By Richard Parks
Tottenham fans took to Twitter to lay into Eric Dier for his performance in the team’s 3-1 Premier League win against Chelsea on Sunday.
The England international was paired with Mousa Dembele in central midfield in Mauricio Pochettino’s 4-2-3-1 system spearheaded by Son Heung-Min.
With Harry Kane deemed only fit enough to start on the bench three weeks after damaging ankle ligaments, Chelsea took the lead after 30 minutes when Hugo Lloris misjudged a Victor Moses cross and Alvaro Morata headed in to the empty net.
But Christian Eriksen levelled on the cusp of half-time with a sensational dipping long-range strike and Dele Alli marked his 100th Premier League match with a fantastically taken second-half double.
The victory extended Spurs’ lead over Chelsea in the race for the four Champions League places to eight points.
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But a section of supporters on social media were unimpressed with the performance of Dier, who was replaced after 81 minutes by Victor Wanyama.
One labelled the 24-year-old as “not good enough for us”, while he was also slammed as a “liability” and “terrible”.
Here is a selection of their messages on Twitter:
Dier is giving the ball away way too much. I’ll very much like Poch to start the Wanyama-Dier combo once again.
Cfc 1-2 Spurs#COYS— Prince K. Asare (@PrinceKhayy) April 1, 2018
Terrible performance 1st half. Walking into their trap time and again. But we’ve created 1 good chance that Alli missed and we’ve got Eriksen. Son, Lamela, Dier and Dembele been pretty poor and too much space out wide. #coys
— JaiP (@JaiP72) April 1, 2018
Moussa and Dier have been terrible. Lets step it up Spurs. #COYS
— sergio (@sergiolucas1882) April 1, 2018
It’s about time Poch reinstated the Wanyama-Dembele combo. Dier gives the ball away too many times. We’ve gotta close down spaces especially in midfield.
Lets win this lads! #COYS #CHETOT— Prince K. Asare (@PrinceKhayy) April 1, 2018
Stunned. Dier played a forward pass, must of been a miss kick #COYS
— Aitch (@HowardTHFC) April 1, 2018
Dier again.
He is not good enough for us. So overrated
— ???? (@im_the_don01) April 1, 2018
I’m worried about Dier playing for England this summer. He’s been a bit of a liability at times this season..
— Marc Loboda (@marcloboda) April 1, 2018
In other Tottenham news, the club are working on a deal to sign a 29-year-old left footer who would be a sensational signing.
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