It was once again another frustrating afternoon for Tanguy Ndombele despite his Napoli side securing a late 1-0 win over Spezia. Linking up with the Serie A team on loan from Tottenham at the end of August, the 25-year-old has so far played a bit-part role for Luciano Spalletti's men.
Coming off the bench for a matter of minutes in the Fiorentina and Lazio fixtures either side of his start in the 1-1 draw with Lecce, Ndombele was an unused substitute on Wednesday evening when the Italians demolished Liverpool 4-1 in the Champions League. Making changes to his XI for Saturday's game against Spezia, the French international was one of the players to come into Spalletti's thinking.
Named in a midfield three alongside Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa and Eljif Elmas, Ndombele played the deeper of the trio as the other two were given licence to push upfield. That was very much the case for former Fulham man Anguissa as he looked to get on the ball and go forward at every opportunity.
