REPORT: ‘FRIGHTENED’ TOTTENHAM 27-YEAR-OLD HAS GOT ‘WORSE’ UNDER ANGE POSTECOGLOU
Tottenham Hotspur endured one of their worst attacking performances of the season on Friday night when they were booted out of the FA Cup.
An experienced and high-in-confidence Manchester City side saw them off with a narrow 1-0 win, with Ange Postecoglou’s men failing to register a shot on goal in the first half and only one overall.
Ange ball was nowhere to be seen, with Tottenham’s new boy Timo Werner, who is on loan from RB Leipzig, taking verbal hits for his performance.
Tony Cascarino claimed that the 27-year-old looked ‘frightened to death’ of Manchester City right-back Kyle Walker, as he told talkSPORT.
The former striker even added that Timo Werner looks ‘worse’ in Spurs colours than when he was at Chelsea.
Some would argue that he made run after run throughout the game, but just wasn’t fed the ball by the midfield players or the fullbacks.
Whilst others would argue that it was the job of Timo Werner to also be a creator, which Tony Cascarino thinks he failed to do.
Timo Werner under Ange Postecoglou
“Timo Werner on the other side,” said Cascarino. “Honestly, he was frightened of Kyle Walker.
“When you come up against Kyle Walker, you know what he is. He is incredibly strong and quick. And Timo Werner is quick.
“But he stood out on the left-hand side and he was never ever a threat. Richarlison had a hard job. He had both wingers on either side of him offering nothing to him.
“Timo Werner actually looked like he was worse than he was at Chelsea. He’s not even getting chances. At least at Chelsea he got loads of chances and missed them. It was his home debut. You think there would be something. But he looked frightened to death of Kyle Walker.”
Harsh criticism of Timo Werner
The German has just entered the building and he isn’t playing as poorly as it’s being made out.
Plus, it also needs to be noted that, before his move to Spurs, he had only started two games this season, and now he has been thrown straight into the deep end.
From a physical and sharpness standpoint, he isn’t anywhere near his best, so he will only get better as the season progresses.
The game on Friday was just a frustrating one for Tottenham because they were outclassed by a team that showed why they are Treble winners.
