Tottenham Hotspur playmaker James Maddison has responded to Spurs and Ange Postecoglou criticism with a brutal comeback

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder James Maddison has taken to social media to reply to criticism regarding his side’s 4-1 loss to Chelsea on Monday evening. The two London rivals played out a hugely entertaining match in N17, with five goals disallowed, two red cards shown and a penalty given.

Spurs had taken the lead early on through club captain Son Heung-min before the home side were reduced to ten men when centre-back Cristian Romero was adjudged to have fouled Enzo Fernandez in the box. Blues playmaker Cole Palmer then converted the spot-kick before an unusual second half in which the Lillywhites were reduced to nine men after Destiny Udogie picked up a second booking for a poor tackle on Raheem Sterling.

Chelsea could have scored on multiple occasions, with Ange Potecoglou’s men continuing to play with an extremely high defensive line despite the visitors having a two-man numerical advantage. Eventually, Blues frontman Nicolas Jackson scored three goals late on to clinch all three points for Mauricio Pochettino and Co.

Since then, Tottenham have received plenty of praise for sticking to their principles despite the sending-off, something some rival fans have voiced their frustrations with. Instagram page Sportbible has since posted an exchange between Chelsea legend John Terry and Spurs playmaker Maddison, with the pair sharing some banter on the result.

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Here we take a look at four potential changes Ange Postecoglou could make to his Tottenham team at Wolves following a quadruple setback in the defeat against Chelsea

Ange Postecoglou will have to shuffle his pack when it comes to his Tottenham team to take on Wolves following a nightmare outing against Chelsea on Monday evening. Not only losing the game 4-1 as their unbeaten start to the Premier League season came to an end, Spurs saw Cristian Romero and Destiny Udogie dismissed from the field of play and they also lost Micky van de Ven and James Maddison to injury.

Now set to be without Udogie for one game and Romero for three following their respective red cards, Tottenham will be assessing the extent of Van de Ven’s hamstring injury and will be hoping that he isn’t sidelined for an extended period of time. The same also goes for Maddison as he has been instrumental in their impressive start to the 2023/24 season.

So what changes could the head coach make for Saturday lunchtime’s trip to Molineux? football.london takes a look below.

Dier for Romero

One change that will almost certainly happen is Eric Dier coming in for Romero. The Spurs centre-back was introduced in the 34th minute following the Argentine’s red card and he performed incredibly well in his first appearance of the season.

On a night when some players would have struggled coming into a game with no minutes in the tank, the England international delivered a fine showing and frustrated Chelsea countless times. Romero’s three-match ban now means that the long-serving defender will get a decent run in the Tottenham team over the next few weeks as he looks to make his case to Postecoglou.