Look Away Now (again) Tottenham’s 75th Minute Serge Of Death

Two good games, one howler. And so the Serge Aurier cycle is complete again.

Some Tottenham Hotspur fans thought they had seen the back of the Ivorian after a horror show versus Bayern Munich followed an early red card against Southampton.

Mauricio Pochettino brought him immediately back into the fold after his suspension, and Aurier responded with a couple of decent games against Watford and Red Star Belgrade.

So we knew he was due against Liverpool this afternoon!

Seventy-five minutes in, I thought we might have gotten away with it, but then Serge struck again.

A clumsy swing of his right foot in the box, after initially good backtracking, hacked Sadio Mane down to gift Liverpool a penalty which Mohamed Salah tucked away to secure the Reds a 2-1 win.

In truth, it had been coming, with Liverpool completely dominant at Anfield but for a resilient defensive display to end with something so avoidable, it is a bitter pill to swallow.