"The first XI for Forest was maybe more changes than Aston Villa did, no? First half 2-0 for Forest and has anyone said anything? No. Villa had [Matty] Cash against us, [Victor] Lindelof I don't know how many years he played at Manchester United. They had [Tyrone] Mings, the captain of Villa, [Ian] Maatsen, one of the best left-backs in Europe."
"I can say one thing – we played without [Cristian] Romero, [Dejan] Kulusevski, [Mohammed] Kudus, [Dominic] Sola. It was a great first XI. I don't know if they are better or worse [than normal]."
Roberto De Zerbi dismissed criticism that Tottenham's 2-1 win at Aston Villa was merely due to facing rotated opposition. Despite Unai Emery making seven changes following Villa's Europa League semi-final, De Zerbi emphasized Spurs delivered an excellent performance that provided genuine hope for Premier League survival with three matches remaining. He pointed out that Nottingham Forest made eight changes before beating Chelsea 3-1, yet received no criticism. De Zerbi noted Villa still fielded quality players including Cash, Lindelof, Mings, Maatsen, Tielemans, Rogers, Sancho, Barkley, and Abraham. Tottenham faced their own absences including Romero, Kulusevski, and Kudus.
Read at www.theguardian.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]