Nicely, that was not the response that Tottenham Hotspur followers had been hoping for.
Following a disappointing draw at residence to Fulham over the weekend, Ange Postecoglou’s facet fell additional behind their rivals with a defeat away to Bournemouth final night time.
The North Londoners’ seemed completely hopeless within the first half, and bar temporary moments right here and there, they did not look a lot better within the second both.
There have been dismal shows all around the pitch from the Australian’s facet, together with Dominic Solanke.
Solanke’s performace vs Bournemouth
It in all probability wasn’t the return that Solanke hoped for final night time, as in his first recreation again on the Vitality, he put in considered one of his worst Spurs performances thus far.
The membership file signing was virtually nameless for many of the encounter, after which within the uncommon moments he discovered himself in a goalscoring alternative, he made the mistaken determination or, as he did within the first half, utterly missed along with his shot.
Unsurprisingly, the England worldwide didn’t impress the watching press, because the Customary’s Dan Kilpatrick gave him a 5/10 at full-time, which, as his statistics present, may’ve really been fairly beneficiant.
Solanke’s recreation in numbers |
|
---|---|
Minutes |
97′ |
Anticipated Objectives |
0.18 |
Anticipated Assists |
0.04 |
Photographs on Goal |
0 |
Touches |
36 |
Passing Accuracy |
12/16 (75%) |
Aerial Duels (Gained) |
1 (0) |
Misplaced Possession |
13 |
Floor Duels (Gained) |
9 (4) |
All Stats through Sofascore |
In his 97 minutes of motion, the previous Cherries ace produced a mixed anticipated targets and assists determine of simply 0.22, didn’t have a single shot heading in the right direction, took simply 36 touches, maintained a passing accuracy of simply 75%, misplaced 100% of his aerial duels, misplaced the ball 13 occasions, and misplaced 5 of 9 floor duels.
In all, it was an abject exhibiting from the £65m man and one which his former followers definitely appreciated.
Nonetheless, he wasn’t the worst attacker for Spurs final night time, that dishonour goes to Brennan Johnson.
Johnson’s efficiency vs Bournemouth
Sure, sadly for Johnson, his unbelievable run of kind this season didn’t keep it up into final night time’s recreation.
As a substitute, like his teammate to the proper, the Welshman put in what must be considered one of his most lacklustre performances in a Spurs shirt thus far.
The previous Nottingham Forest ace was utterly ineffectual off the left, and even when he moved again to his pure place for the ultimate half-hour, he could not do something to cease the Lilywhites falling to their sixth league defeat of the season.
It’d sound harsh, but it surely’s an opinion shared by Kilpatrick, who gave the winger a 3/10 on the night time, writing that he severely ‘struggled to get in harmful areas’ all recreation.
Sadly for the 23-year-old, his statistics don’t make for fairly studying both.
Johnson’s recreation in numbers |
|
---|---|
Minutes |
97′ |
Anticipated Objectives |
0.00 |
Anticipated Assists |
0.03 |
Photographs |
0 |
Passing Accuracy |
30/39 (77%) |
Crosses (Correct) |
2 (0) |
Aerial Duels (Gained) |
1 (0) |
Floor Duels (Gained) |
8 (4) |
Misplaced Possession |
13 |
Dribbled Previous |
13 |
Fouls |
1 |
In his 97 minutes on the pitch, he amassed a mixed 0.03 anticipated targets plus assists, didn’t take a single shot on or off track, maintained a passing accuracy of simply 77%, was inaccurate with 100% of his crosses, misplaced 100% of aerial duels and 50% of floor duels, misplaced possession 13 occasions, was dribbled previous as soon as and dedicated one foul.
In the end, each Solanke and Johnson are extremely proficient footballers who’ve proven as a lot this season, however final night time was a horror exhibiting from the pair of them, because it was from the entire group.
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