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da pinnacle： Tottenham Hotspur defender Serge Aurier needs to take a leaf out of teammate Moussa Sissoko’s book if he wants to salvage his Spurs career.
Whether it was the club’s plan or not, they kept the Ivory Coast international beyond the deadlines of both the English and European transfer windows, although he found himself behind Kyle Walker-Peters in the pecking order in the early stages of the campaign.
However, an injury to the 22-year-old gave the former Paris Saint-Germain man his chance in the starting XI and to finally show some consistency, and he looked to have grasped his opportunity with both hands and shown he could be a force with his display against Crystal Palace last month.
He impressed in the final third with a great assist for Son Heung-min, while another cross was diverted past his own goalkeeper by Eagles full-back Patrick van Aanholt.
His performance drew praise from fans on Twitter, but things have quickly turned sour for the 26-year-old.
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A first-half red card following two bookings against Southampton on Saturday left Tottenham with 10 men for more than an hour, and supporters ripped into him on social media because of it.
However, Mauricio Pochettino decided to keep faith with him against Bayern Munich on Tuesday, and while he did prove a point it wasn’t in a good way – the hosts conceded seven and the player he was up against – Serge Gnabry – scored four of them.
Aurier is at zero now, but he still has a chance to be a Spurs hero if he takes a leaf out of Sissoko’s book.
The Frenchman was once the much-criticised laughing stock following a £30m move from Newcastle United, taking 44 appearances to break his goalscoring duck.
Pochettino even admitted he wanted to sell the midfielder one year into his spell in north London, but now he has become a starting XI regular under the same manager, and the £22.5m-rated man was handed a new four-year deal despite being 30 years of age last week.
There is hope for Aurier then, but it is a long road ahead and he needs to quickly learn from the mistakes he’s making to win the fans over again.