The Tottenham player looked off during the team’s 4-2 loss to Liverpool.
Spurs were a machine that seemed incapable of losing many points just a few months into the Premier League season.
Ange Postecoglou had accomplished a remarkable transformation. Their 11th game of the campaign took place in November before they were ultimately vanquished. They were being billed as title challengers only a few weeks prior. Mate, what became of that? Hey, buddy, buddy? Yes, we’re not entirely certain.
In May, all of the Lilywhites’ laborious efforts are coming to an end. Spurs’ miserable season is far from over, as they have already dropped four straight games.
They have lost all three of their matches this week—against championship contenders Liverpool, Chelsea, and opponents from North London—by an overall score of 9–4.
Nothing will better sum up the Spurs’ season than that. Although they have shown threat in the last third, they have consistently struggled to keep the opposition out. They should have been in the game against an inconsistent Liverpool team, but that never really seemed to be the case.
Before there were any indications of life, Richarlison and Heung-min Son scoring goals, Postecoglou’s squad was behind 4-0. This demonstrated the Australian team’s iron resilience.
But it was too little, too late, by then. Their hopes of making it into the Champions League the next season have quickly vanished. You feel like Spurs just need the season to end, but they still have to play Manchester City. Suck it up.
Reintroducing Richarlison to the starting lineup could be beneficial. He did poorly against Chelsea at the middle of the week, but he finished strongly at Anfield, thus he should return to the starting lineup. Who is going to emerge? Dejan Kulusevski ought to be the one.
"Tidy tidy Tottenham goal that"
Richarlison grabs one back for Spurs ⚪ pic.twitter.com/CZ9AxoFHoe
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) May 5, 2024
The numerical performance of Dejan Kulusevski
A week ago, the Swede was among the few players who managed to salvage some sort of credit from the match against Arsenal. given a score of 6/10 by Football.Alasdair Gold of London was hailed by the reporter as “Spurs’ brightest attacker” for his performance in the derby loss.
That was as far from the reality as it got in Merseyside on Sunday, as they were eventually hauled off shortly after the hour after a clumsy performance.
Soccer.Rob Guest of London bemoaned the right-winger’s “very little in the final third” and gave him a miserable 4/10 match rating. To put it gently, that is.
This past weekend at Anfield, Kulusevski was a ghost, and his performance in the match only served to justify Postecoglou’s decision to bench him so early.
The former Juventus player failed to produce a crucial pass or generate a single shot on target. The Sweden international, who is usually so deft and amazing with the ball at his feet, failed to complete even one dribble when facing the more seasoned Andy Robertson.
The attacker, who also had less touches (29) than goalie Guglielmo Vicario’s 47, had an afternoon to remember.
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