OPINION
How many times have Tottenham left it late this season?
They did it again last night against Brighton and this time it was Christian Eriksen who sprung them from jail with a fantastic strike in the 88th minute of the game.
They hadn’t looked much like scoring before with a shot from, of all people, Toby Alderweireld the closest they’d come against a dogged Brighton side, intent on seeing out a 0-0 draw.
And the Tottenham fans blamed a lot of that on striker Fernando Llorente, who suffered through one of his most ineffective displays we’ve seen.
Llorente is good at one thing – using his height – and he was given nothing to attack on Tuesday night. Beyond that he always seems at odds with the players around him when he plays for Spurs, and we can’t see him staying beyond the summer.
He only ever gets a run-out when Harry Kane is injured and we think Mauricio Pochettino needs to find someone more effective and more “Tottenham” going forward.
Plenty of Tottenham fans agreed with us last night – here are the best reactions on Twitter:
Llorente playing stuck in the mud tonight. But Poch refuses to bring him off #thfc
— Paul Smith (@PSmithy7) April 23, 2019
Get Llorente off now #THFC
— Geoffrey Barker (@geofftheyido) April 23, 2019
Once again llorente proved that he has no right to wear our famous colours, he is so bad it’s simply untrue, barely touched the ball the whole game, anyone that honestly believes we should give him another year needs their head testing, a truly awful forward #THFC #COYS
— Kieren Flanagan (@KierenFlanagan) April 23, 2019
https://twitter.com/621_karl/status/1120774672684126208
3) Despite all the important goals for #THFC this term, Llorente offered absolutely nothing. Slow, poor first touch, and weak in the air.
4) Thought Eriksen was average again before the goal, which will hopefully kickstart some kind of form as we approach the end of the season.— Guy Giles (@gwfgiles) April 23, 2019
https://twitter.com/NaudoPaul/status/1120783730891722752
Get Llorente OFF!! ?#THFC
— Courtney (@CourtneyV89) April 23, 2019
Be better off just playing with 10 men tbh and take off Llorente, awful display tonight, Son has to play through the middle
— Höggy ? (@TheHoggy) April 23, 2019