Tottenham Hotspur defender Japhet Tanganga has been singled out for heavy criticism this evening, owing to his display in the club’s meeting with Chelsea.
Antonio Conte’s men returned to action a short time ago, no doubt brimming with confidence on the back of a remarkable comeback win over Leicester City in midweek.
When all was said and done at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, however, the Lilywhites were brought firmly back down to earth.
An altogether lacklustre display ultimately saw Spurs put to the sword by two goals to nil, dealing the club’s top-4 hopes a considerable blow in the process.
Hakim Ziyech opened the game’s scoring in stunning fashion early in the 2nd-half, before a Thiago Silva header a short time later assured that Chelsea tightened their grip on 3rd place in the Premier League table.
Hakim Ziyech, take a bow! ?
The Chelsea man cuts in on his left foot and guides his shot past a rooted Hugo Lloris to give the hosts the lead! pic.twitter.com/uxyMWXzZpJ
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) January 23, 2022
‘Not good enough’
Back on the Lilywhite half of north London, on the other hand, the inquest will now get underway.
An underwhelming performance on the part of his side at Stamford Bridge will no doubt leave Antonio Conte more convinced than ever before that Tottenham’s squad requires major reinforcement, and soon.
One member of the visitors’ lineup to have enjoyed a particularly difficult evening, meanwhile, comes in the form of Japhet Tanganga.
As highlighted by the stat-line below, stopper Tanganga endured an outing to forget on Sunday, struggling on both sides of the ball before eventually being hooked with 57 minutes on the clock:
Japhet Tanganga’s game by numbers vs Chelsea (57 mins):
3 fouls committed
2/8 duels won
1/4 tackles won
1 first-half yellow card
1 ball recovery
0 take-ons completed
0 crosses completedA derby horror show. ??♂️ pic.twitter.com/k8n3hFB3bG
— Statman Dave (@StatmanDave) January 23, 2022
And the Spurs faithful evidently picked up on as much, having taken to social media in their absolute numbers post-match to reiterate the widespread opinion that Tanganga, all told, is simply ‘not good enough’ to play a regular part for the club:
Tanganga proves today he is not good enough, but nostalgia is what’s keeping him at the club—just like half the squad
— riley (@miasanlavelle) January 23, 2022
When win conte realise playing tanganga costs us goals. Every time he plays he cocks up
— THFCmac (@CormacDingle) January 23, 2022
Japhet Tanganga mistakes again and again, he needs to leave #THFC | #COYS | #CHETOT
— Jonny (@vChewiee) January 23, 2022
Tanganga needs to go man. he’s just not good enough
— jaws (@jawspurrs) January 23, 2022
I don’t like slating players on here too much but I think Tanganga’s Spurs career has ended in this last month
— JJ (@JoeyJonesie1) January 23, 2022
Struggling to think of a worse player in the prem than Japhet Tanganga
— Thommo (@ThommoWOOWFC) January 23, 2022
Tanganga has made a mistake in every game we’ve played against Chelsea. Definitely not good enough.
— Steve (@steve_f7801) January 23, 2022
I hate how Tanganga is the reason for every fucking goal we conceded in 2022.
— Amro ?? (@TR40RE) January 23, 2022
Can’t help but think Tanganga isn’t good enough for this team. Constantly lets us down lately, such a shame really as he looked the real deal early on
— Adam Kerr (@ABK029) January 23, 2022
Say what you like but Tanganga has cost us all 3 games vs Chelsea…academy player or not…hes poor
— daniel wickford (@DanielWickford) January 23, 2022
Tanganga needs to be loaned out or simply a reserve. What do you expect to happen when a player of his quality is starting against Chelsea?
— Isaac Kimes (@IsaacKimes) January 23, 2022
Tanganga needs to go. Not good enough
— Dan Holdaway (@DanielHoldaway1) January 23, 2022
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