Tottenham Hotspur built on Friday’s draw with a victory in just their second game back to Premier League action.
Jose Mourinho’s side beat local rivals West Ham 2-0 in north London to move to within one point of the top five. The game’s first goal came by way of the visitors sticking one in their own net.
Giovani Lo Celso swung in a corner which eventually deflected off Hammers midfielder Tomas Soucek just after the hour mark. Harry Kane then doubled the advantage eight minutes from time.
Who's the better Spurs winger?
Erik Lamela
Lucas Moura
The 26-year-old latched onto Heung-min Son’s defence-splitting through ball before sticking it past the visiting goalkeeper.
Despite Spurs playing in front of an empty stadium, plenty of the fanbase clearly tuned in from home and they were left fuming by the performance from Lucas Moura, who was handed a start after missing the game against Manchester United.
Per SofaScore, the Brazilian winger actually had a pretty decent game, managing two attempts at goal, three successful dribbles and won 60% of his duels on the ground. He also only lost possession six times, which was far less than the likes of Giovani Lo Celso and Dele Alli.
Some believed that substitute Erik Lamela was a better option out wide whilst others labelled him “awful” and a “massive phoney,” and here’s how the rest of the Spurs faithful reacted to his display…
Lucas is worse than Lamela
— Harry Sherlock (@Harry_Sherlock) June 23, 2020
How Toby doesnโt play over either of those 2 cbโs. How Bergwijn doesnโt play over lucas, how ndombele canโt get on ahead of alli is a joke. Jose your a muppet. #thfc
— T (@yiddooooo) June 23, 2020
Lucas living off that night in Amsterdam ๐๐ป another world, Lo Celso is pulling the strings ๐ฅ #THFC
— Harrison ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ (@harrisontwest) June 23, 2020
https://twitter.com/thfcdev/status/1275523106732466181?s=20
Moura was awful from the first minute tonight. His passing was dreadful and he just got in the way for most of the game.
— Ben Docherty (@IamBenDoc) June 23, 2020
Bergwin > Lucas #coys #thfc #TOTWHU
— james powell (@jamespowell363) June 23, 2020
https://twitter.com/KayfabeDiaries/status/1275520018323668992?s=20
Thank christ lucas is apalling
โ Ricoyid (@ricospur) June 23, 2020
Get moura out of this club
โ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ฅ (@SeanF1_) June 23, 2020
FraudWatch? We already know heโs a massive phony
— ๐ค (@world_classe) June 23, 2020
https://twitter.com/jme_900/status/1275529958207754245?s=20
Lucas is either prime pele or a complete donkey when he has the ball
— Paul (@Chipppy_) June 23, 2020
You know my view, heโs a Spurs Theo Walcott. Blind alley king
— Anthony McDonald (@AntMcD7) June 23, 2020
i wonder if palace would do a deal for zaha — in exchange for lamela and mauro
Maura was destroyed by being benched in the final (how did that go).
he has never been given any reason to think he is Valued.
when i think of how many (full) games Lamela has had , the comparison is weird.
Players can be fragile and need to feel wanted .
he has the obvious talent as a 10 , not a winger.