Shameful: Did You See Who Helped To Gift Royal Antwerp The Winning Goal?
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Ben Davies created the Royal Antwerp move, with a desperate lack of concentration which resulted, not in the Welshman being fouled, rather him falling over as he managed to lose his bearings when put under pressure.Davies fell over and the game was afoot as they say in all good Sherlock Holmes reruns. Royal Antwerp broke, seizing upon the gift that was a Tottenham backline of just two men, one of whom was doing the breaststroke in the grass.
Note the position of Giovani Lo Celso. He’s stood just ten yards behind the fall, and yet is stationary. As the break gets underway, Sanchez is left in the unenviable position of having two attackers bearing down on his 18 yard box. The Spurs figure in the top right of this picture is Ben Davies, who has got back on his feet and is chasing back. Inevitably, the ball is crossed at the moment Davison Sanchez commits, Davies’ arrival is too late, and just breaking into a jog to the right is Lo Celso. Within a nano second of the final shot peeling off, Davies is still a yard shy of getting a shoe into proceedings. With the entire goal to aim at, Mbokani hits the ball to Lloris’ left and it’s all over.
Lo Celso’s involvement was not just pitiful, but what happened to defending as a team? With Aurier miles out of position, the chance of being caught on the hop was always there, however nobody other than Davies bothered to move.
The two attacker versus one defender sketch was immediately obvious to everyone watching – bar- a good number of our lot. Shocking standards and no wonder Mourinho went berserk at half time, making 4 substitutions, including Lo Celso.
