The XI Who Should Go for Tottenham Sunday at Brighton

After a rough day both on the field by many players and off the field with a terrible set-up from José Mourinho, Tottenham Hotspur need to forget about Liverpool and bounce back. Tottenham have little time to recover from the Liverpool loss as they travel to Brighton on Sunday. In a game that is a must win with Chelsea coming midweek and Harry Kane likely out, here are the XI that should start for Tottenham against Brighton.

Play Your Position

It was not the formation so much that really had fans frustrated with Juse Mourinho on Thursday against Liverpool, it was how the players were deployed in that formation. The 3-4-3 was quite effective versus Sheffield and while we were surprised to see it against Liverpool the chances of success were hampered by the set-up.

Given Spurs were playing a back three and Joe Rodon had already performed well on the left side of a back three, it would have made sense to see Rodon there again, with either Toby Alderweireld or Davinson Sanchez on Eric Dier’s right. For some reason Toby only plays in a back four and Sanchez seems to not have Mourinho’s faith. Because of this, it was Joe Rodon on the right of the back three forcing Ben Davies to the left.

Having Ben Davies on the left of the back three is not a terrible thing, however, playing a right back in front of him on the outside left was. Matt Doherty was terrible – in fairness his play in the second half in his natural position was no better – playing at left outside midfield. Doherty seemingly has no left foot and the one pass I can really recall with his left foot off an interception went directly to Liverpool.

The bottom line with two right backs on the field and neither of them actually playing right back, the formation was fraught with problems from the beginning. Now heading to Brighton Spurs are also without Harry Kane, among others, so here is how Tottenham will cope.