Tottenham fans have taken to Twitter to question Jose Mourinho’s decision to play Ben Davies at centre-back in Thursday’s Europa League defeat to Royal Antwerp.
The Wales international lined up alongside Davinson Sanchez in the centre of defence, but made a costly error to allow Lior Refaelov to net the winner.
Interestingly, Mourinho decided to play Davies at centre-back despite the fact the former Swansea man is naturally a left-back.
Transfermarkt shows that Davies has made 254 appearances at left-back throughout his career, but only nine at centre-back.
When you consider that Tottenham had Toby Alderweireld on the bench against the Belgian outfit, it does make Mourinho’s decision all the more confusing.
Nevertheless, it’s a team game and Davies wasn’t the sole reason that Spurs lost.
In fact, SofaScore shows that the 27-year-old recorded some decent numbers.
Davies – who cost £10 million – made three clearances and blocked two shots, while he also won an impressive seven aerial duels.
The Tottenham No.33 also made two key passes, and completed three long-range passes.
Some fans below asked why new signing Joe Rodon wasn’t playing instead.
Well, Football London revealed that the Welshman cannot play in the Europa League, as he was signed too late to be registered for the competition.
Let’s see what the Tottenham fans on Twitter have been saying about Davies’ display…
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