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Premier League Gameweek 12 – Flops of the Week Feature Tottenham And West Ham Stars

As always another exciting weekend of premier league football which saw Manchester City thumping Spurs at the Etihad, Chelsea cruising to a comfortable victory and a mouth watering goal filled Merseyside Derby. Arsenal managed to skim past Southampton as Cardiff stole a point from Manchester United in the dying minutes of the game. Let’s take a look at the top 11 players who did not make it well this week.

Flop of the week

Goal Keeper – Artur Boruc (Southampton)
Just as heaps of praises were falling on Boruc’s head for playing a huge role in Southampton’s defense this season, he decided to step it up a notch and dribble the opponent. Giroud took full advantage of Boruc’s blunder in giving Arsenal the lead.

Left Back – Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham Hotspur)
Vertonghen was playing in his less favoured position in a night to forget for the Belgian. Put in some lazy performance which ended with Navas scoring the 6th goal for Manchester City.

Centre Back – Michael Dawson (Tottenham Hotspur)
The captain was exposed badly by his lack of mobility leaving the skipper completely clueless with the pace and strength of Negredo and Aguero.

Centre Back – Younes Kaboul (Tottenham Hotspur)
Another player who couldn’t handle the attacking pace and movement of Manchester City. Looked clumsy throughout the game.

Right Back – Guy Demel (West Ham United)
His poor decision making with the back pass almost landed a red card to his keeper who had no other option but to give Lampard a chance from the spot to put Chelsea in front.

Left Wing – Aleksander Tonev (Aston Villa)
Looked as if he didn’t know what he was supposed to do constantly failing to find the puzzle that linked the midfield and attack.

Centre Midfielder – Joe Allen (Liverpool)
Had the chance to nail the game for Liverpool with a 2 goal cushion, going one-on-one with Howard but didn’t even seem like he wanted to score that goal, blowing away a great chance.

Centre Midfielder – Paulinho (Tottenham Hotspur)
Looked out of sorts after the international break. The Brazilian was very wasteful on the ball and never provided with any attacking options for Tottenham.

Right Winger – Joe Cole (West Ham United)
Facing his former club Chelsea for the first time, didn’t get much to do as he was subjected to a tactical change by Sam Allardyce who replaced Cole in the first half.

Centre Forward – Dimitar Berbatov (Fulham)
Has managed only one goal so far this season which saw another quiet game for Berbatov, who has been living under the shadow of Darren Bent – who himself is under his own shadow. That sums it up!
Centre Forward – Roberto Soldado (Tottenham Hotspur)
Tottenham’s club record signing frontman has failed to impress yet again. Scoring only 1 goal from open play so far out of the 4 he scored this season (3 penalties) the Spaniard didn’t provide Manchester City with any threats on goal.