Tottenham Hotspur have been hammered 5-1 by Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday in a match that confirmed their opponents because the champions of the Premier League.
It was a one-sided contest for a lot of the night, regardless of Dominic Solanke’s opening objective within the first half, because the Reds ran riot on Merseyside in opposition to a helpless Spurs defence.
Ange Postecoglou will certainly be disillusioned with the performances from his gamers on the pitch, as a number of stars underperformed, together with Future Udogie.
Future Udogie’s struggles in opposition to Liverpool
The Italy worldwide was tasked with maintaining Mohamed Salah quiet at left-back and, really, did an honest job of it within the opening 45 minutes.
Though Salah performed an element within the first objective with a go in behind the Spurs defence, the Egypt worldwide ended the primary half with zero targets or assists.
Sadly, nevertheless, the Liverpool quantity 11 stepped his recreation up within the second half to create one ‘massive probability’ and rating a objective, as he lower inside Udogie from the best flank earlier than rifling an effort into the underside nook.
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Salah additionally put the Spurs left-back below strain and compelled the defender to transform into his personal internet for the fifth objective, in what was a dreadful second-half for the Italian dud.
Udogie, nevertheless, was not the worst-performing full-back of the afternoon for Tottenham, as Djed Spence was even worse than the previous Udinese star.
Why Postecoglou should drop Spence
The English right-back didn’t get pleasure from his greatest day in a Spurs shirt, with a dismal exhibiting, and it began along with his involvement, or lack thereof, within the first Liverpool objective.
Spence hesitated and tried to push as much as play offside, however it was not an organised line, as an alternative of following his man – Luis Diaz – into the field, and it was his match-up who scored the objective.
He discovered himself unaware of his man making a run off his again twice within the second half, as soon as to permit Cody Gakpo in behind, however his cross evaded everybody, and the second time to permit Diogo Jota to fireplace within the cross that compelled Udogie’s personal objective.
Alongside these disappointing moments defensively, Spence’s use of the ball was additionally wasteful compared to Udogie’s all through the 90 minutes.
Vs Liverpool | Future Udogie | Djed Spence |
|---|---|---|
Minutes | 90 | 90 |
Go accuracy | 81% | 56% |
Dribbles accomplished | 1/2 | 0/3 |
Possession misplaced | 7x | 21x |
Tackles | 3 | 1 |
Interceptions | 2 | 0 |
Duels received | 6/8 | 1/8 |
Stats by way of Sofascore | ||
As you may see within the desk above, the Italian defender had the higher efficiency out of the 2 defenders, along with his play out and in of possession, even when you embrace his personal objective, which Spence was partially liable for.
The previous Nottingham Forest full-back was weak in his bodily battles, made poor selections defensively, and gave the ball away far too typically, shedding possession a whopping 14 extra occasions than Udogie. This supplied Liverpool with much more alternatives to assault as a result of he couldn’t hold maintain of the ball properly sufficient.
Due to this fact, Postecoglou should think about ruthlessly dropping Spence to the bench in favour of Pedro Porro, who supplied an help in opposition to Forest final day trip, for the Europa League conflict with Bodo/Glimt on Thursday.
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