Jamie Carragher was not impressed by Marc Cucurella, labelling the Spain full-back “embarrassing”, after his two slips handed Tottenham an early 2-0 lead over Chelsea this afternoon.
Cucurella seemingly had the mistaken studs on his boots after he twice misplaced his footing on the turf and went to floor. The primary time noticed him lose possession to Brennan Johnson, who crossed for Dominic Solanke to attain.
The second slip noticed the ball finally fall to Dejan Kulusevski and he slotted into the underside right-hand nook.
After the second objective, Cucurella sprinted over to the touchline to get some boots with an extended stud, to which former Liverpool defender Carragher stated: “Cucurella’s coming to the bench, don’t blame anybody else – it’s your personal fault son! Who’s he blaming, the kitman? Absolute schoolboy stuff. Embarrassing.
“He slips once more. Have a look at him shrugging his shoulders. Did he not do a warm-up?”
Cucurella slips AGAIN and Kulusevski doubles Tottenham’s lead! 🤯
The Chelsea defender instantly runs off the pitch to alter his boots 🫣 pic.twitter.com/R1enDM5PGp
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Jadon Sancho pulled one again for Chelsea in an absorbing opening 45 minutes that additionally noticed Cristian Romero limp off early on for a Tottenham aspect that was in a position to welcome again Micky van de Ven from damage.
