Tottenham Hotspur manager Andre Villas-Boas insists that he has not made a choice regarding the first choice goalkeeper situation at the club.
The manager made a surprising decision as he opted to start summer signing http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hugo-Lloris-c16408 in goal, ending Brad Friedel’s consecutive run of 310 Premier League starts.
Lloris, who joined Tottenham on deadline day in a high profile £12 million signing, has not been able to break into the first team due to Friedel’s impressive form in goal. The 41-year old American international restricted Lloris to only two starts in the
Europa League.
However, Lloris finally made his English top flight debut yesterday as Spurs cruised to a 2-0 victory against Aston Villa last night at White Hart Lane.
The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899 international captain kept a clean sheet and was very much impressive as he saw the game out. Despite having not much to do in the first half, Lloris was called to action as Villa attempted a few shots on goal in the second half of the game.
Villas-Boas was however quick to praise both his keepers, especially Friedel, and insisted that he has not made a decision on who will be the first choice goalkeeper at the club. The manager also refused to name who will start in goal once Tottenham take
on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 in their next league game.
“The change was not based on performance because Brad has been immense. In the future we will have to decide on who to play,” explained Villas-Boas.
“We decided after speaking about it with the technical staff that it would be logical to get http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hugo-c16384 acquainted with Premier League games. He will now play with the national team and get a continuum of four games in a row.”
“We spoke with Brad because he deserves that respect. He was obviously disappointed with the decision but he respected it, being the good professional that he is.”
Tottenham took the lead through a fortunate goal by defender Steven Caulker. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brad-Guzan-c7954 looked on.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aaron-Lennon-c3062 scored the second goal of the night as Spurs clinched their fourth consecutive victory in the Premier League. Villas-Boas was delighted to have kept Tottenham's undefeated run intact ahead of the important fixture against Chelsea once the Premier
League resumes on the 20th of October.
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