Tottenham Hotspur captain was left visibly frustrated with one of his teammates following the draw on Tuesday.
The Lilywhites were forced to settle for a point against West Ham despite having the opportunity to climb back into the top four.
And Spurs have now learnt that they would have remained in the top four ahead of the weekend after Aston Villa’s loss to Manchester City last night.
A missed opportunity has, once again, passed by for Spurs and it was apparent Heung-min Son wasn’t impressed after the full-time whistle at the London Stadium.
Who Heung-min Son was left annoyed at
It was a frustrating evening of football for the Tottenham forwards, in particular. Having opened the scoring early on through Brennan Johnson, they were then unable to break down the West Ham defence.
Ange Postecoglou’s men remain two points adrift of the top four and now have a game in hand.
Top four is still in their own hands, but it is without a doubt another week gone by where Spurs could have taken a real hold of the race for the Champions League.
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However, it was apparent the Spurs captain was not impressed with Dejan Kulusevski following the full-time whistle.
The Swedish international only came on for the final 20 minutes of the game, but he was unable to create anything in an attacking sense.
And having failed to deliver a cross in the dying minutes of the game, it seems the 31-year-old captain had a few words to say towards Kulusevski.
Son was sat on the floor after the full-time whistle and after waving his arms about whilst saying something to Kulusevski, he then slammed the floor before getting up and walking off.
What is wrong with Dejan Kulusevski?
For a player who arrived and had such a big impact at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Kulusevski is going through a real tough spell.
The Swede has been able to return six goals and three assists in the Premier League this season.
But only two of those goal contributions have come since the middle of December last year.
It has been a really tricky period for the £110k-per-week winger, especially when Johnson and Timo Werner are providing the goods from the flanks.
Here is a summary of Kulusevski’s substitution appearance vs West Ham.
- 20 minutes
- 21 touches
- 9/11 successful passes
- 5X lost possession
- 4/6 ground duels won
- 2X was fouled
- 2 tackles
- 2X dribbled past
Statistics via SofaScore.
What is interesting, though, is Kulusevski has spoken recently about potentially playing in a more central role in the future.
He said: “I’ve done it [played centrally] all my life, so it’s nothing new to me. Of course, in the second half, I played right wing, but physically I feel really good, so I’m happy and I know I’m on the right path.”
And these comments come at a time when both he and James Maddison are struggling to find some form.
Maddison was another player who is not playing at his maximum and was dragged off against West Ham by the manager.
With a game against Forest coming up on the weekend, could Postecoglou look to tru Kulusevski through the middle instead of Maddison?
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