As Tottenham Hotspur suffered defeat towards North London rivals Arsenal, former midfielder Jamie O’Hara slammed one participant who put in a “irritating” show earlier than coming off.
Tottenham endure derby defeat as soon as once more
With Declan Rice, Martin Odegaard, Ricardo Calafiori and Mikel Merino all lacking, the North London derby handed Tottenham Hotspur the perfect likelihood that they are prone to get this season to achieve an edge over Arsenal. But, in a repeat of the final marketing campaign, the Lilywhites discovered themselves on the shedding aspect as soon as extra.
This time, in a extra slender defeat, it was Gabriel Magalhaes who discovered himself wheeling away in celebration halfway by means of the second half after overpowering Cristian Romero and heading residence in fashion.
The defeat implies that Spurs have misplaced back-to-back video games within the Premier League to proceed their disappointing type after the worldwide break. The duty now falls the way in which of Ange Postecoglou to discover a solution to get the perfect out of his aspect.
The Austrailian’s first activity on that entrance could be to switch Brennan Johnson in his aspect. Or, at the least, that is what O’Hara might imagine. The talkSPORT pundit slammed the winger in a put up on X, saying: “Brennan Johnson is much more irritating to observe within the flesh than he’s on TV.”
The previous Spurs midfielder’s frustration might be justified by Johnson’s poor efficiency, wherein he misplaced 5 out of his six duels – simply 83% – and had solely 25 touches earlier than being withdrawn. Now, as Wilson Odobert continues to step up on his arrival, Johnson might effectively discover his place beneath menace.
Johnson might lose Tottenham place
After arriving for a reported £48m final summer season, Johnson confirmed loads of promise in his debut marketing campaign however is starting to frustrate these round North London. However at simply 23 years outdated, the likes of O’Hara will need to have endurance of their winger, who managed 5 objectives and 10 assists within the Premier League final outing.
The arrival of Odobert might concern Johnson, nevertheless, after he discovered himself changed having struggled within the second half towards Arsenal. Receiving loads of the ball, the previous Forest star might have been the driving drive to a formidable victory for Postecoglou’s aspect. As an alternative, he shortly grew to become the purpose of frustration.
For Spurs as a collective, they have to now look forward to the Carabao Cup and Coventry Metropolis, earlier than Ferencvaros within the Europa League and an opportunity to get again to successful methods within the Premier League towards a tricky Brighton & Hove Albion aspect.
Fail to beat Brighton and the priority will solely develop for Postecoglou. One factor for positive, one other defeat within the North London derby actually will not have helped the previous Celtic man who’s enduring a tricky begin to his second season in cost.
