GOAL DISALLOWED BY VAR — 6 mins Our first chance came on five minutes when Llorente headed well over
from Lamela's corner and we thought we'd scored a minute later, referee Tierney initially awarding the goal when Lillis palmed out Son's shot and Lamela tapped in the rebound.
But within a minute, Tracey was through at the other end thanks to a good pass
from Lamela, but Chelsea skipper Jake Clarke - Salter managed to track back and dispossess him as he shaped to shoot six yards out.
An early few shots tested the Colombian's nerves, but he dealt with them reasonably well and then Ospina was forced into a decent low stop
from Lamela.
Our first shot of the game came
from Lamela on 31 minutes but it was well wide, before Lloris made a smart save to deny David Silva from distance.
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:
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.
Lamela and Barkley would be great if they reach any form, but we can hardly rely on two players coming back
from a massive injury.
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.
The Gabonese striker took advantage of a slack pass
from Erik
Lamela, and hesitant attempts
from Tottenham's defence to close him down, to hit a dipping 25 - yard strike which flew past Hugo Lloris.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
Players like
Lamela, like Pele, even like Blomqvist occasionally, are liberated
from the need to always make the sensible decision by the fact that they can get away with that sort of thing.
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.
Unfortunately, Man United wasted little time falling behind the Spurs» superior speed, and over the course of the next eight minutes would score three goals —
from Dele Alli, Toby Alderweireld and Erik
Lamela to send the Red Devils home with a bitter 3 - 0 loss.
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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.
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Lamela from Tottenham Hotspur — Inside Futbol
Sadly the time frame means that Eric
Lamela's rabona goal
from a few weeks ago has missed out.
Spurs were shocked at White Hart Lane by a dogged Crystal Palace side, who actually fell behind to a goal
from Erik
Lamela.
Twitter user @JamesCHarris97 may well fall into that category, having brilliantly picked out Erik
Lamela's eyes
from behind the mask of the gingerbread man
from Shrek.
As per freelance injury analyst Ben Dinnery, as seen in the tweets below, Mousa Dembele, Erik
Lamela and Danny Rose are all slowly returning to full training with the first team and are making progress in their respective recoveries
from injury.
There will be plenty of reasonable suggestions put forward as to why this might be —
from subtle points about counter-pressing and team shape and the difficulty of translating club systems over to the international game, to snarky ones about Theo Walcott being no Erik
Lamela — but ultimately everybody will realise, even if they don't vocalise, that the England shirt is a cursed object that destroys every beautiful thing that it touches.
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.
Danny Rose, Erik
Lamela and Georges - Kevin N'Koudou are all ruled out as they recover
from long - term injuries.
Vincent Janssen, still in search of his first Spurs goal
from open play hit the crossbar before Erik
Lamela saw his effort tipped over the crossbar.
The introduction of
Lamela much to the disappointment of Spurs fans had a positive impact on the game as the Argentine operated quite comfortably
from the left hand side.
Erik
Lamela struggled away
from home in the big games last season, while Andros Townsend found himself substituted in this fixture earlier this year.
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.
Certainly we've been privy to some great seasons
from Mohamed Salah, Radja Nainggolan and even Erik
Lamela, but none of them felt like they were setting the global standard at their position.
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Lamela: Tom Says: «He had a free kick in the first half that was headed onto the bar (albeit
from a Stoke player), but now it must be time up for our record signing.
Erik
Lamela 5 — Back in Italy where he made his name (and pricetag), but again there was no final product
from the Argentine.
Erik
Lamela sliding in between a Newport player's legs
from behind to win the ball back In one of the highlights of the game on Wednesday, Erik
Lamela showed his genius as he crawled through a Newport County player's legs
from behind to regain possession for his side.
A powerful, driven cross
from Christian Eriksen was diverted narrowly past the post by Shane Duffy, while substitute Erik
Lamela stung the palms of Ryan.
The same goes for Jan Vertonghen and Erik
Lamela, as they look to recover
from long - term injuries.
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.
Erik
Lamela 6 — Positive display
from the Argentine, who carried the ball well but couldn't get a sight of goal.
Although,
Lamela is improving game by game, he still has scored just two Premier League goals since his arrival
from Roma, and for # 30m, you would expect a little more
from a club - record signing.
But in the final seconds, Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk nudged over Erik
Lamela and Moss gave another penalty, with Kane this time converting
from the spot.
Erik
Lamela remains Mauricio Pochettino's only injury concern, who has returned to Rome to complete his recovery
from a hip injury.
The highlight of
Lamela's Tottenham career so far has been the Rabona style goal he scored
from outside the box, which was also his first for the club in the Europa League during the 2014 - 15 season in a 5 - 1 win against Greek club Asteras Tripoli.
Having come back to draw 2 - 2
from a 2 - 0 deficit against Serie A champions Juventus during their Champions League Round of 16 ties first leg in Turin, Tottenham will now be looking to ensure that their young midfield talent Erik
Lamela signs a new contract extension deal which would keep him at the club for longer.
This should put of interest
from other clubs across Europe that were keen on securing services for
Lamela.
Erik
Lamela drove forwards unchallenged
from deep and saw his deflected shot tipped over.
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.