Chris Hughton’s Norwich City suffered a 2-0 defeat against Tottenham at White Hart Lane during the weekend. It was a match that was very one-sided because Tottenham dominated the entire encounter in all areas of the pitch. They had a remarkable 70% possession, while also creating a lot of chances as well. Hughton could only praised his opposition after the match because they were extremely brilliant. Tottenham came into the match on the back of the 1-0 defeat against Arsenal in the previous encounter. This was a very difficult defeat for Andre Villas-Boas because he paraded a number of his new signings.

Tottenham have spent more than £ 100 million in this transfer window, although they have recovered most of the money following the sale of Gareth Bale to Real Madrid. Despite the new signings, it was Gylfi Sigurdsson who managed to take the plaudits with two goals. He scored on a visit of the break to give Tottenham all three points. Hughton, though, reckons that it was largely down to the second goal in the 49th minute that his team were unable to come back into the match. It was very difficult to motivate the players after conceding so early in the second half.

Hughton will be hoping that his players recover soon for the visit of Aston Villa.

“They have got an awful lot of quality on the pitch. There are no complaints with the result. We needed to get a foothold in the game for longer periods, but we were up against a very impressive Tottenham team. We had better spells in the second half and we threatened more, so it was one that really hurt us. It is always going to be very difficult coming here, but it wasn’t to be and we need to dust ourselves down and be better next week,” said Hughton.

Norwich city recently managed to bring in the highly rated Martin Olsson from Blackburn Rovers. The 25-year-old has been linked with several clubs in England including those in the upper echelons of the Premier league table. The defender has been signed from Blackburn for £ 2.5 million. He stayed with the Lancashire club for one season in the effort to get them back into the Premier league. However, Blackburn were unable to put up any title challenge in the Championship and will be spending another season in the second division of English football as a result of it.

Olsson has said that the presence of former Newcastle United and Tottenham assistant manager is Hughton was crucial in him coming to Norwich city. Norwich only recently came back into the Premier league under the management of Paul Lambert, who left for Aston Villa at the start of last season. Hughton, who was appointed as his replacement, managed to help the club finish in a comfortable place in the Premier league. They have spent heavily over the course of the summer in order to preserve their Premier league status and Olsson is one of the big-name rivals.

Olsson has been playing for Blackburn for the last seven years and this is his first major move.

“My dream was always to play in the Premier League again. I went down into the Championship and it was a good lesson for me as well. I learned a lot of things. But I’m at a new club now, so I’m looking forward to being with the players and enjoying my time here. I had a few other clubs interested but I think Chris gave me a good idea of how he wanted to play and the ambition of this club,” said the 25-year-old defender after sealing his move to Norwich.