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‘Not good enough’… Jamie Redknapp unhappy with £42m Tottenham player after what he did vs Man United 

Jamie Redknapp was unimpressed with Cristian Romero’s defending for Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford today.

Ange Postecoglou welcomed the Argentine and Micky van de Ven back on Sunday, with t꧃he duo playing a✤longside each other for the first time since early November.

The centre-back pairing didn’t exactly get off to an🍃 ideal start as Rasmus Hojlund netted within three minutes.

Bruno Fernandes set Marcus Rashford away and the United winger was eventually ta✅ckled by Destiny Udogie.

Hojlund pounced on the loose ball and stole a yard on Cristian Romero before smashing th꧟e ball past Guglielmo Vicario.

And Jamie Redknapp has criticised Romero for keeping h🦹is hands behind his back while attempting to block thꦯe shot.

Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images
Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images

Redknapp unimpressed with Romero’s defending for Man United goal

Speaking🗹 on ’ coverage of the game, Redknapp explained why he believes Romero could have done better for U😼nited’s opener.

“I want to talk about Romero as wel🐷l because you see so many defenders today put their hands behind their backs,” the former Spurs man said. “You cannot run properly with your hands behin🌱d your back, it’s impossible.

“You see him there, just get your hands out, get in a good balanced positionꦛ. You see his hands behind his back there, not good enough.”

Photo by Robin Jones/Getty Images
Photo by Robin Jones/Getty Images

You can understand why defend🎐ers are more inclined to put their hands behind their backs while attempting to block shots since 🧔VAR’s introduction to football.

Romero arguably could have done better in the situation though, particularly as the defender wa🐟s in an ideal position to react.

Nevertheless, it took Spurs just 15 mi꧂nutes to level things up at Old Trafford as Richarlis♋on netted with a well-taken header.

Tottenham dominated for large perio♔ds of the game but were hit against the run of the plaಌy in the 40th minute.

Marcus Rashford linked up well wi💝th Hojlund before placing the ball into t🅰he bottom corner to beat Vicario.

Spurs responded right after half-time though, with Timo🍌 Werner setting up Rodrigo Bentancur after a brilliantly worked move.