Crouch claims Tottenham players 'went missing' in shock defeat

Peter Crouch claims Tottenham players ‘went missing’ in shock Europa League exit to Dinamo Zagreb as ex-Spurs man questions where the club’s season is going after ‘disastrous’ result

  • Peter Crouch criticised Tottenham’s players for their performance on Thursday 
  • Spurs crashed out of the Europa League after a 3-0 defeat by Dinamo Zagreb 
  •  Crouch claimed some of Jose Mourinho’s men were ‘hiding’ in the match 
  • The former striker also questioned where the club’s season was heading  

Peter Crouch slammed Tottenham players for ‘going missing’ during their shock Europa League defeat by Dinazmo Zagreb as the pundit questioned the direction of the club.

Spurs saw their 2-0 lead from the first leg eradicated in the second half after Mislav Orsic scored two brilliant goals to take the tie to extra-time. Orsic then grabbed his hat-trick to complete a sensational comeback.

Crouch said the Croatian side deserved their lead and criticised Jose Mourinho’s men for ‘hiding’ as they crashed out of the competition.

Peter Crouch criticised Tottenham’s players for ‘going missing’ during their defeat on Thursday

Spurs were dumped out of the Europa League following a 3-0 defeat by Dinamo Zagreb

‘(It) felt like it was coming from first minute,’ said Crouch.

‘No impetus, no quick passing, Zagreb grew into the game, they were the better team.

‘They (Spurs) have not turned up in two games now, players gone missing, subs came on and then we saw players hiding, not tracking back, simple passes not made, no creativity, Zagreb the better side, disastrous, you wonder where season is going now. 

Harry Kane agonisingly close to finding the all-important away goal in extra-time

Crouch claimed Mourinho’s players were hiding as they failed to track back

‘The best period was after they made changes, it was too little too late, they should have been doin’Going out of Europe tonight, their season is hanging by a thread. When I look at someone like Harry Kane trudging off the pitch, I’m thinking – he’s Champions League, he shouldn’t even be playing in this competition.g this from first minute. 

‘Hojbjerg was a miss but enough to cope with that. Their best players attacking players so need to take impetus to them, not good enough to soak up pressure, they need to attack teams more.’

Tottenham failed to cause the hosts any problems until they went behind with Harry Kane coming agonisingly close to scoring an all-important away goal in extra-time. 

Crouch said the Spurs striker deserves to be playing in the Champions League and suggested his future at the club could be in doubt following Thursday’s result. 

Mislav Orsic scored a sensational hat-trick to give the Croatian side a 3-0 victory on the night

‘Going out of Europe tonight, their season is hanging by a thread. When I look at someone like Harry Kane trudging off the pitch, I’m thinking – he’s Champions League, he shouldn’t even be playing in this competition.

‘He’s a Champions League player, he should be there talking alongside Lewandowski, Haaland, Mbappe… (and) Kane. He should be up there with those (players). He’s gone out to Dinamo Zagreb today and that’s the worrying thing – where’s his head at?

‘It’s not just the manager, (it’s) the players. Son (and) Kane, players who deserve to be playing at a higher level than Europa League. Of course they are loyal to Tottenham and we all hope they will be, but games like that certainly don’t help.’




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