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title: "Tottenham Hotspur: Spurs need new goalkeeper after latest Paulo Gazzaniga error, says ESPN’s Craig Burley"
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type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Stephan Georgiou"
section: "Features"
published: "2020-01-16T06:30:47Z"
modified: "2020-01-16T06:30:47Z"
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# Tottenham Hotspur: Spurs need new goalkeeper after latest Paulo Gazzaniga error, says ESPN’s Craig Burley

**ESPN pundit and former footballer Craig Burley has called on Spurs to buy a new goalkeeper after criticising Paulo Gazzaniga’s performance in their 2-1 FA Cup replay win over Middlesbrough on Tuesday night.**

The Championship side gave Spurs a bit of a fright as they threatened to come from two goals down to force extra time after pulling a goal back late on which Burley feels the Argentinian shot-stopper should have done better to prevent.

Gazzaniga could not stop George Saville’s [speculative shot](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51091957) from outside of the box finding the bottom corner – and Burley feels he is not a good enough stand-in for Hugo Lloris, who has been out of action since suffering a [serious elbow injury](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49945886) in October.

After the game, Burley told [ESPN FC](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOWD342DwhM): “\[Mourinho\] needs a goalkeeper. Don’t know what the state of Lloris is at the moment and how long-term that’s going to be, but \[Gazzaniga\] makes too many mistakes, another one tonight down to his right-hand side – that’s a worry.”

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Given the lack of ferocity in the shot which beat him last night, it does not appear too harsh for Burley to describe Gazzaniga’s failure to keep it out as a goalkeeping error. He won’t be solely to blame for a poor record in goal, but Spurs have nevertheless struggled for [clean sheets](https://www.premierleague.com/stats/top/clubs/clean_sheet?se=274) this term with just two in the league all season – and only Norwich City have recorded as few as that.

That said, despite Lloris playing just [seven times](https://www.premierleague.com/players/4664/Hugo-Lloris/stats?co=1&se=274) in the league this year, he has made more [errors leading to goals](https://www.premierleague.com/stats/top/players/error_lead_to_goal) than his teammate, according to official Premier League statistics. However, that would only serve to enhance Burley’s case for Tottenham to seek a new goalkeeper.

Whether that will prompt Mourinho to find one in the transfer window remains to be seen, though their recent loan capture of [Gedson Fernandes](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51119385) suggests a goalkeeper has not been top of his priority list, in any case – which could suggest that the goalkeeping situation is just one of a number of squad issues the manager must get to grips with.

***Spurs fans, do you think you need a new GK? Let us know what you think below!***