Not just Son: Spurs must drop 4/10 dud who lost the ball every 6 minutes

Instead of bouncing back from their defeat to Manchester City last week, Tottenham Hotspur endeavoured to lose their second game on the bounce last night.

Ange Postecoglou’s men travelled to the Netherlands to take on AZ Alkmaar in the first leg of their Europa League Round of 16 tie, but from how they played, you’d have been forgiven for thinking it was a pre-season friendly.

The North Londoners managed to make what was, in all honesty, a kind draw look like an encounter with a top Premier League side and were lucky to come away with just a one-goal deficit.

There were dismal performances across the pitch for the visitors, but two experienced internationals, including Son Heung-min, stood out for the wrong reasons and must be dropped ahead of Sunday’s encounter with Bournemouth.

Son’s performance in numbers against Alkmaar

Postecoglou opted to bring Son back into the starting lineup last night and started him off the left of a front three with Mathys Tel to his right and Brennan Johnson on the other flank.

Throughout the first half, the South Korean superstar might as well have been on the bench, as, alongside his fellow attackers, he was completely anonymous.

Worse still, when Tel was hooked at half-time, and the 32-year-old was moved into the middle in an attempt to provide a more cutting threat, he was arguably even more ineffective, with his most notable contributions in the game being his involvement in a ridiculous free-kick routine and a wild effort from outside the box in the second half.

Football.london’s Alasdair Gold was equally unimpressed, awarding the captain a 3/10 match rating at full-time, and when you take a look at his statistics from the game alongside his overall display, it’s not hard to see why.