Tottenham Hotspur lost against Liverpool in the Premier League at the weekend.
Tottenham Hotspur lost to Liverpool at the weekend. The North London outfit went down 2-0 at Anfield in the Premier League game on Saturday evening.
Spurs headed into the match as favourites and in better form than Liverpool, but the Reds were the better team on the day and deservedly picked up all three points.
The defeat also saw Tottenham continue their poor record away from home against the top teams in the Premier League.
Since August 2014, the North London side have won just once in 15 away matches against the other teams currently in the Premier League top six.
According to Sky Sports, Tottenham have won just nine out of 37 matches against Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City and Arsenal in all competitions and Champions League games.
Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher, who now works as a pundit for Sky Sports, has asked whether dropping points against the big teams is something ingrained in the club.
“I was so disappointed with Spurs [against Liverpool],” Carragher told Sky Sports. ”It was going back to a Spurs performance you’d see 10 or 15 years ago. That’s not Pochettino and it’s not this Spurs team.
“The reason I’m highlighting this is I’m a massive fan of that manager, that team. They can’t be remembered over the next 18 months, two years, as a team who didn’t win anything.
“I’ve seen it too often with Spurs, they fail to turn up in big games, maybe going back 20 years. Is it a belief thing? Is it a mentality thing, ingrained in the club?”
Tottenham fans may not like it, but perhaps Carragher does have a point. Do Spurs struggle mentality when they play the big teams?
Spurs manager Pochettino does need to address this. After all, losing points against the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool could cost them dear.
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