Mauricio Pochettino has made just one change to his Tottenham team that beat Swansea City 5-0 at White Hart Lane on Saturday.
Harry Winks replaces Mousa Dembele, who is on the bench. Bar Dembele’s absence, the eleven is arguably close to Spurs’ best, which is frustrating to many given the weakened selections in previous Champions League outings.
On a positive note, Toby Alderweireld is finally fit again and returns to the squad, albeit only on the bench.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to all the team news.
#THFC team: Lloris (C); Walker, Dier, Vertonghen, Rose; Winks, Wanyama; Eriksen, Dele, Son; Kane. #COYS pic.twitter.com/NwQpWaAgwa
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) December 7, 2016
Subs: Vorm, Alderweireld, Wimmer, Dembele, Sissoko, Nkoudou, Onomah. #COYS
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) December 7, 2016
A stronger team to stay in the EL than to stay in the CL
lol
— TTTactics (@TTTactics) December 7, 2016
Strong XI from Pochettino tonight, hoping to see out their Champions League campaign positively. Another big night for Winks too. #THFC https://t.co/4P8NfID2KR
— Thomas Cooper (@Thomas__Cooper) December 7, 2016
Tottenham Hotspur's first choice full-backs Danny Rose & Kyle Walker start together for the first time in the Champions League. #COYS#THFC
— Ricky Sacks (@RickSpur) December 7, 2016
#thfc Stronger side than the one vs Monaco, when Spurs still had a chance of progressing. Maybe the goal's been the Europa League all along!
— Ben Pearce (@BenPearceSpurs) December 7, 2016
Rarely disagree with anything Poch does, but to play a stronger team tonight than in our make or break game a couple weeks back in plain odd https://t.co/rzdXJbGor6
— Stefan Pape (@stefanpape29) December 7, 2016
No argument with line-up tonight, frustration it's taken until when we're out the Champions League to field a very strong team. #COYS#THFC
— Ricky Sacks (@RickSpur) December 7, 2016
Strongest starting 11 we've put out in the champions league and we're already out ??
Tottenham. So Tottenham ?— Stuart BryanTHFC (@StuBryanTHFC) December 7, 2016
Strong team. I'd imagine Poch wanting to eliminate any Wembley "hoodoo" for next season played a large part in his selection.
— The Spurs Brain (@TheSpursBrain) December 7, 2016
That Spurs team is a joke, given the XI picked in Monaco. Not resting players for the game vs Chelsea next month, I guess….
— James Maw (@JamesMawFFT) December 7, 2016
Pretty sure Poch knows more about the fitness of players than us. Not that baffling he knows when they need a rest and when they don't ??
— Spurred On (@spurredontv) December 7, 2016
