Aaron Lennon Performance

Aaron Lennon

West Ham United 0 Tottenham Hotspur 1

Performance Stats

Passing
Forward Passes: 7
Backwards Passes: 9
Total Passes: 16
Successful Passes: 15
Pass Completion: 94%
Key Passes: 0
Assists: 0
Chances Created: 0
Average Pass Length: 12m

Goals
Goals Conceded: 0
Goals Scored: 0
Goals Left Foot: 0
Goals Right Foot: 0
Goals Headed: 0
Goals Inside Area: 0
Goals Outside Area: 0
Goals Set Piece: 0
Goals Penalty: 0
Goals Direct Free Kick: 0
Goals Crossed Free Kick: 0
Goals Corners: 0

Goal Attempts
Shots: 1
Shot Accuracy: 0%
Shots Inside Box: 0
Shots Outside Box: 1

Opponent Duels
Tackles Won: 2
Tackles Lost: 1
Take on Success: 0
Take on Success: 0%
Headers Won: 0
Headers Win: 0%
Duels Success: 50%
Fouls For: 1
Fouls Against: 1

Defending
Interceptions: 0
Blocks: 0
Clearances: 1
Errors: 0
Errors Costing Goals: 0

Cards
Yellow: 0
Red: 0
Simulation: 0
Verbal Abuse: 0
Bad Tackles: 0

Match Day Squad

Name		Position
	Hugo Lloris	GK
	Brad Friedel	GK
	Eric Dier	D
	Younes Kaboul	D(CR)
	Etienne Capoue	D(C),DM(C)
	Nabil Bentaleb	DM(C)
	Danny Rose	D(L)
	Kyle Naughton	D(LR)
	Ben Davies	D(L)
	Michael Dawson	D(C)
	Lewis Holtby	M(CLR)
	Christian Eriksen	AM(CL)
	Andros Townsend	AM(LR)
	Erik Lamela	AM(CLR),FW
	Aaron Lennon	AM(LR)
	Harry Kane	FW
	Emmanuel Adebayor	FW
	Roberto Soldado	FW

Player Performance

Aaron Lennon will of course have his critics but as Tim Sherwood said, he kept picking him because he is the best defensive wide man Spurs have and it allows freedom elsewhere, last season to Christian Eriksen.

Ten men away to West Ham is just the game we needed his defensive duties. When Naughton went off he was to be found over on the right giving Dier a hand and he and Lamela switched wings when one followed the ball across. An unspectacular game, his one chipped shot went over, which his detractors will say he did nothing.

He however put in a defensive shift and kept us tight, he stats reveal that he didn't venture forward, leaving that to Eriksen or occasionally Lamela. When you are down to ten, you have to keep the ball and he rarely gave it away but all his work was racking and pushing the player with the ball to pass where he wanted him to.

Like Lamela on the other side, this was not a game for his attacking and his defending was just what we needed.

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