AVB and Dempsey winning over sceptics

Tottenham Hotspur 3 Coventry City 0

Saturday’s FA Cup victory over Coventry was their ninth win in 11 games, with only one defeat in the past seven weeks, and although the opposition are 53 places below them, Spurs showed their intent with three goals in 25 minutes to wrap the game up before half-time.

Clint Dempsey scored twice and is also winning over those fans who thought Spurs were ‘trading down’ when they signed him in place of Rafael Van der Vaart. But Dempsey has now scored six, got five assists and helped Spurs up to third in the Premier League.