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Hugo Lloris: Tottenham star and one team-mate slammed vs Barcelona for Coutinho goal
HUGO LLORIS was guilty of a huge error early on in Tottenham’s Champions League clash against Barcelona tonight - and former Spurs midfielder Glenn Hoddle was not happy.
Lloris returned to the Tottenham side for the first time since his drink-driving conviction last month and a thigh injury.
But within two minutes he contributed to Barcelona opening the scoring through Philippe Coutinho.
Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi cut apart the Tottenham defence with a superb through ball to Jordi Alba.
Lloris inexplicably chose to run out and attempt to win the ball but Alba beat him to it, laid it to Coutinho and the former Liverpool man finished calmly.
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Lloris, what is he doing coming out there? Absolutely, I don’t know why he’s come out
Hoddle was working as a co-commentator for BT Sport and criticised Lloris and also Spurs right-back Kieran Trippier for getting caught out by Messi’s pass.
“It’s a wonderful ball, Trippier gets caught with his back to play,” Hoddle said.
“But Lloris, what is he doing coming out there? Absolutely, I don’t know why he’s come out.
“He’s committed himself as goalkeeper, Alba keeps his head and pulls it back to Coutinho and what a finish that is. He’s still got a lot to do there.
“But Lloris, my word, why he’s engaging and coming out and getting drawn towards the ball I do not know.”
Ex-Tottenham star Jermaine Jenas was working alongside Hoddle and could not understand the tactics from his former side.
“Well those are the risks that you run when you try and play on the front foot, when you try and press this Barcelona side that are so gifted on the ball,” Jenas said.
“You know that Messi is going to drop into more of a midfield area, that’s not tight enough.
“If you give him time, this is what he can do.
"He can really, really hurt you.
“I think the ball is brilliant, you’d like to maybe question Trippier’s position, but the ball is sensational, it really opens them up.”
It got worse for Spurs as a stunning Ivan Rakitic volley made it 2-0 to Barca before half time.