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Tottenham Hotspur winger Lucas Moura was given a rare 2019/20 chance to impress when he was named in the starting XI against Watford on Saturday, but he ultimately failed to take his opportunity and only has himself to blame if he’s dropped for the visit of Red Star Belgrade on Tuesday night.

The 27-year-old hadn’t been named on the team-sheet for a Premier League fixture since the 1-0 defeat in north London against Newcastle United back in August, but he was alongside Dele Alli and Harry Kane in attack for the visit of the Hornets, with Son Heung-min and Erik Lamela on the substitutes’ bench.

It was a real chance for the Brazilian to show why he should be at the forefront of Mauricio Pochettino’s thoughts when he is picking his side, but he failed to deliver.

In fact, while the game ended 1-1 thanks to Dele Alli’s late equaliser, the scoreline was actually 1-0 to Quique Sanchez Flores’ men when the former Paris Saint-Germain man was replaced by Lamela in the 63rd minute.

He picked up a 5/10 rating from Football London for showing plenty of endeavour but producing little quality, and when you look at his statistics at home against a team bottom of the division, it is easy to see why he was rated unsatisfactory and was hooked by his manager just after the hour mark.

During his time on the field, he made just 20 passes and had two shots, neither of which were on target, as per WhoScored.

While he did manage to make one key pass – his replacement Lamela made two despite only playing 27 minutes – he was also dispossessed on two occasions as things just didn’t click from him.

It has been the story of Moura’s campaign to date so far – like many of his teammates to be fair to him given some recent results and performances – and he is surely going to pay the price against Red Star with Lamela and Son looking likely to come in, while summer addition Giovani Lo Celso could also be involved.

Should be find himself out of the XI again, he will only have himself to blame having failed to take his chance to show he should be a regular in a struggling side right now.

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