A number of Crystal Palace fans were critical of James Tomkins’ performance in their 3-0 defeat at Tottenham this afternoon.
The Eagles weren’t helped by a first half red card for Wilfried Zaha and trailed 2-0 at the interval, with Heung-min Son adding a third later in the match as the home side ran out comprehensive winners.
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Tomkins partnered Joachim Andersen at the heart of the Palace defence but he did not enjoy his afternoon at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. As per SofaScore, he lost 50% of his duels and failed to make a tackle or interception, while also contributing little on the ball, with a lack of key passes.
Some Palace supporters pointed the finger at him and Andersen over the two Spurs goals, while the 32-year-old also received a yellow card for his troubles when he was booked just before the interval for a cynical foul on Oliver Skipp.
Palace fans slam Tomkins
These Eagles fans took to Twitter to slam Tomkins, who one supporter accused of having a “woeful” game.
“Tomkins and Anderson can’t play together. Both too immobile. Titanic turned quicker. Get Guehi on early.”
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“We all blaming Wilf for the fact we going to lose the game not Ward and Tomkins for being woeful for the goals? It’s ok, I see the agenda”
Credit: @Gibbo911
“Tomkins is simply not good enough.”
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“Stinker from Tomkins”
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“Andersen and Tomkins are like dumb and dumber at the back man, what have I just witnessed”
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“Never wanna see Tomkins play again btw”
Credit: @Mark_CPFC
