Tottenham Hotspur returned to profitable methods within the Premier League on Saturday afternoon, with Antonio Conte’s aspect sealing a last-gasp 3-2 victory over AFC Bournemouth on the Vitality Stadium.
Nevertheless, whereas Rodrigo Bentancur’s stoppage-time winner was nearly sufficient to make sure that Spurs would take all three factors again to north London this night, the shows of numerous Conte’s beginning XI will undoubtedly come as an incredible trigger for concern for the Italian head coach.
Certainly, beginning forward of the rested Cristian Romero at centre-back, Davinson Sanchez did little to help the concept he’s an satisfactory backup to the Argentina worldwide, incomes a disappointing SofaScore match score of 6.5.
He additionally drew criticism from talkSPORT’s Tom Rennie, who mentioned of the defender’s show in a submit on Twitter: “You don’t win the league with Davinson Sanchez in your workforce. Each time I see him play it seems like his first-ever sport of soccer.”
Nevertheless, regardless of the Colombian’s abject efficiency on the south coast, it was but once more Emerson Royal who most dissatisfied for Tottenham on the day, main many to question precisely why Conte insists on selecting the Brazilian forward of the likes of Matt Doherty and £20m summer season signing Djed Spence at proper wing-back.
Certainly, regardless of having fun with 65 touches of the ball and making one sort out, two clearances and one interception over the course of his 63 minutes on the pitch, the £34m-rated defender was undoubtedly Spurs’ weakest hyperlink in opposition to the Cherries. The 23-year-old was arguably at fault for each of Kieffer Moore’s objectives, notably the Welshman’s second.
Moreover, the £40k-per-week full-back continued a pattern of wastefulness within the closing third, failing to search out his man with any of his 4 tried crosses, ceding possession 11 instances and notably ballooning a first-half volley to this point off course that the ball cleared the Steve Fletcher Stand and ended up within the automotive park.
As such, it isn’t troublesome to see why the Night Customary’s Dan Kilpatrick awarded the defender a 4 in his participant scores, nor it’s arduous to know why Andrew Gaffney dubbed the Brazilian “useless” and Carter Gaddis said his perception the previous Barcelona man was “so, so, so bad” in opposition to the Cherries, as Emerson as soon as once more failed Conte’s belief on Saturday afternoon.
