Jamie Carragher believes Tottenham Hotspur have lost their ‘energy’

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Tottenham Hotspur were beaten by Liverpool in the Champions League final in June.

Jamie Carragher has claimed that Tottenham Hotspur have lost their ‘pressing style’ and ‘high energy’ which they used to have along with Liverpool.

The ex-Liverpool man stated that since the end of last season Mauricio Pochettino’s side have lost some zip in their game, as they have made a poor start to the new season.

Tottenham will be hoping that ‘high energy’ will be on display when they take on Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

Speaking to Sky Sports Premier League (31/08/2019 08:20 pm), Carragher shared his thoughts on Spurs’ style of play in recent months as he compared them with Liverpool.

“When you remember Liverpool, Klopp and Pochettino, it was all about this pressing and high energy,” Carragher told Sky Sports PL. “We sort of still see that from the Liverpool team.

“Just the start of this season, and the end of last season I must say, it felt like that bit of zip and energy had gone away from Tottenham. You watch it now and its a bit more slower.

“I think I’ve said this before, I just feel the team Tottenham have had has just nearly won the Champions League. Nearly won the league. And lost domestic cup semi-finals. I know it’s early in the season, but I don’t know if that teams has just gone as far as it can and needed a bit more change in the summer and maybe more change with Eriksen going.”

Since the start of the season, Tottenham have been producing a number of poor performances and they will be well aware that they can’t replicate that against Arsenal.

They left it late to beat Aston Villa on the opening day of the season, they were lucky to walk away with a point against Manchester City and then suffered a defeat against Newcastle last Sunday.

The lack of game time for the likes of Christian Eriksen and Jan Vertonghen hasn’t helped, but if they return to the starting fold at the Emirates Stadium then it will no doubt lift the Spurs supporters.