Liverpool legend and Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher has criticised Bryan Gil’s performance against Manchester City.
Spurs managed to secure a hard-fought point against the defending champions in a six-goal thriller at the Etihad Stadium.
Despite being forced to field a weakened side, the players put on an impressive fight. They took the lead in the 6th minute with skipper Heung-min Son finishing off a devastating counter-attack. But couple of minutes later, the South Korean put the ball in his own net from a Manchester City free-kick leveling the score at 1-1..
Manchester City were in total control for the rest of the half and Phil Foden eventually scored to make it 2-1.
Yet, Tottenham weathered the storm and clawed their way back into the game in the latter stages of the second half. Giovani Lo Celso’s stunning strike from outside the box drew Spurs level at 2-2 in the 69th minute.
But City restored their lead once again in the 81st minute, as Haaland’s ball in was put in the back of the net by Jack Grealish.
And just when fans thought they have lost the game, Dejan Kulusevski smashed in a thumping header in the 90th minute to draw Spurs level once again.
Despite the brilliant performance, Jamie Carragher was left unimpressed with one Spurs player.
He singled out Bryan GIl, who has seen increased game time due to injuries, failed to leave a significant impact against City.
He was taken off at half-time, with Ange Postecoglou replacing him with Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.
Carragher told Sky Sports:
“Man City’s first goal came about because of the power of Man City.
“That’s why Spurs made that change of Hojbjerg coming on and Gil comes off. He looked like a boy playing in a man’s game.
“Even though he did well for the first goal, there was just too much power.”
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Apart from his contribution for the first goal, the Spaniard struggled against Kyle Walker. The former Spurs full-back was quite comfortable defending against GIl who failed to cause any real problem from the left.
“Even though he did well for the first goal, there was just too much power.”
“Even though he did well for the first goal, there was just too much power.”