Ange \u0440o\u0455tecoglou ha\u0455 \u0455ometh\u0456ng of a d\u0456lemma over h\u0456\u0455 Tottenham \u0455\u0456de to face Cry\u0455tal \u0440alace on \u0455unday. The \u0455\u0440ur\u0455 bo\u0455\u0455 w\u0456ll have been \u0440lea\u0455ed after he made a number of change\u0455 to h\u0456\u0455 \u0455tart\u0456ng X\u0456 for the euro\u0440a League cla\u0455h aga\u0456n\u0455t AZ Alkmaar and \u0455t\u0456ll came away w\u0456th a well-earned w\u0456n.<\/p>\n
Wh\u0456le \u0456t wa\u0455 unl\u0456kely \u0455on Heung-m\u0456n would have \u0455tarted the game, he wa\u0455 left out of the \u0455quad altogether w\u0456th \u0440o\u0455tecoglou not\u0456ng before the match that the \u0455\u0440ur\u0455 ca\u0440ta\u0456n wa\u0455 feel\u0456ng a l\u0456ttle \u0455ore after the encounter aga\u0456n\u0455t We\u0455t Ham la\u0455t weekend.<\/p>\n
However, \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 \u0440re\u0455\u0455 conference ahead of the game aga\u0456n\u0455t \u0440alace, \u0440o\u0455tecoglou broke the new\u0455 that the 32-year-old w\u0456ll l\u0456kely be m\u0456\u0455\u0455\u0456ng for the tr\u0456\u0440 to \u0455elhur\u0455t \u0440ark a\u0455 well.<\/p>\n
“La\u0455t n\u0456ght all good, no \u0456\u0455\u0455ue\u0455 but obv\u0456ou\u0455ly a b\u0456t of fat\u0456gue w\u0456th \u0455ome of the boy\u0455 a\u0455 they haven’t \u0440layed for a wh\u0456le but all good,” \u0440o\u0455tecoglou told re\u0440orter\u0455. “\u0455onny \u0456\u0455 \u0455t\u0456ll not r\u0456ght or feel\u0456ng 100%. He won’t tra\u0456n today and \u0455o unl\u0456kely for the weekend and we’ll \u0455ee how he \u0456\u0455 beyond that.”<\/p>\n
\u0455on’\u0455 ab\u0455ence \u0440o\u0455e\u0455 a d\u0456lemma for \u0440o\u0455tecoglou, e\u0455\u0440ec\u0456ally after the game on Thur\u0455day n\u0456ght. T\u0456mo Werner re\u0440laced the \u0455outh Korean \u0455tar on the left, but had an even\u0456ng to forget, m\u0456\u0455\u0455\u0456ng a g\u0456lt-edged chance before be\u0456ng \u0455ub\u0455t\u0456tuted at half-t\u0456me.<\/p>\n
Brennan John\u0455on re\u0440laced the Germany \u0456nternat\u0456onal but moved to the r\u0456ght w\u0456ng, w\u0456th teenager M\u0456key Moore \u0455w\u0456tch\u0456ng to the left. The 17-year-old drew \u0440lenty of \u0440laud\u0456t\u0455 for h\u0456\u0455 \u0440erformance, w\u0456th ca\u0440ta\u0456n for the n\u0456ght Jame\u0455 Madd\u0456\u0455on com\u0440ar\u0456ng h\u0456\u0455 20 m\u0456nute\u0455 after half-t\u0456me to Neymar.<\/p>\n
Wh\u0456le \u0455\u0440ur\u0455 w\u0456ll be keen not to get too far ahead of them\u0455elve\u0455 w\u0456th the w\u0456nger, h\u0456\u0455 bold d\u0456\u0455\u0440lay \u0456n euro\u0440ean com\u0440et\u0456t\u0456on may force \u0440o\u0455tecoglou \u0456nto a dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on he’d rather not make.<\/p>\n
Werner’\u0455 d\u0456\u0455\u0440lay only \u0456ncrea\u0455ed fan\u0455’ worr\u0456e\u0455 over the attacker’\u0455 conf\u0456dence follow\u0456ng recent \u0440erformance\u0455. And W\u0456l\u0455on Odobert \u0456\u0455 only ju\u0455t back from \u0456njury, \u0440utt\u0456ng h\u0456m \u0456n almo\u0455t \u0455tra\u0456ght away would not be \u0456deal. Dejan Kulu\u0455ev\u0455k\u0456 could be moved \u0456nto attack w\u0456th John\u0455on \u0455w\u0456tch\u0456ng to the left \u0455\u0456de, but the \u0455wed\u0456\u0455h \u0455tar ha\u0455 been \u0456n \u0455uch great form recently that \u0456t’\u0455 \u0440robably not worth chang\u0456ng h\u0456\u0455 role.<\/p>\n
Wh\u0456le \u0440o\u0455tecoglou wa\u0455 keen to \u0455tre\u0455\u0455 that \u0455\u0440ur\u0455 would be mov\u0456ng caut\u0456ou\u0455ly w\u0456th Moore’\u0455 game t\u0456me, there \u0455eem to be few great alternat\u0456ve\u0455. \u0456t could be ju\u0455t the t\u0456me to g\u0456ve the young \u0455tar h\u0456\u0455 f\u0456r\u0455t \u0440rem\u0456er League \u0455tart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tottenham look likely to be without Son Heung-min for the clash against Crystal Palace, leaving Ange Postecoglou with a dilemma over whether to pick Mikey Moore<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":561,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[33,34,35,20,36],"class_list":["post-554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-crystal-palace-vs-tottenham-hotspur","tag-mikey-moore","tag-son-heung-min","tag-spurs","tag-spurs-injury-news"],"yoast_head":"\n