BBC pundit not impressed with £165k-a-week Spurs player in loss to Fulham

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Tottenham Hotspur fell to a comprehensive 3-0 defeat at the hands of Fulham in Saturday’s Premier League encounter in west London.

Spurs were hoping to climb into the top four of the table come 7:30pm and potentially stay there during the international break.

Instead, Ange Postecoglou has been left to rue a shock defeat in which most of his players were seriously disappointing.

For instance, Timo Werner missed a number of chances during the game, including one in the second half that seemed easier to score.

In the 69th minute, Brennan Johnson flashed a superb ball across the face of goal on a silver platter for the £165,000-a-week forward (Spotrac).

However, Werner inexplicably skewed wide from point-blank range, which pretty much summed up Tottenham’s bad day.

BBC Sport pundit Matt Jarvis said on Radio 5 Live: “Tottenham have had two big, big opportunities right there. Werner should be scoring.”

Meanwhile, Alan Smith of Sky Sports said: “Werner has got to expect it coming his way but he doesn’t.”

Toothless Tottenham fail at Fulham

Prior to Werner’s miss, Johnson also failed to put away a superb opportunity from a Son Heung-min delivery.

At the other end, the damage was done by just after the hour mark as the Cottagers were convincing winners.

Rodrigo Muniz scored either side of half-time to take his recent tally to seven goals in seven games.

His goals were sandwiched by Sasa Lukic’s first strike for Fulham in the 49th minute, flicking the ball into the corner from Timothy Castagne’s low cross.

All in all, about as bad a day as it can get for Tottenham. And as was the case after the loss to Wolves, Spurs now have a two-week wait to try and put things right.

With the international break set to bring a halt to domestic proceedings until the end of the month, Tottenham aren’t in action now until Saturday 30 March, when they host Luton Town in north London.