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“I think the catalyst for that tonight was a fit and lean-looking Dele Alli,” Townsend said. “When he runs beyond Harry Kane and provides other options for the centre-forward to drop in and collect the ball and feed wide men and use his footballing intelligence then I think it makes such a difference to their team.
“I think this season, when Eriksen has played he has not looked at it at all. We are used to getting a performance out of Son and we have seen another one tonight, but if he doesn’t step up then sometimes Harry Kane can look a little bit predictable. He needs that variation [from Alli] around him to be at his very best.”
TBR’s view – Can Alli finally bring Spurs back to life?
He certainly has the ability to. Taking the pressure off of Kane and Son is a difficult thing to do, but finally giving the England and South Korea captains proper ammunition to fire Spurs forward will give Spurs a huge lift.
Not only that, but with Christian Eriksen left on the bench on Tuesday night and seemingly not looking as though he cares as much, Alli needs to step up in place of the Dane. Spurs need Alli more than ever, and it looks as though he could be about to produce.
