Ange must bench 4/10 Spurs man with fewer touches than Vicario.
The Spurs star was out of sorts in the 4-2 defeat to Liverpool.
Just a few months into the Premier League season Tottenham were a machine seemingly incapable of dropping many points.
Ange Postecoglou had engineered quite the turnaround. It took until November, their 11th match of the campaign, to finally be defeated. Just weeks before they were being billed as title challengers. What happened to that, mate? Mate…mate? Yeah, we’re not quite sure.
Fast forward to May and the Lilywhites’ hard work is all being undone. Spurs have now lost four on the bounce with a wretched end to the season seeing no signs of slowing down.
They have faced north London rivals Arsenal, fellow capital rivals Chelsea and title contenders Liverpool all in the space of the week, only to lose by an aggregate scoreline of 9-4.
If that doesn’t rather sum up Spurs’ season, nothing will. While they have been threatening in the final third, their inability to keep the opposition out has been a constant problem. Against an out-of-sorts Liverpool side they should have been in the contest but that never really looked the case.
Postecoglou’s side had gone 4-0 down before signs of life – Richarlison and Heung-min Son finding the net – showed the steely resilience of the Aussie’s team.
By that point, however, it was too little too late. Their ambitions of qualifying for the Champions League next term have been washed away in an instant. Spurs just need the end of the season now you feel, but they still have to face Manchester City. Gulp.
