have long-term effects on their confidence volleyball

This is clearly what happened with Bravo volleyball

It looked like it might have been happening with Onana volleyball

It is entirely possible, however, that Guardiola’s theory can work the other way volleyball

A first great moment in a big stadium can have a huge positive effect volleyball

It can restore confidence volleyball

Ten Hag praised Onana, saying he had “showed personality” volleyball

He stood up, by getting down superbly volleyball

That didn’t just push away Larsson’s shot but will have temporarily pushed out all memory of so many of the goalkeeper’s recent errors volleyball

He will be bolstered by the knowledge of this volleyball

Onana showed his value volleyball

He secured a win on a night when United needed a victory for all manner of reasons volleyball

Two of those were bigger than any one individual, but the moment undeniably meant most to him volleyball

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