Dele Alli’s response to being substituted last night was even angrier than his last. If he gets hooked a third time this season, he’ll need to rip the headrest from his seat and hurl it onto the pitch, if only for appearance’s sake.
Was Mourinho to blame with his awful tactics? Well, nobody else achieved so little.
Last night Dele touched the ball 28 times according to WhoScored, which for context was the same number of touches Hugo Lloris had, and just a couple of touches more than any of our substitutes managed.
Yet Jermaine Jenas for BT Sport was bemused by the change, and quickly found a stat to prove that the 23-year-old had covered a kilometre more turf than his teammates.
Alas, Spurs were playing a game of Champions League football last night and weren’t participating in a sponsored walk.
The truth is, Dele may have jogged about quite a bit, but he failed to get involved and the contributions he did make were not great.
Tactics don’t effect competency, do they?
— HarryHotspurBlog (@TheBoyHotspur) February 20, 2020
Dele Alli was supposed to be marking Shick on this corner
— HarryHotspurBlog (@TheBoyHotspur) February 20, 2020
What happened here?
That header it looked harder to do what he did than make contact! Alli isnt playing well alli doesnt seem bothered he seems happy with his level and everyone should love it too!!!!
I love the boy, I think he needs to address priorities and decide, dedicate life too football and up his game or choose partying and leave spurs
Maybe we should sign Mo Farah? On another note Jenas commentary amounted to him basically repeating that Jose needs to do something to change things. I deserve better value for my illegally streamed service!
I think the answer to your question goes back to what Jose stated on first arriving at Tottenham. He asserted that Dele had been played out of position, that he in fact operated best on the shoulder of Kane, close to the box. Because of injuries, Ali, Moura and Son have been played out of their preferred positions. Moura, now playing his best football because he is loved by his new manager, according to this same new manager, cannot get a goal out of him. The system is broken and Levy is chief mechanic.
Ruud Gullit on Dele Alli’s performance: “When it’s a good team he can handle it. But when it doesn’t go that well, is he the player that can raise it? I don’t think so.”