3/10 Anji star at Tottenham was 'very bad again'

A messy week for Tottenham Hotspur It continued Thursday afternoon, with Angie PostecoglouOne side slides to another Premier League After being defeated by its guest 1-0 Nottingham Forest On boxing day.

After an exciting run of results against both Manchester United and Liverpool over the past seven days – the latter of which ended in a 6-3 defeat – the Lilywhites were somewhat muted at the City Ground, where things simply weren't going well. Feeling offensive.

At the other end, the North London side were left behind just before the half-hour mark, as Morgan Gibbs-White's pass caught the returning Destiny Udoji by surprise, with former Manchester United player Anthony Ilanga duly prodding to take the visitors to goal. Third in the table.

Having subsequently seen one-time Forest loanee Jed Spence sent off posthumously to add more salt to the wounds, Tottenham, meanwhile, now find themselves languishing in the bottom half after that latest defeat, to pile on the pressure on that man Postecoglou.

The return of Jed Spence's forest

Spence was part of the Forest side that earned promotion from the Championship under Steve Cooper in the 2021/22 season, and was hoping to enjoy a positive return to Nottingham amid his recent renaissance in a Tottenham shirt.

I handed it to him Third league start in a row By Postecoglou – who opted to drop Pedro Porro to the bench in place of the aforementioned Udogie – the 24-year-old was quite solid, in fact, most of the time, providing an outlet in attack after scoring. Two key passes Overall, completing 100% of his quirks.

In defence, the one-time Middlesbrough player also won five of his nine ground duels and enjoyed a respectable pass accuracy rate of 87%, even despite giving away the ball on 19 occasions amid his desire to make things happen for his team.

like Football.london Alasdair Gould As he noted in his post-match player evaluations, the defender's late sending off for a second yellow card came after “another strong display”, and it was such a blow that he will now miss the upcoming match with Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Spence was hardly a real villain then despite the red in stoppage time, with his finger having to be pointed elsewhere among his struggling teammates.

Tottenham star who was 'bad' against Forest

The north London side had scored 12 goals in their last three matches in all competitions heading into Thursday's encounter, and few likely expected they would fire an empty-netter this time around.

However, injuries have left Postecoglou largely short of attacking options, with the only senior striker on the bench being Timo Werner, outside young top scorer Will Lancashire.

With Werner only recently weathering criticism from his manager yet “Unacceptable” performance in the first half Against Rangers, it is no surprise that the former Celtic boss kept his faith in the skipper Heung Min Son On the left side, albeit with questions to be asked regarding South Korea's poor performances.

As GOAL journalist Mitch Fretton stated, the long-serving winger was “Absolutely terrible again“, before Werner replaced him in the final minutes, after losing the ball ten times out of 52 touches.

In fact, the 32-year-old failed to step up as Spurs looked to get back into the game, with the overall manufacturing attack only being Nottingham's only big chance.

For this reason, the aforementioned Gould gave Son a dismal rating of 3/10 for his troubles, while writing that the experienced character gave “a hesitant and mostly ineffective display.”

with Seven goals and six assists As for his name this season in all competitions, the mesmerizing striker is certainly not in sparkling form, but questions remain for Postecoglou about how to get the best out of his under-performing captain.