Sissoko costs Spurs


Swansea v Spurs


Vorm, Walker, Alderweireld, Vertonghen (C), Davies, Dier, Dembele, Sissoko, Eriksen, Dele, Son

Subs: Lopez, Carter-Vickers, Wimmer, Trippier, Onomah, Nkoudou, Janssen

Mauricio Pochettino revealed before the game that Hugo Lloris was unwell meaning a start for Michel Worm against his old side and another game on the bench for number 3 Pau Lopez.

"Hugo started to feel unwell after lunch so stayed at the hotel. He is not ready to play."
As expected after a rest following the international break, South Korean Son Heung-min resumed duties as centre-forward with Dutchman Vincent Janssen dropping to the bench. Harry Winks is of course out for the season and Victor Wanyama hasn't recovered sufficiently from the knee he got in the back against Burnley. Frenchman Moussa Sissoko took his place.

The big moment of the first half came after just 5 minutes when Moussa Sissoko had the simplest of passes to make across the penalty box for us to tap the ball home and go 1-0 up, but he inexplicably played it so Leroy Far could cut the ball out by playing it behind the first man. It was a crazy choice of pass and it had a knock on effect.

Swansea City then scored and subsequently put every man behind the ball, dropping 5 yards deeper and asking us to try and break down a packed defence. That one moment of laziness, because that's what it was, from Sissoko meant instead of having our noses in front we were chasing the game. had we been in front it would have been a different game, Swansea couldn't just park the bus.

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