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Former Tottenham Hotspur player Micky Hazard has named the extremely attacking starting XI he would select when Spurs host Red Star Belgrade in their latest Champions League group game on Tuesday night.
What’s he said?
Well, the 59-year-old has taken to Twitter to give his views on who should be on the team-sheet for Mauricio Pochettino’s men when they host the Serbian club at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium tonight.
He tweeted:
An attacking line-up for sure, which includes Harry Kane, Christian Eriksen, Dele Alli, Lucas Moura and Son Heung-min.
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A good idea?
It’s certainly a bold one.
If Spurs can pin back their opponents from the very first whistle using the quality of players they have in attacking areas, it could just be the formula to stop them suffering another disappointing performance and result, as they have done against Bayern Munich, Brighton and Hove Albion and Watford in their previous three fixtures in all competitions.
However, a presumable central midfield duo of Tanguy Ndombele and Eriksen is hardly going to provide the defence with the required protection, and that has to be a worry considering they have conceded 11 goals in those aforementioned trio of matches with more defensively-minded players than the Dane in Harry Winks and Moussa Sissoko.
It’s difficult to see Pochettino being quite so brave in that respect and then playing Sissoko at right-back too given the current form the north London outfit are in, but some Tottenham fans may well rather see their team go for it rather than the ponderous football they have been subjected to at points this term.
