Some Tottenham fans have defended Davinson Sanchez’s performance in the 1-1 draw against Wolves after the central defender came in for criticism on social media.
On Sunday, Sanchez was handed his first Premier League start since Tottenham’s 3-3 draw against West Ham back in October.
The defender, who has been forced to make do with game time in the Europa League over recent months, has been linked with a move away from Tottenham in January.
However, Jose Mourinho gave him a big vote of confidence by playing him alongside Eric Dier and Ben Davies in a back three at Molineux.
The performance from Spurs left a lot to be desired as they took the lead in the first minute of the game before resorting to sitting back and defending deep.
The Lilywhites were eventually punished by Wolves late on in the game and had to walk away from the match with just a point.
Sanchez received plenty of criticism on social media from some Spurs fans for his display on Sunday.
“Davinson Sanchez got too tight, committed himself.”
Story of his career!
— Jon 👍🏻 (@jonhotspur88) December 27, 2020
Davinson Sanchez is truly awful. He needs to go in January as a priority.
— Sanjiv Singh Johal (@AHeavenofHell) December 27, 2020
Davinson Sanchez has to be the worst pound for pound signing in Spurs history
— MoggyN17 (@Mohammed_Mogra) December 27, 2020
Feel sorry for Doherty, whenever he plays he always has Davinson Sanchez next to him, the guy literally stitches him up with every pass… #awful
— Grant (@Gdavins1) December 27, 2020
I’ve never seen a CB that loses as many aerial duels as Davinson Sanchez.
— Hotspur Edition (@HotspurEdition) December 27, 2020
However, others defended the Colombian and insisted that he is being picked on unfairly even though he had a good game.
Come on, the guy had a decent game last night, the whole back 3/5 had a good game, if they were that bad we would of lost the game
— grego (@lordcanvey) December 28, 2020
On the plus side, thought Sanchez was decent… Tanguy was unbelievable, and that were incredible lucky to get Højbjerg for as cheap as we did
— Ben🐐⏳ (@WenjaminJT) December 28, 2020
Davinson Sanchez gets way too much hate. He’s Tottenham’s scapegoat. Played well today and is still getting insulted by fans
— Pahq Football Opinions (@PahqOpinions) December 27, 2020
Davinson Sanchez has been great today but he'll still get slander and Doherty won't
— Joel🇱🇧 (@Jspurs_) December 27, 2020
Davinson Sanchez please play like this every single week
— Cotton (@JambaeSports) December 27, 2020
Davinson Sanchez always getting scapegoated, been good this first half
— DAVINSON the 🐐 (@SANCHEZSZNN) December 27, 2020
Sanchez didn’t do much wrong tonight tbf
— COYS (@GenericSpur) December 27, 2020
Sanchez playing well today.
— COYS🇿🇦 (@ThoughRay) December 27, 2020
Ngl Sanchez had a solid game and I wouldn’t mind seeing him play again especially against weaker teams
— Ben 🇩🇰🇺🇸 (@BenTHFC03) December 27, 2020
Sanchez has been class
— Jose (@thfc_jose) December 27, 2020
Sanchez was one of the best players and im not baiting
— ⚡🇧🇪 i follow back FT (@thfc_AnderAlex) December 27, 2020
Sanchez slander is so forced it’s scary. He’s been very good today
— – (@ThfcGed) December 27, 2020
Sanchez is playing well today but nobody will talk about it
— #Eriksen2021 (@thfcLes) December 27, 2020
Davinson and Doherty has played really well today btw
— Anton🇩🇰 (@ThfcAnton) December 27, 2020
Sanchez playing well today.
— COYS🇿🇦 (@ThoughRay) December 27, 2020
Spurs Web Opinion
Mourinho probably decided to start with Sanchez to cope with the pace of the Wolves attack and it is a strategy that largely worked, with the likes of Pedro Neto and Adama Traore failing to get in-behind our defence too often.
Barring a few nervy moments, I did not think Sanchez did much wrong in the game yesterday. There is certainly a case to be made that both he and Winks are made scapegoats by some Spurs fans even when others play worse than them.
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