Newcastle legend Alan Shearer believes that Tottenham lost their best chance of winning a major trophy this season when they were eliminated from the Carabao Cup at the hands of Leicester City last week.
Shearer believes that the North London club blew their best chance by losing to West Ham. He said: “Spurs were all over the place. All out of position. They needed to be five yards inside to mark their men.
“They didn’t smell the danger. Eric Dier has got to cover. He has got to expect the danger. He’s too weak [during the move]. He’s cost them the game.
“I thought they missed a trick in the week (for resting players in their 3-2 defeat to West Ham) as the League Cup was their best chance of a trophy.”
Spurs also suffered their second successive loss in all competitions by losing 1-0 to Manchester United in a Premier League fixture on Saturday.
The result means that they are now eight points adrift of first placed Manchester City after ten games. Mauricio Pochettino’s men are definitely looking to end their trophy drought this season. The last time that they won a major trophy was in 2008 when they claimed the League Cup.
