Tottenham Hotspur are preparing for a huge Premier League game this Sunday as they head to Manchester United for a 4:30pm kick-off.
Ange Postecoglou’s Spurs appear to be back on track, having won their last three games in a row in all competitions.
Better still, Tottenham did so having suffered setbacks in each of those matches, from conceding first to having a player sent off early on.
Now, Spurs will be taking on a Manchester United outfit that drew their last two games but won the two matches just after the international break.
Alan Shearer has now spoken about how much he rates one of Tottenham’s starts, and has backed said player to play a huge part in the Red Devils’ potential downfall.
Alan Shearer backs James Maddison to shine for Tottenham at Manchester United
The player in question is James Maddison, who is now back to his best for Spurs after struggling in the second half of last season.
“I thought it was the best game he has ever had in a Spurs shirt,” said Gabriel Agbonlahor. “Outstanding performance and deserves to be in the Team of the Week.”
Now, Shearer has earmarked Maddison to be key for Tottenham in their trip to Old Trafford.
“Spurs have players that can hurt United,” he wrote on Metro.
“James Maddison is a top player, he’s one of the players that could say he played his part and did okay during Spurs’ slow start to the season.
“I’m a fan of his, I like what he brings to the team and he got his goal last weekend. Confidence wise, that’ll be great for him and he’ll play a huge part, absolutely.”
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What Ange Postecoglou said about Maddison’s form
Postecoglou spoke about Maddison’s form at his press conference ahead of the Qarabag game, as per football.london.
The Tottenham boss said it’s not a case of Maddison playing deeper, rather he’s now fit enough to be able to carry out his role at the best of his abilities.
Postecoglou also said he felt Maddison’s fitness was improving with each passing game, suggesting the best is yet to come from the England international.
“I wouldn’t say he’s changed his role, he’s doing exactly the same as last year,” football.london quoted him as saying. “I think if you look back early last year, very similar.
“I’ve said all along the key to Madders is if he’s physically good and he’s getting to that level of where he’s able to cover ground to receive the ball wherever we need him to, whether that’s deep or wide.
“If you look back to early last year he was doing very similar things for us to what he was doing at the weekend.
“It was only when he was came back from injury that he kind of struggled because I don’t think physically he was where he needed to be.
“He’s had a good, strong pre-season and I can just sense every game he’s feeling better and better about how he’s feeling. When he does that I think he’s able then to play the role we need him to.”
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