Crystal Palace vs Tottenham
Saturday’s early Premier League kick-off is currently playing out and sees Crystal Palace and Tottenham face off at Selhurst Park.
Spurs headed into the match as the only side to win all three of their Premier League games so far this season, putting them top of the table.
Crystal Palace, on the other hand, have picked up just one point under new boss Patrick Viera.
Palace, however, were likely boosted by the fact that Nuno Espirito Santo would be forced to field a slightly weaker squad on Saturday.
Heung-min Son and Steven Bergwijn both missed out through injury, whilst Giovani Lo Celso, Cristian Romero and Davinson Sanchez could not play yet after traveling to red-list countries during the international break.
Royal makes his #THFC debut, while the injured Son and Bergwijn are replaced by Moura and Winks. Dele moves further forward. Pretty conservative team selection, but Gil, Ndombele + Scarlett possible game-changers on the bench.
Rodon also on the bench. https://t.co/ZrsUMzgV32
— Charlie Eccleshare (@CDEccleshare) September 11, 2021
Dier injury blow
With Romero and Sanchez missing, Eric Dier and Japhet Tanaga were deployed as the starting centre-halves against Palace.
Tanganga had started the season putting in some excellent displays at right-back, but the Romero/Sanchez situation did look to have forced Nuno’s hand somewhat.
And now, Spurs’ centre-back woes have now deepened even further as Eric Dier was forced off inside the opening 15 minutes on Saturday:
We’ve been forced into an early change following an injury to Eric.
➡️ Rodon
⬅️ Dier🦅 0-0 ⚪️ (11’) pic.twitter.com/colP9KzdET
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) September 11, 2021
The inexperienced Joe Rodon has now partnered Tanganga at the back, and, depending on the extent of Dier’s injury, this may need to be Tottenham’s CB pairing for their next two games as well.
Nuno on Romero, Lo Celso and Sanchez and when they will return from Croatia: “They will arrive the day before the match against Chelsea so they will not be available for the Conference League game.” https://t.co/LXHjhB8X4w
— Alasdair Gold (@AlasdairGold) September 10, 2021
And with the pair arriving just the day before Chelsea, will Nuno want to throw one of Sanchez or Romero straight back in?
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