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3 Things We Learned From Liverpool’s 5-0 Riot Over Tottenham Hotspur

Spurs were looking to get themselves back on track while Liverpool were aiming to keep the heat on Arsenal after they dropped points at Manchester City. Here’s what we learned from the high profile matchday 16 clash:

Andre Villas Boas not good enough

Gareth Bale may be gone, but that is no excuse for conceding 11 goals and failing to score in their last two games against sides Spurs are aiming to match in the Premier League. A 6-0 hammering by Manchester City and now a 5-0 mauling by Liverpool, what has happened to the side that pushed for fourth place until the final day last season? Gareth Bale may have been their best player, but after investing almost everything back into their squad on the likes of Vlad Chiriches, Etienne Capoue, Paulinho, Nacer Chadli, Erik Lamela, Christian Eriksen and Roberto Soldado, they are a far superior side now than last season.

So what is the problem? It was a world class talent that was bought in, so the squad is not what is pulling Tottenham down, but seemingly the manager. A lack of tactical nous and starting the useless Andros Townsend over Chadli and Lamela is suicide. When we all wake up tomorrow morning to read the Monday newspapers, it will be a shock if we aren’t reading that the former Chelsea tactician has been relieved of his duties.