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£47m Tottenham man was statistically brilliant despite Fulham loss yesterday

Lucas Arnold

Sun 17 March 2024 8:15, UK

In truth, there was very little reason to feel positive from a Tottenham Hotspur perspective following full time at Fulham yesterday.

Ange Postecoglou’s team looked unrecognisable from their confident displ��ay away at Villa Park last week when they took firm initiative in the race for f🐭ourth.

It would be too simplistic to simply blame the absence of Micky van de Ven, even if the g⛄ame did perhaps demonstrate his ﷺcrucial role already.

Radu Dragusin strugg🐟led to impress, often beaten by Fulham striker Rodrigo Muniz who was🎐 clearly in much better rhythm, a player with a lot more match sharpness.

Dragꦕusin did show some positive signs of his ability, but he clearly does need a run of games to find his feet, which is somewhat understandable.

That being said, his centre-back partner Cristian Romero did still deliver an excellent display de🤡spite🧔 losing 3-0.

Romero was brilliant in his work for Totten༒ham, and certainly didn’t deserve to be on 🦄the losing side against Fulham yesterday.

The was handed a 7.8/10 for his display by and boa🦂sted some incredibly𒐪 impressive individual numbers.

Cristian Romero was still excellent for Tottenham against Fulham yesterday

Romero won 12 duels in total, comp𓂃ared to Dragusin’s four to provide some context.

The Argentinian a𒆙lso produced four clearances, three interceptions an♎d three tackles – he wasn’t going down without a fight.

And the defender was pretty impressive with the ball at his feet as usual💮 too, producing one key pass and a 92% pass success rat⭕e.

So whilst it may be pretty difficult for Tottenham fans to find positives from the heavy defeat aga🤪inst Fulham yesterday, perhaps Romer꧋o’s display will provide a small bit of joy.

Furthermore, this was previously the kind of game which often saw Rome♛ro loss his head too, a frustrating afternoon in which his ill-discipline may appear.

But Romero is now re💞cognisable as a leader in this team, a player who is clearly making an effort to stop being embroiled in such shenanigans.

And if fans came away from yesterday’𝄹s game realising Micky van de Ven’s importance🌟, the same could definitely be said for Cristian Romero.

All that considered, Ange Postecoglou wasn’t happy with something one reporter said yesterday.