Jamie Redknapp is impressed by Christian Eriksen’s work ethics against Arsenal in the north London derby on Sunday.
Tottenham’s Christian Eriksen shoots
Former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder and now a Sky Sports pundit, Jamie Redknapp, was heavily impressed with Christian Eriksen’s display against Arsenal.
The 25-year-old Danish midfielder has enjoyed a superb campaign for Spurs this season, and he was impressive once again in the north London derby on Sunday.
Redknapp says that Tottenham are a well organised team, whereas Arsenal rely too much on individual brilliance. He adds that the Gunners have too many players who have performed below par and are not trying hard enough.
Tottenham won 2-0 on Sunday with goals coming from Harry Kane and Dele Alli, but Redknapp was very impressed with Eriksen’s performance.
He says that both Eriksen and Ozil are similar type of players, which he brands as “luxury players”, but the Spurs midfielder brings more to the game with his work ethics.
Both the players are very good at creating chances and opening up the opposition defences with their silk passing, but Rednapp is impressed by Eriksen’s tenacity to put in defensive shifts.
“I want to mention Eriksen and on the flip side look at Mesut Ozil today,” Redknapp said on Super Sunday, as quoted by Sky Sports.
“They are very similar players, both of them are what you would call, in a nice way, luxury players.
“They are the sort of players that can open the door and you don’t expect them to put too much hard work in.
“I thought he was fantastic today, Eriksen. I looked on the flip side at what Ozil offered his team when you want a piece of magic or you want someone to unlock the door.
Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil applauds their fans
“At times there were passengers and you can’t have passengers in these north London derbies.”
“But when I looked at Ozil compared to Eriksen there was such a distinct difference between the two in terms of work ethic and pressing and the amount of times Eriksen won the ball back for his team, but also got involved in open play.
Redknapp goes on to add that there are too many passengers in the Arsenal team at the moment, and many of them do not deserve to wear the famous red and white shirt.
With this result, Tottenham have secured their ninth straight Premier League win and are guaranteed to finish above Arsenal for the first time in 22 years.
Tottenham’s Christian Eriksen in action
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