Pedro Porro was baffled by what Timo Werner did in 77th minute during Tamworth 0-3 Tottenham, it was bizarre
01/13/2025 11:45 AM
A number of Tottenham players visibly struggled during the FA Cup clash against Tamworth on Sunday.
Spurs almost lost to the National League side in normal time amidst a late goalmouth scramble, before the floodgates finally opened in extra time as Dejan Kulusevski and Brennan Johnson scored, after an own goal from Nathan Tshikuna made it 1-0 to Tottenham in the 101st minute.
Pedro Porro struggled against Beck-Ray Besongbap Enoru, who works as a Sales Assistant at Zara when not playing for Tamworth, and the Spain international was even booked during his battle against the winger.
However, the Tottenham No.23 also showed his frustration with Timo Werner after a brainless moment from the Germany international.
Aimless Timo Werner cross leaves Pedro Porro baffled
Ange Postecoglou criticised Werner in public back in December after his woeful display in the 1-1 draw against Rangers, so the RB Leipzig loanee really needs to step things up.
The FA Cup clash against Tamworth – who sit 16th in the National League – therefore seemed like a fantastic opportunity for the German to show his class and impress the Australian, but he looked more like a Non-League player than a Premier League footballer on Sunday, with one decision baffling Porro.
In the 77th minute, as Werner had possession of the ball out on the left wing, he strangely decided to just dump an aimless cross into the box, one that no Tottenham player was even close to as Tamworth easily cleared it.
Seemingly fed up of Werner’s ineffective performance, Porro could be seen raising his arms in complaint, as if to ask the Tottenham No.16 what he was thinking.
It was one of two crosses attempted by the 28-year-old before Postecoglou replaced him with Heung-min Son ahead of extra time, both of which were unsuccessful.
SofaScore shows that Werner also missed two big chances, completed only one of his attempted six dribbles, and lost possession on 14 occasions.
Whether Tottenham will send Timo Werner back to RB Leipzig
After Postecoglou criticised the man from Stuttgart in public, and his performances continue to be ineffective, many have wondered whether Spurs will terminate the loan agreement with RB Leipzig.
However, Postecoglou confirmed Tottenham will keep Werner until the end of the season when asked what Spurs plan to do with the underperforming attacker, saying: “Yeah. The last thing I want is to lose another player at the moment.
“The other night after Rodrigo (Bentancur) went off, we had 11 first-team players out. We're not letting anyone go at this point.”
To us, that just sounds like Postecoglou is only keeping Werner due to a lack of squad depth, rather than being an admirer of the German.
