You haven't missed much. The narrative is simnply that Spurs were destined to lose the match until that magical moment when CE appeared, and that Spurs would be mad to sell him before they've and secured an adequate replacement. (The writer, Gary Jacob, admitted in the comments that the Times wouldn't publish a straight match report for a Saturday fixture in their Monday paper, so he had to emphasise another aspect of the game - hence the Eriksen angle.)Can't get to all the article without a Times Subcription
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Just offer him a new contract and pay him what he wants. We need him in the team that was proved when he came on in the second half against Aston Villa.
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As much as I think Eriksen is a great player, how much of the performance change was actually down to the formation change? We just don't play well in a diamond even with Eriksen as proven last season