In amongst Barcelona’s exquisite attacking football, in which Lionel Messi was the maestro as the Catalan giants dismantled Tottenham in the Champions League on Wednesday, there was some suspect defending from Spurs – and Tony Cascarino has blasted two defenders in particular who failed to tame Messi and co.
Toby Alderweireld and Davinson Sanchez were selected as the central defensive pairing with the unenviable task of holding the fort for Tottenham against a Barcelona frontline which always threatened to cause maximum damage to Mauricio Pochettino’s side at Wembley.
Some of the rear-guard action from the home side was particularly wayward, as the star-studded Barcelona attack breezed beyond Spurs’ back line at times, and speaking to Jim White on talkSPORT, via HITC, Cascarino blasted: “Alderweireld is nowhere near the player he was 18 months ago.