da betobet： Christian Eriksen has to stop taking corners for Tottenham Hotspur.
On the chalkboard
da bet sport： The Denmark international is the club’s designated corner taker and, yet, he is remarkably awful at taking them.
Per WhoScored, in his last four appearances in the Premier League, against Southampton, Norwich City, Brighton & Hove Albion, and Chelsea, Eriksen has completed two successful corners from 15 attempts.
That’s a success rate of 0.13 per game.
Spurs, this season, have taken 108 corners, per the Premier League’s official website, but they have scored just four goals from set-pieces this season.
That, of course, includes free-kicks and is a disgrace of a statistic for Jose Mourinho’s men.
It is all the more frustrating when one considers that Eriksen has the ability to deliver game-changing balls into the box, as he did for the club’s late winner against Wolves at Molineux, with Jan Vertonghen heading the ball home.
But if the club are to make genuine strides forward – they are currently six points off the top four and have not won any of their last three games in all competitions – they need to ensure that every weapon in their armoury is maximised.
A vital change
This is an easy but important change for Spurs to make.
There is something of a long-running joke when it comes to Eriksen that he cannot beat the first man from a dead-ball situation and it is holding the club back.
The big fat Tottenham quiz of 2019 – how much do you remember about the last year at Spurs?
Effectively, it has blocked off their potential to score from corners and allowed them to become predictable and easy to defend against.
If Spurs want to start winning games again, removing Eriksen from such duties is a no-brainer.
It should start against Liverpool this weekend.
Meanwhile, Jose Mourinho has made a huge transfer demand.