A section of football fans took to Twitter to lay into Erik Lamela for his performance in their side’s 2-1 Champions League defeat to Inter Milan on Tuesday night.
The Argentine was handed his first start of the season as Mauricio Pochettino made five changes from the weekend defeat to Liverpool but late goals from Mauro Icardi and Matias Vecino cancelled out Christian Eriksen’s opener.
Lamela played 72 minutes of the clash in Milan before he was replaced by Harry Winks and many football followers, including a good number of Spurs ones, were unhappy with his performance.
This Is Futbol has rounded up some of the best tweets below.
COMMENTARY:
Five years into his Tottenham career and Lamela divides opinion like few other players. Not just among Spurs supporters, either. The attacking midfielder, who earns £70,000-a-week at the club (source: Daily Star), was named in the starting XI for the first time this season at San Siro as Pochettino introduced fresh legs into the attack. The Argentine did not finish the game but looked more effective after the break following a fairly ineffective first period. Intriguingly, Lamela played ahead of Harry Kane for much of the match in what was a tactical surprise. With Kane continually dropping deep to win the ball, the older man was used in a similar way to how Lucas Moura has operated this season, as the most forward attacker charged with getting beyond defenders. It was not really a tactic that worked, perhaps because Lamela does not have the stunning change of pace of the Brazilian.
Lamela is garbage
— SK (@sskaayy) September 18, 2018
If we could get rid of lamela I would be sooo happy man throw away 3 easy goals lol ? typical
— Elizabeth Timothy (@juslizzie) September 18, 2018
So #DanielLevy @SpursOfficial think you maybe should’ve done some shopping in the summer? Lacking killer knock-out punch. Have no idea what Lamela was doing in the field for so long. Lost focus after you took Son off. Why not Son, Lucas and Fernando up front?
— Mark von Bentheim (@MarkvonB) September 18, 2018
Diet is not good enough, I’ve been saying it for ages shouldn’t have started lamela
— GB (@georgeblewettx) September 18, 2018
https://twitter.com/callmeclarky/status/1042137114882834433
Fluke result at Old Trafford put them on a pedestal, too many players not good enough, Dier, winks, lamela, vorm just off the top of my head
— Adam Worrall (@adam_worrall21) September 18, 2018
https://twitter.com/MrOKanenas/status/1042116289781792768
Lamela is a fraud.
— Ben BF ???? (@Fangantry) September 18, 2018
If anyone on my TL ever mentions Lamela and starting for spurs you will be blocked . The complete garbage of football players .
— Darren Yarlett (@darrenyarlett) September 18, 2018