Spurs: Emerson failed Conte vs Bournemouth

Tottenham Hotspur returned to profitable methods within the Premier League on Saturday afternoon, with Antonio Conte’s aspect sealing a last-gasp 3-2 victory over AFC Bournemouth on the Vitality Stadium.

Nevertheless, whereas Rodrigo Bentancur’s stoppage-time winner was nearly sufficient to make sure that Spurs would take all three factors again to north London this night, the shows of quite a lot of Conte’s beginning XI will undoubtedly come as an excellent trigger for concern for the Italian head coach.

Certainly, beginning forward of the rested Cristian Romero at centre-back, Davinson Sanchez did little to assist the concept he’s an ample backup to the Argentina worldwide, incomes a disappointing SofaScore match score of 6.5.

He additionally drew criticism from talkSPORT’s Tom Rennie, who stated of the defender’s show in a submit on Twitter: “You don’t win the league with Davinson Sanchez in your crew. Each time I see him play it seems like his first-ever recreation of soccer.”

Nevertheless, regardless of the Colombian’s abject efficiency on the south coast, it was but once more Emerson Royal who most dissatisfied for Tottenham on the day, main many to question precisely why Conte insists on choosing the Brazilian forward of the likes of Matt Doherty and £20m summer time signing Djed Spence at proper wing-back.

Certainly, regardless of having fun with 65 touches of the ball and making one deal with, two clearances and one interception over the course of his 63 minutes on the pitch, the £34m-rated defender was undoubtedly Spurs’ weakest hyperlink in opposition to the Cherries. The 23-year-old was arguably at fault for each of Kieffer Moore’s targets, notably the Welshman’s second.

Moreover, the £40k-per-week full-back continued a development of wastefulness within the closing third, failing to search out his man with any of his 4 tried crosses, ceding possession 11 instances and notably ballooning a first-half volley up to now astray that the ball cleared the Steve Fletcher Stand and ended up within the automotive park.

As such, it’s not tough to see why the Night Normal’s Dan Kilpatrick awarded the defender a four in his participant rankings, nor it’s arduous to know why Andrew Gaffney dubbed the Brazilian “useless” and Carter Gaddis acknowledged his perception the previous Barcelona man was “so, so, so bad” in opposition to the Cherries, as Emerson as soon as once more failed Conte’s belief on Saturday afternoon.