Xavi Simons all the way through Tottenham’s defeat to Fulham. (Photograph via Julian Finney/Getty Pictures)
Tottenham noticed their depressing week compounded on Saturday with an overly disappointing 2-1 house defeat towards Fulham. Thomas Frank’s facet, who had already misplaced to Arsenal (4-1) and PSG (5-3) during the last seven days, now in finding themselves tenth within the Premier League, once they were within the most sensible 4 now not too way back.
It used to be a dreadful begin to lawsuits for Tottenham, who conceded two times within the opening six mins on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Understandably, there used to be a large number of grievance for goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario following his error that ended in Harry Wilson’s long-range purpose, however one ex-player had extra of an issue with Xavi Simons.
Jamie O’Hara essential of Xavi Simons showboating vs FulhamXavi Simons in motion for Tottenham. (Photograph via Justin Setterfield/Getty Pictures)
Taking to X (by way of FootballFanCast), former Tottenham midfielder Jamie O’Hara took purpose at Simons, who got here on within the sixtieth minute for Richarlison. The ahead, signed in the summertime from RB Leipzig, used to be accused of useless showboating all the way through his time at the pitch.
“If Xavi (Simons) tries one more flick my head’s gonna absolutely go.”
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Xavi Simons has had a hard begin to existence at Tottenham
Simons didn’t have the required have an effect on all the way through his 30-minute cameo towards Fulham, with 0 pictures not off course and just one a success dribble. It epitomised his time at Tottenham up to now, which has been very underwhelming – particularly making an allowance for the hype that used to be generated when it changed into transparent that he could be becoming a member of in the summertime.
Up subsequent for Tottenham is a travel to Newcastle. Frank’s facet were significantly better clear of house this season, however they’ve already been defeated at St James’ Park this season (2-0 within the Carabao Cup), so expectancies might not be top for a favorable end result for the drawing close Premier League conflict on Tyneside.
