Pedro Porro must face Igor Tudor axe at Tottenham after woeful display vs Liverpool
Pedro Porro was embarrassing yet again for Tottenham Hotspur against Liverpool.
Spurs left it late at Anfield to secure a point against Liverpool, with Richarlison once again proving to be the saviour.
His 90th-minute equaliser looks to have bought Igor Tudor some more time in charge of the North Londoners, despite the fact that he remains winless after five games.
However, Tudor is still under pressure, and that pressure will break him unless he drops Porro from his starting 11 for the foreseeable future after yet another shameful display against the Reds.
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Pedro Porro almost broke unwanted Premier League record vs Liverpool
Porro was once the man that Spurs looked to for some creativity and composure, but this season, he has been unable to offer anything of that.
And that was again the case against Liverpool, where the Spaniard was quite literally hopeless at anything he tried to do.
Porro completed just 24 of his 35 attempted passes, with only 55 per cent of his attempted long balls reaching a teammate.
Defensively, he was even worse, having won zero of his seven ground duels, which is even more alarming considering he was defending against Rio Ngumoha, a recently turned 17-year-old youth prospect.
As demonstrated via his Sofascore graphic below, Porro was also dribbled past on six occasions in the game, and had it happened two more times, he would have taken the record of being dribbled past the most times in a single Premier League game this season.
Porro has been linked with an exit from Tottenham, and if that is the level of display he is now capable of, then an exit should be his next step.
Who could replace Porro at Tottenham?
Tudor made the bizarre choice to start Souza out wide, and that needs to change next time out.
The Brazilian could slot back in at left-back, with Djed Spence shifting over to the right in place of Porro, who looks to be getting worse with every game he plays.
It could allow Xavi Simons to return to the starting 11 after he was named on the bench against Liverpool, to give Spurs some added creativity.
However, whatever Tudor decides to do, it has to be without the services of Porro.
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