After taking the lead through Erik
Lamela in the first half, this was a Europa League game that Spurs should have won.
He was pulled out from his position at the heart of the back four by Kane's movement, allowing Erik
Lamela in to score through the space that Sadiqov had vacated.
As for the hosts, Vincent Janssen is on the bench as Mauricio Pochettino goes with Harry Kane as his lone striker, while Dele Alli returns to the starting line - up to join Eric Dier, Victor Wanyama, Christian Eriksen and Erik
Lamela in midfield.
Not exact matches
Gerardo Martino's tournament favourites beat Venezuela 4 - 1
in Massachusetts on Saturday, with two goals from Gonzalo Higuain and one apiece from Lionel Messi and Erik
Lamela.
With Erik
Lamela, Roberto Soldado and Emmanuel Adebayor offering little
in the way of support to young striker Harry Kane, Tottenham could do with adding to their attack and the club have targeted Baggies forward Berahino.
However, I'd love to see us play 4 -3-3 with
Lamela instead of Moose
in the attack and Eriksen and Dele supporting Winks as runners
in midfield.
Roberto Soldado, Emmanuel Adebayor and Erik
Lamela collectively netted just five Premier League goals
in 2014/15.
You'd have Kane / backup / Son at ST and Eriksen / Alli / Son /
Lamela / Lucas / Ziyech at AM (though you could play Eriksen, Alli and Ziyech at CM if
in need).
Basically he misses
Lamela's ability to beat a man and GKN isn't playing because he isn't showing enough
in training.
According to the Mirror, Spurs are nearing deals to offload two of the most high - profile transfer fails
in the club's history, and are
in talks to sell both Soldado and
Lamela.
Spurs fans will have been happy to see Érik
Lamela finally coming off the bench against Leicester to deliver a perfect assist
in setting up Harry Kane's goal.
Eriksen n
Lamela are not
in good form 7.
Llorente won't be best pleased, but using Son as CF
in front of of
Lamela, Dele and Eriksen created a mobile offense against a poor defensive team.
First - half goals from Harry Kane and Erik
Lamela — either side of an Ashley Barnes wonderstrike — gave Spurs the points which move them up to sixth place
in the Premier League table.
Andros Townsend and Eric
Lamela have struggled to impress
in the Premier League, while Aaron Lennon has departed.
In the media
Lamela is linked with different clubs — it's difficult for me to understand.
Son's 89th - minute strike — his first
in 13 games and fourth for the Lilywhites
in total — added to Erik
Lamela's opener to mean that Odion Ighalo's seventh goal
in six outings counted for nothing.
According to Sky Sports,
Lamela led the way
in tackles (nine), duels won (12) and sprints (64), and covered more ground than any other player (11.29 km).
Lamela then put the home side firmly
in the driving seat just a few minutes later, as a pass from Heung - Min Son was turned home by the Argentine as he bagged his first strike
in 504 days.
Lamela had made a promising start to the season with two goals and seven assists
in 14 appearances
in all competitions, but ultimately he hasn't been able to meet expectations
in general since his move from the Italian capital.
Unlike other players who struggled
in their first season before turning it around, like Sonny and
Lamela, I just haven't seen much of redeeming value
in Aurier's game to date.
Netherlands international Depay was introduced
in the 76th minute of United's showing against Spurs, by which point the Red Devils were already 3 - 0 down following goals from Dele Alli, Toby Alderweireld and Erik
Lamela.
Robert Summerscales: Tottenham Hotspur have a few contenders
in this category, namely big - money signings Erik
Lamela and Roberto Soldado.
Lamela's improvement this season was evident
in his performance
in yesterday's crucial 3 - 0 win over Manchester United at White Hart Lane.
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Tottenham Hotspur legend Ledley King has credited manager Mauricio Pochettino for helping transform Erik
Lamela's fortunes
in North London.
Lamela has scored 10 goals and contributed six assists for Tottenham
in all competitions this season.
Erik
Lamela returns from a testing international break with Argentina, and might be fit enough to start on the right, with Son Heung - min and Nacer Chadli waiting
in the wings should the former AS Roma star miss out.
Having impressed
in the club's two pre-season games
in the International Champions Cup,
Lamela will hope he can force his way into Pochettino's plans to have a more prominent role
in the team.
Roma announced earlier on Monday that they had a agreed a # 25.7 million deal with Tottenham for
Lamela, with # 4.3 million being paid to the Italian
in performance related bonuses.
Erik
Lamela somehow managed to get the better of Gabriel Paulista
in the air during a corner, with the ball falling kindly for the Belgian defender.
Lamela then made it 2 - 0
in the 34th minute, as a pass from Heung - Min Son was turned home by the former Roma star, a strike that was the player first
in 504 days for the north London side.
Lamela is one of the most highly rated young wingers currently playing
in Europe and many pundits feel that the Argentine has brought to Tottenham to replace Gareth Bale, who looks set to join Real Madrid sometime before the end of the transfer window.
Okay Spurs are missing probably their best centre back Toby Alderweireld and his Belgian international team mate from midfield Moussa Dembele had to be replaced
in the first half of their Champions League defeat to Bayer Leverkusen but that still only gives them four players on the injury list of physioroom.com and two of those, Harry Kane and Erik
Lamela, are only said to be slight doubts and could feature on Sunday.
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.
Dele Alli opened the scoring
in the 70th minute, before Toby Alderweireld and Erik
Lamela wrapped up the triumph for the Lilywhites.
As well as bringing
in big names such as Roberto Soldado, Erik
Lamela and Christian Eriksen, Spurs were linked with a move for a new left - back, following the decision to allow Benoit Assou - Ekotto to leave the club on loan.
Tottenham predicted XI vs Manchester United: Kane up - front with
Lamela coming
in
In one sense, though, it doesn't really matter; either
Lamela has better thoughts than other people, or he has better instincts, thanks presumably to years of practice allied to some innate ability.
Chambers is also the more solid of the two defensively and the spuds do have plenty of pace and ability
in wide areas, with the likes of Chadli,
Lamela, Lennon and Townsend.
Erik
Lamela has been a consistently good performer on the Tottenham right over the last couple of months, but a fresh Son is
in reserve and may be given a chance to impress.
Since his arrival
in north London from Roma
in the summer of of 2013,
Lamela's time with the club has been plagued with injuries.
Roberto Soldado, Erik
Lamela and Emmanuel Adebayor managed just five Premier League goals between them
in 2014/15 and Pochettino had to rely upon good goal tallies from the likes of Nacer Chadli and Christian Eriksen to boost his side's ultimately unsuccessful push for a top four finish.
But I think that the team as a whole doesn't like to pass to
Lamela when he's
in scoring position.
Along with fellow new arrival Erik
Lamela, Eriksen is one of the best young players
in the world and Spurs will be beating the likes of Liverpool and Juventus to his signature if they manage to bring him
in.
Erik
Lamela, currently
in second place, cost # 30M.
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.
The club will most certainly receive a fine for such an abysmal display of discipline during the match, but the loss of Dembele and
Lamela added to the already - missing Dele Alli and potential injured parties, could spell the end of their bid to finish
in what they will think is a deserved second place.
Tottenham received a Premier League record nine yellow cards last night, while further bans are expected for Erik
Lamela and Moussa Dembele for their parts
in some disgusting scenes at Stamford Bridge.
Tottenham are
in talks with FC Porto with the Primeira Liga side keen to snap up White Hart Lane star Erik
Lamela according to Portuguese source Record.