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Carlos Tevez once named defender Tottenham sold for only £3.5m as one of his toughest ever opponents
In total, Carlos Tevez faced Tottenham Hotspur 15 times whilst he was playing in England, scoring against Spurs only three times.
Tevez had an excellent record in England with West Ham United and Manchester United and Manchester City, but he evidently never enjoyed too much success against Tottenham.
In fact, after losing to Spurs 3-0 with Manchester City in 2009 at White Hart Lane, Tevez came away from the game seriously impressed with one member of Spurs’ back line, Michael Dawson.
Later on in the seasoไn in 2010, Tevez reflected on playing against Dawson in thaꦐt defeat and labelled the defender as ‘very strong’.
Dawson wasܫ playing in a back four that also contained Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Sebastien Bassong and Vedran C🐎orluka – but it was the Englishman who stood out.
Carlos Tevez couldn’t believe that Michael Dawson didn’t play more often for England
Speaking about his match up with Dawson in 2010, Tevez actually seemed perplexed that the defender ♐didn’t play more often for England.
Tevez sa⛎id: “We lost 3-0 and he didn’t let me into the g𝓰ame.
“I know he doe♓sn’t play for England, but he is the best Engl💃ish defender I have played against – very strong.”
In total, before retiring in 2021, Dawson only earned🐭 a total of four caps for his country, which did actually come at around that time.
The Tottenham defender, who eventually joined Hull City for in 2014, earned his caps under Fabio Capello and predominantly pl𒉰ayed alongside Chelsea’s John Terry in England’s defence.
Michael Dawson named the best strikers he ever faced
Speaking to the Guardian a few years after Tevez’s comments, Dawson was asked about those words and was in turn told to naꩵme the best strikers he’d ever had to deal with.
Dawson named t🃏he best defender in Premier League history recently, but in terms of the best striker he had faced, the former Spurs captain found it a little 🔜harder.
He said: “That’s very high praise from a top player like Carlos; when you play against him you never get a minute’s rest b𝐆ecause he’s in around you all the time.
“I think it would be unfair of me to name any one player in the Premier League as a pa✱rtic🌞ularly difficult opponent, because there’s so many quality strikers.
“Ade [Emmanuel Adebayor] used t🧜o cause us all sorts of problems when he played for Arsenal, the likes of Wayne Rooney … Didier Drogba … I’ve played against JD [Jermain Defoe] before and he’s top-class … I played against Louis Saha last night and he’s another top player.
“Whe🧜n you’re playing against these guys week in and week out, you’ve got to be on top of your game𒐪 all the time.”
A formidable list of players, but one that Tevez didn’t qui🐻te make it on himself.