Tottenham Hotspur moved to within just one point of the Premier League’s European places following a comfortable
Spurs defeated local rivals West Ham 2-0 in north London with Harry Kane finally getting on the scoresheet.
The 26-year-old had doubled the home side’s advantage with just eight minutes to go, latching onto a defence-splitting through ball from Heung-min Son.
Jose Mourinho’s side had taken the lead courtesy of an own goal just after the hour mark – Giovani Lo Celso’s driven corner eventually deflected in off Hammers midfielder Tomas Soucek.
Should Dele Alli be in the starting XI?
Yes!
No way!
No fans were in attendance at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium once again, but evidently plenty tuned in from home with the game being broadcast live in Sky Sports, and many were left reeling by the performance from midfielder Dele Alli, who returned to the starting XI following a one-match suspension.
Per SofaScore, Alli picked up the lowest rating of any Spurs player (6.3) in his hour of action before he was withdrawn by Mourinho. He also managed to win just 25% of his duels, lost possession 13 times and failed to record a successful dribble from three attempts.
Alli who is valued at £57.6m by Transfermarkt was labelled “lazy,” “frustrating,” and “slow” by some.
Here’s how the rest of the fanbase have reacted to his performance…
All a bit too slow & laboured, any quality shown has been from Lo celso . Lucas looks off the pace #THFC #COYS #TOTWHU
— Greed over Glory (@CoulsdonTHFC) June 23, 2020
Finally Dele Alli is off. The Adel Taarabt of Spurs
— Brucey™ Esq. 🇵🇹🫶🇺🇦🖖 (@bruceg87) June 23, 2020
https://twitter.com/MIGUELCHINES04/status/1275527514639814657?s=20
Alli has fallen to Lamela levels
— Glory Glory (@gloryglorytott) June 23, 2020
Delle Alli was lazy tonight, the concurrence is tough and if he keeps playing like that he'll end up benched. #TOTWHU #COYS
— Gorgui Moussa (@kingalias91) June 23, 2020
Yeh Mr Alli had another poor show
— stephen brown (@sbrownstortford) June 23, 2020
https://twitter.com/BrazilianLW/status/1275528266992869377?s=20
Alli stinking up the gaff as per usual, not suited for this game. Kane ineffective again. Take Alli, Sissoko and Moura off, bring on Bergwin, Ndombele and Winks #COYS #THFC #TOTWHU
— LNC (@charlesey1990) June 23, 2020
Alli is so frustrating. Slows attacks down so often. Hate it when he drops deep. #THFC
— T (@yiddooooo) June 23, 2020
Sell Dele. Buy Coutinho. #THFC
— RS33 (@RSonny33) June 23, 2020
Alli has been dreadful.
— The White Wall (@Glory_THFC) June 23, 2020
Glad Alli is off. He looked like he was afraid of hurting himself. Did he even make one tackle? #coys #thfc #totwhu
— No. Fla. Cyclist (@ConasCycle) June 23, 2020
#THFC has anyone seen Dele? He’s been below par for sometime now & not deserving of his place at the moment.
— John Wardell (@oldjdub) June 23, 2020
Honest opinion – If I'm Southgate, Alli is losing his position to either Grealish or Maddison
Hes been average for a long time. Careless passing, weak on the ball,jogs and attempts to do flicks and tricks that never pay off.
He definitely has an expiry date at Spurs#THFC
— Adam (@_Stancill) June 23, 2020
i do not understand why fans criticise sissoko because he never stops trying and is a great ball carrier —
also dier has rediscovered himself and great to see it as for ali we must remember this was his first game back and now he knows that he has to knuckle down to work to rediscover his form as there is no doubt about his ability