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Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer give their opinions on Djed Spence’s performance for Tottenham against Brentford
Djed Spence delivered another excellent performance for Tottenham Hotspur in their much needed 2-0 win over Brentford on Sunday afternoon.
Ange Postecoglou’s Tottenhamꦫ side stopped their rot in the Premier League, earning a rare clean sheet away from home at a ground where so many good teams have lost this season.
🌄Despite fielding a centre-back pairing of Archie Gray and Ben Davies, Tottenham were resolute at the back, and new signing Kevin Danso would have been pleased with what he saw.
In addition to Gray and Davies, Spurs’ full-backs were also superb too, both Pedro Porro and Spence🌼 looked determined to keep Brentford’s talented attack out.
James Maddison loved Spence’s performance𒊎, who hardly gave Bryan Mbeumo a sniff out wide, one of the most difficult wingers to face in the Premier League.
Djed Spence sends another clear message to Ange Postecoglou
That being said, both Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer🐬 delivered their verdicts on Spence’s performance on ‘The Rest Is Football’ podcast following Spurs’ 2-0 win.
꧑Lineker started that chat, even reminiscing about a run in he recently had with Spence’s family before his Tottenham career turned around.
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ꦉLineker said: “I thought Djed Spence was terrific, excellent performance.
Shearer replied: “Really good.”
🃏Lineker: “It was actually on the tube about two, three months ago. There was a woman and looked like a daughter, and it was a daughter in the end, sitting opposite me with Tottenham scarves on.
🐭“And she said, I’m going to actually, we’re going to Tottenham, my son might be playing.
ꦿ“And it was Djed Spence’s mother. Mother and sister, I believe.”
𝔉Shearer: “Well I thought he was a man of the match, thought he was absolutely outstanding.
🐓“Yeah, so I watched that game and he didn’t do too many things wrong, if any at all. So he was superb.”
Djed Spence will need to repeat is Brentford performance against Mohamed Salah
𝓰Of course, Spence is currently putting together a strong case for remaining in Tottenham’s eleven even when Destiny Udogie is back fit.
💯The defender has completely turned his career around in N17, a player who Postecoglou may not have even given another chance were it not for the club’s injury crisis.
𝔍But Spence is now impressing in an attacking and defensive capacity, the best levels he’s ever shown in the Premier League.
🍸And it speaks volumes that the full-back will now be an automatic pick for Spurs’ huge tie with Liverpool on Thursday in the second-leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final.
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Spence has proved Postecoglou wrong🅺, and the full back can now realistically hope for a long-term first team spot at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.