Carragher slams Djed Spence after Tottenham’s defeat to Liverpool
Tottenham Hotspur became just the second team in the Premier League this season to hit three goals past Liverpool, but a defensive disaster saw them come out from the duel worse off as Arne Slot’s side claimed a 6-3 success on Sunday. A depleted Tottenham defence shipped three goals in either half, with Mohamed Salah and Luis Diaz particularly playing impressively for the Reds.
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A string of injuries in the backline forced Ange Postecoglou to utilise Pedro Porro and Djed Spence as his full backs, while the central defenders were Archie Gray and Radu Dragusin. Porro played in his natural role of a right back and was the only player from the team’s primary back four to be fit and featuring against Liverpool, whereas Spence was forced to adapt to playing on the left.
His performance was heavily criticised by Jamie Carragher, however, as Sky Sports (via TBR Football) quoted the former Liverpool defender saying the following words on the English youngster.
“Look at your left back going to press, you don’t do that! You stay at left-back, Archie Gray gets dragged across, Dragusin’s in no man’s land and before you know it, it’s three versus two. That doesn’t mean don’t be attacking like the manager says, it means use your brain.”
Carragher’s criticism of Djed Spence is ridiculously unfair given his track record of playing superbly in his previous couple of appearances against Southampton and Manchester United in the Carabao Cup and Premier League, respectively. The 24-year-old, who has been sparingly used, stepped up in a time of need and deserves more credit for his work.
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Admittedly, the game against Liverpool was not the best one he has played, but to aim an aggressive dig at a young defender by asking him to ‘use his brains’ proves why Carragher is ridiculed by fans. Ange Postecoglou has not been questioned on the pundit’s comments yet, though it will be interesting to see what the Australian has to say in response.