For me, Eriksen is most effective playing in the number ten role, and this showed when he was substituted at half - time for Erik
Lamela after a poor first half performance.
Mauricio Pochettino was able to give an update on the injury to
Lamela after the 2 - 2 draw at Manchester City on Saturday evening.
Not exact matches
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Despite the fact that they both threatened, neither side were able to break the deadlock while
Lamela was slightly fortunate to stay on the pitch
after committing a foul having already been booked.
Lamela has certainly not come close to reaching those heights during his time at White Hart Lane, scoring just six goals over the course of the last two seasons
after a club - record # 30m move to north London.
As seen below,
Lamela won't be a fan of it
after seeing his goal chalked off, but from a Tottenham perspective, it was a successful night at a snowy Wembley as they now face Swansea City in the next round and remain in the hunt for silverware, with or without VAR getting involved.
Roma will be keen to bring in the Portuguese winger
after losing Erik
Lamela to Tottenham, and will surely work right to the deadline to make sure a move happens.
But the spuds boss was clever enough to take off
Lamela (who was on a yellow) shortly
after the squabble with sanchez...
By half - time came it was looking like Spurs» game to lose
after they doubled the lead thanks to the goal of the night from
Lamela, who whipped a stunning Rabona shot into the top corner with his left foot:
Kane himself won one of the penalties
after going down from a challenge from Loris Karius, while Erik
Lamela was adjudged to have been fouled by Virgil van Dijk for the second.
Lamela added a second in injury time at the end of the first half before Eriksen scored again just
after the hour mark.
With
Lamela to assist, Mason ran into the box and found enough time to poke the ball into the back of the net
after which his collision with the keeper ruled him out for the rest of the game.
For the visitors, Danny Rose and Mousa Dembele could feature
after returning from injury in their Carabao Cup defeat at home to West Ham United, a game for which boss Mauricio Pochettino made seven changes, but midfielders Erik
Lamela and Victor Wanyama are expected to be sidelined once again.
After a mixed opening to the 2014 - 15 season, Champions League football may seem a remote possibility for some supporters but Tottenham's Argentinian winger Erik
Lamela believes the club have a chance.
After a couple of indifferent seasons
Lamela is look to be worth at least half his transfer fee and at the weekend popped up with a headed equaliser at Everton.
We saw
Lamela and Eriksen switch wings midway through the game, but this attempt to spark creativity
after a slight shape change following the injury of Kyle Walker in the end had minimal impact.
Toby Alderweireld, Danny Rose and Harry Kane are all available again
after recovering from short - term injuries, while Kieran Trippier, Georges - Kevin N'Koudou, Jan Vertonghen and Erik
Lamela are all set to miss out on the trip to the Stadium of Light.
There is no doubt that
Lamela is a talented player, and he is certainly going to be wiser about the Premier League
after 2013 - 14.
Toby Alderweireld doubled the home side's lead four minutes later, and then a third flew into the net
after another two minutes of play through Erik
Lamela.
Now back fit and firing
after more than a year out,
Lamela looks certain to play a key role under Pochettino, who rates
Lamela's tenacity, ability to beat men and thread balls through to strikers like Eriksen.
AS Roma highly rated attacking midfielder, Erik
Lamela is set to find a new home this summer
after latest report confirm that he is close in sealing a deal with Tottenham Hotspur.
Joining the club were Roberto Soldado, Paulinho, Etienne Capoue, Vlad Chiriches, Nacer Chadli, Christian Eriksen and most expensively of all, Erik
Lamela, who became the club's record signing
after commanding a # 30m fee from Roma.
We introduced Lucas Moura for his Premier League debut in place of
Lamela and as we continued to mount attack
after attack, almost went ahead from the unlikely boot of Davies, whose shot on the turn was heading towards the bottom corner before his Welsh compatriot Hennessey dived full length to tip it wide.
The 25 - year - old
Lamela joined Tottenham in 2013
after spending two seasons with Italian club AS Roma.
LONDON: Erik
Lamela is in line to make his Tottenham Hotspur return
after over a year on the sidelines through injury, manager Mauricio Pochettino revealed on Monday.
Vincent Janssen could be fit again, following an ankle problem, and Danny Rose is expected to be back
after a thigh complaint, but Erik
Lamela remains out with a hip issue.
Toby Alderweireld is of course back in contention for this one
after coming on as a substitute in midweek, but Erik
Lamela and Vincent Janssen remain out for the trip to Old Trafford in this key Premier League clash.
It has been a difficult season for Andros Townsend,
after being preferred to Erik
Lamela early on in the season, the England international has been dropped, and now the Argentine has taken his place.
Kyle Walker and Jan Vertonghen are available again
after they served their suspensions against Watford, whilst Erik
Lamela remains out with a hip problem.
Mauricio Pochettino believes Erik
Lamela's return will be a big help to the team
after confirming the Argentine international is in contention for a place in the squad at Leicester City.
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino has backed Erik
Lamela to emerge as a star this season,
after his influential contribution to his side's 2 - 1 win against AEL Limassol in the Europa League play - off tie.
After five goals and nine assists during the 2015/16 campaign, last season was supposed to be Erik
Lamela «s time to kick on to become a real force in the Premier League.
Soon
after the substitution, Spurs were level through an Erik
Lamela header and it was a completely different game.
The drama began
after just six minutes when Erik
Lamela tucked home a loose ball which seemingly gave us the lead, only for VAR Graham Scott to advise referee Paul Tierney to disallow the goal for a foul by Fernando Llorente in the build up.
Erik
Lamela finally got his first Premier League goal for Tottenham Hotspur as we got the three points via a 2 - 1 scoreline against Burnley
after Harry Kane gave us the lead midway through the first half.
I expect that the young duo will continue to boss that midfield again in the middle of the park, and
after being rested in midweek against Newcastle, I think that Erik
Lamela could be given yet another chance out on the right wing.
Pochettino has a habit of picking
Lamela, as Erik does have a lot of running in his expensive legs, so
Lamela seems to be a certain to play, but
After the 5 - 3 win in January, Chadli might be put in to replicate his form that day.
After a disappointing couple of seasons at White Hart Lane, the instalment of Mauricio Pochettino as manager at Spurs has helped to get the very best out of Erik
Lamela.
Erik
Lamela, who returned in the starting lineup for the away side in midweek for the first time this year
after recovering from hip surgury, might be a slight doubt
after a lack of game time as Pochettino says his body starting to adapt again to minutes on the pitch.
They scored two times in the first half through Aleksandar Kolarov's own goal and another strike by Dele Alli, guaranteeing the victory
after the break despite Erik
Lamela having a penalty denied from being a goal by City's new goalkeeper, Claudio Bravo.
Son converted
Lamela's pass for 5 - 1
after 65 minutes and there was a great moment deep into stoppage time when Walker - Peters played a one - two with Dele Alli and beat Lillis with a right - foot shot.
However, Kane edged back ahead of the Egyptian when he sent Karius the wrong way
after Liverpool's # 75 million club record signing Virgil van Dijk was adjudged to have clipped Erik
Lamela inside the area two minutes later.
«
Lamela is not fixture in the starting XI at Tottenham,» they report, «which
after five seasons in the Premier League could convince him to leave London and return to Serie A.
CHANCES: BENNETTS OFF THE LINE, TRACEY DENIED AT OTHER END - 37 - 38 mins We struggled to carve out any real openings
after those long - range attempts from Edwards and
Lamela, and we had a let - off when left - back Keanan Bennetts cleared St Clair's effort off the line.
Mauricio Pochettino believes that the return of Érik
Lamela's «energy» can provide impetus to Tottenham Hotspur's season
after disappointing results a -LRB-...)
After taking the lead through Erik
Lamela in the first half, this was a Europa League game that Spurs should have won.