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?
Dele Alli was supposed to be marking Shick on this corner
What happened here?
