Tottenham Hotspur fell to their seventh Premier League defeat in 15 matches this afternoon, dropping 4-3 to Enzo Maresca’s Chelsea aspect in North London.
Ange Postecoglou’s aspect received off to a dream begin after targets from Dominic Solanke and Dejan Kulusevski put them two targets forward with simply ten minutes on the clock.
Nonetheless, in a recreation similar to that of the loss at Brighton earlier within the marketing campaign, Spurs would fail to carry on after a powerful begin, with three targets within the second half securing the win for the guests.
It virtually felt inevitable that Ange’s aspect would lose after the equaliser, demonstrating little or no battle to carry on to their early benefit – ensuing of their newest defeat.
Quite a few gamers didn’t impress on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, undoubtedly contributing to the strain now positioned on the supervisor after a 3rd league defeat in 5 matches.
Spurs’ disappointing performers towards Chelsea
Midfielder Yves Bissouma started his eighth league outing of the season however didn’t impress for the Lilywhites, usually being dominated in the midst of the park and making quite a few errors within the course of.
The Malian featured for 79 minutes, losing five duels during his display, additionally giving the primary penalty away, together with his rash problem on Moises Caicedo penalised by referee Anthony Taylor.
Bissouma additionally solely managed 31 touches – a median of 1 each two and a half minutes – highlighting the dearth of constructive impression he made on the conflict.
Left-back Future Udogie has been a dependable participant for Ange in latest occasions, however his lack of kind reared its head as soon as once more this afternoon, struggling to comprise Pedro Neto all through.
The 22-year-old Italian didn’t complete any of his attempted dribbles, committing three fouls and successful simply 50% of duels throughout his 90-minute show.
Nonetheless, regardless of the dearth of impression by the aforementioned duo, one different first-team member had an outing to overlook, failing to reap the benefits of his begin in North London.
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The Spurs star who could have value Postecoglou his job
Midfielder Pape Matar Sarr has usually needed to disguise his time for normal begins beneath Postecoglou, with different choices usually most well-liked to the previous Metz expertise.
Nonetheless, in latest weeks, the Aussie has demonstrated some belief within the 22-year-old, beginning him in every of the final six league outings on the coronary heart of the midfield.
While he’s beforehand taken benefit of the belief proven in him, Sarr was unable to do such a factor towards the Blues, one way or the other that includes for the whole thing of the competition regardless of his lack of impression.
He misplaced 12 duels throughout the loss, probably the most of any participant on the pitch, dropping possession 9 occasions and simply trying sluggish and off the tempo all through, resulting in author Graeme Kelly dubbing the teenager as “pathetic”.
Sarr, like teammate Bissouma, would concede a penalty, needlessly going by the again of Cole Palmer, earlier than the Englishman stepped as much as panenka his effort previous Fraser Forster.
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Pape Sarr’s stats for Tottenham towards Chelsea |
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Statistics |
Tally |
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Minutes performed |
90 |
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Touches |
35 |
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Duels misplaced |
12 |
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Penalties conceded |
1 |
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Key passes accomplished |
0 |
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Crosses accomplished |
0 |
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Dribbles accomplished |
0 |
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Stats by way of Sofascore |
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The midfielder was additionally unable to make any key passes and didn’t complete any crosses or dribbles – in an all-round efficiency to overlook for the teenager.
Because of this, he was handed a 5/10 match rating by the Night Customary’s Dan Kilpatrick, additional highlighting how disappointing he was all through the defeat.
Ange will probably be a person beneath strain within the coming days, with Sarr doing his boss no favours in retaining his job together with his below-par show in North London earlier at present.
The midfielder will probably be fortunate to maintain his place within the aspect when Spurs journey to face Rangers in a crunch Europa League conflict at Ibrox on Thursday evening.
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