Tottenham Hotspur went winless for the fifth sport working following a 1-1 Europa League draw in opposition to Rangers on the Ibrox Stadium final evening.
The London heavyweights had an distinctive begin after the worldwide break. They exceeded expectations with a shocking 4-0 win in opposition to Manchester Metropolis away from house.
Nevertheless, their performances have been below-par since and so they went winless for the fifth sport on the trot after sharing the spoils in opposition to Rangers on the highway yesterday.
Spurs had loads of gamers who failed to show up for the event and Timo Werner was a type of.
The German star was picked to start out on the left wing and he didn’t do something helpful till he was changed by Dejan Kulusevski at half-time.
Werner received 0 out of 5 duels with no profitable dribbles (0/3) and crosses (0/2), as per Sofascore. He misplaced possession 16 occasions and didn’t muster a single shot heading in the right direction too.
It was an underwhelming show from the RB Leipzig loanee and there have been no surprises that supervisor Ange Postecoglou admitted that his efficiency was ‘not acceptable‘.
Should drop him
The 28-year-old signed for Spurs on mortgage from Leipzig final winter. He had an excellent stint with 3 objectives and a pair of assists from 13 league video games which satisfied the board to increase his mortgage deal.
Nevertheless, he has been disappointing in his 1st full season with Spurs. Werner has accrued 3 assists within the league, however his total performances have been effectively beneath expectations.
Postecoglou was proper to publicly criticise the attacker in his post-match feedback final evening. The Australian had youngsters on the bench, who may have executed higher than Werner on the pitch.
It was a lacklustre efficiency from an skilled worldwide participant with 57 caps and 24 objectives. Postecoglou should now drop him for the go to to Southampton on Sunday after his dismal show.
Dejan Kulusevski and Dominic Solanke could possibly be reinstated within the beginning line-up on the weekend with Werner and Brennan Johnson dropping out. Johnson has had an enormous dip in kind in latest weeks.
