Lucas Moura provided little or no as Tottenham Hotspur had been narrowly crushed by West Ham United on the London Stadium within the Premier League on Sunday afternoon.
Spurs might have been defeated by the solitary aim in opposition to their London rivals however fact be advised, they hardly ever ever threatened within the ultimate third and the Brazilian winger being an entire non-factor actually contributed to their downfall.
The £18m-rated dynamo leads the way in which for dribbles per sport (2.9) and isn’t far behind for photographs at aim (1.8) or key passes (one) per sport both, so he’s clearly a giant affect in Nuno Santo’s system in N17.
However in opposition to the Irons, he was fully ineffective and fairly nameless for big components. When he did have the ball, he was wasteful, so it was actually a nightmare of a day for the 29-year-old attacker.
Ought to Lucas Moura be in Spurs’ beginning XI?
YES!
NO!
Moura misplaced possession a whopping 25 instances, which was greater than another participant on the pitch, and 5 extra instances than anybody else in a Lilywhites shirt.
When you think about the truth that he had 67 touches throughout 89 minutes, then it’s a worrying signal as he handed the ball again to the house aspect as soon as each 2.7 touches – or as soon as each 3.5 minutes, by way of SofaScore.
Elsewhere, he registered only one shot, which was off course, and solely recorded three profitable dribbles from six makes an attempt, which means the Hammers’ defence typically had the higher of him.
That was additional strengthened by the previous PSG star successful solely eight of 16 duels (50%), each on the bottom and aerially, the latter is one other statistic he leads the squad in (3.6x per sport), surprisingly. So once more, he was performing effectively under his commonplace in east London.
The Night Normal’s Dan Kilpatrick claimed he ‘provided little within the ultimate third and was effectively marshalled by West Ham,’ while soccer.london reporter Rob Visitor handed him a 4/10 ranking – amongst the bottom in the entire aspect.
On the above proof, Moura was a catastrophe in opposition to the Irons and though he was one among many, he was one purpose why Spurs did not register a single shot within the second half.
AND in different information, Overlook Kane: £45m-rated Spurs light-weight who received 0 duels badly let Nuno down vs West Ham…