UK media slams Tottenham Hotspur defender Pedro Porro v Man City | OneFootball

Tottenham Hotspur suffered yet another defeat at home after they lost 1-0 against Manchester City in the Premier League on Wednesday night.

Spurs won two games in a row in the league before this game, but they were below par against City, who at times hinted at returning to their vintage best.

Tottenham had won 4-0 at Etihad Stadium in the reverse fixture and also won 2-1 in the Carabao Cup round of 16 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in October.

But they couldn’t win it for the third time this season. Erling Haaland scored the only goal of the first half from Jeremy Doku’s low cross.

Spurs improved after the break, but they couldn’t trouble Ederson enough.

There were so many average performances from Tottenham players during the game and one of them was Pedro Porro.

The right-back struggled against Doku throughout the game, and the Daily Mail suggested that the 25-year-old defender was unsure what to do with the winger.

The newspaper suggested that whatever Porro tried to do, it was a “wrong option” for him.

They wrote: “In truth, anything but a win would have been harsh on City, such was their superiority in the first half, and Jeremy Doku in particular, who excelled on the left wing, tormenting Pedro Porro, who could not work out whether to stand off or engage his winger.

“Whichever Porro chose to do, seemed like the wrong option as Doku skipped past or shaped crosses around him and he created the goal with a low cross deflected to the feet of Haaland, who finished with a simple side footer at the near post.”

Likewise, Football London weren’t impressed with him, either and they gave him a 5/10 rating.

Spurs are 13th in the Premier League table at the moment, and they should be aiming to finish within the top ten. It would still be seen as a big disappointment.

Tottenham will face AZ Alkmaar in the Europa League round of 16 first leg away from home next Thursday.