da esoccer bet： Tottenham Hotspur kickstarted their Europa League Group J campaign with a bang as they thrashed LASK Linz 3-0 at home on Thursday evening.
da esport bet： Jose Mourinho tinkered his side to the point of Ben Davies playing in central defence among a back four with Gareth Bale and Carlos Vinicius making their full debuts.
And it clearly paid off as they eased to a three-goal victory and their first clean sheet of the new season. Lucas Moura and substitute Heung-min Son scored either side of an own goal from the visiting Andres Andrade.
There were solid performances from several names with Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg a standout according to plenty of fans on Twitter, some lauded him as their “signing of the season” whilst others claimed he was a “warrior” having donned a bandage around his head during the first-half.
But perhaps they should consider Matt Doherty, who put in an extremely underrated display at right-back.
The 28-year-old, who arrived in a £15m deal from Wolves in the summer, has been dropped from Mourinho’s starting XI for their last two Premier League outings against Manchester United and West Ham.
In what was just his second start in nearly a month, he duly delivered and as a result, has given the Special One an interesting selection headache going into Monday’s trip to Burnley.
Per SofaScore, Doherty recorded four tackles, two clearances, two blocks and two interceptions. It resulted in a squad-high rating of 8.3, which is hardly a surprise as he did his defensive duties immensely.
The wing dynamo also won eight of his duels, had 104 touches, made two key passes and enjoyed a successful dribble, thus proving to be a nuisance at either end of the pitch.
Mourinho may now have to think long and hard about keeping the Irishman in the starting XI after such an impressive showing, even though Serge Aurier has looked rather assured in his rare two starts.
Doherty outshone Hojbjerg as the Man of the Match in N17 last night, that’s exactly why he was brought in and he ought to start more often going forward.
AND in other news, Major Levy decision would top Gareth Bale’s sensational return this season…