It goes so hard in the Champions League for Tottenham, in the Premier League it is mostly crying for the Spurs supporters. On Saturday, there was another opportunity against Manchester United, but the opportunity was abruptly removed. The Tottenham captain has previously criticized the club management for acting “cowardly”. At Old Trafford, Cristian Romero was the opposite, but headless, when he picked up a red card after half an hour. After the game, Thomas Frank was asked a very direct question about the captaincy.
The game ended with a 2-0 win for Manchester United, Michael Carrick’s fourth in a row. For Tottenham, ten against eleven men for an hour meant the safe loss. This was anything but new for Spurs supporters, who have started to hold their breath as the captain takes off in tackles.
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Because in 152 games for Tottenham, Romero has received a total of six (!) red cards. Frank was asked if he regrets making Romero captain.
“No. He has also said that he is sorry for the situation, and apologized to his teammates in the locker room. No, he is one of the most important players and when he performs at his best, he runs the team, If you look at how many red cards he has received, it is not because he has received so many during his entire career. You play with passion and aggression, and it’s a delicate balancing act,” Thomas Frank says to the club’s website.
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Not sure the Spurs supporters who had made the trip to Manchester share the enthusiasm for an overdose of “passion and aggression” from their captain.
