Tottenham news: ‘Arrogant’ Dejan Kulusevski deserves extended ban as new claim emerges – pundit
Dejan Kulusevski should have been sent off as Tottenham lost 1-0 to Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday (16 April), according to Gabby Agbonlahor.
Speaking exclusively to Football Insider, the ex-Aston Villa and England attacker claimed the 21-year-old displayed a rare “arrogance” when he elbowed Marc Cucurella.
Kulusevski was shown a yellow card when he lashed out on his opponent 27 minutes into the game.
A sending off would have seen him unavailable for Spurs’ next three Premier League games with Brentford, Leicester City and Liverpool.
“It was definitely a red card,” Agbonlahor told Football Insider correspondent Connor Whitley.
“It was a bit of arrogance that you’ve not seen from Kulusevski. When the games not going his way, he showed that big of arrogance and deserved a red card for it.
“It was more frustration at his own performance because he wasn’t having a good game.
“I don’t understand why that wasn’t a red card, it’s 100 per cent a red.
“You need that arrogance but not in the way he had on that day. He had it like ‘You can’t touch me, you can’t press me, you can’t bump into me’.
“He should have had a red card been punished.”
Kulusevski has been a smash-hit for Spurs since his January move from Juventus, intially on loan with a view to a permanent deal.
The Sweden international has scored three times and provided six assists in 14 games across all comeptitions and provided the perfect foil for Harry Kane and Heung-min Son.
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