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Dier made a couple of absolute clangers towards the end of the game though - taking really stupid risks and losing possession in parts of the field he shouldn't even have been in. I think he's a great player but those mistakes could easily have cost us a point. He needs to cut that stuff out and be a bit more mature in pressure situations.
Alli is fantastic - the tekkers for his goal was A*. The only think I'm worried about at the moment is Man U or similar coming in for Pochettino at the end of the year.
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surprised this morning, by how big a write up Dele Alli is getting in the papers, seems he's the next big thing! He's getting all the plaudits, but Dier feels to me more fundamental to the way we play, his ability to track, drop between the centre halves, play the ball out of defence as well as provide that pre emptive wall for his defenders means he's kind of irreplaceable. Bentaleb and Mason can't do that job and for whatever reason Bentaleb seems to have fallen down the pecking order - hoping he gets some playing time in the cups to bring him back into favour...