A delve into the stats surrounding Ivan Perisic's performance during Tottenham's FA Cup exit at Sheffield United on Wednesday highlight some of the problems the team faced.
The main team stats after the game will show that Spurs had 17 shots during the fifth round encounter at Bramall Lane with only four on target. The truth is that Blades goalkeeper Wes Foderingham was never really tested by a three-pronged attack that contained Richarlison, Son Heung-min and Lucas Moura.
So Brazil's main striker at the recent World Cup, last year's Premier League Golden Boot winner and a man who scored a hat-trick in a Champions League semi-final did not have enough about them to threaten the goal of a lower league Sheffield United side that needed to make eight changes due to an illness that spread through their camp.
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There is also something to be gained from looking at the stats produced on the performances of the two Tottenham wing-backs - Ivan Perisic and Pedro Porro. One is a Champions League, Serie A and Bundesliga winner and the other a £40m January signing from Sporting.
Perisic's crossing in particular was an issue with the 34-year-old slinging in a huge total of 11 crosses towards the Blades' box but only one of them reached someone in a Tottenham shirt. On top of that, the Croatian, who took a big kick to the shin in the first half from George Baldock, sent 10 long balls forward but only four of those found their target.
While he was credited with three key passes on the day, Perisic had a pass success rate of just 57.6%, the second worst figure on the pitch with Billy Sharp's 42.9% taking the unwanted crown.
Porro attempted just three crosses, none of them reaching their target, and the Spaniard played six long balls with just one finding someone in a Spurs shirt.
The stats firstly show the predictability of Tottenham's attacks with much coming down the left. It's worth nothing though that the visitors' two best chances of the night - a Davinson Sanchez ball for Richarlison and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg's diagonal pass for Porro - both came down the right when they switched up their play.
Perisic's lack of success with his crossing could also indicate poor movement from those meant to be in the box as well as struggles with his own accuracy.
Tottenham fans were disappointed by the absence of Harry Kane from the starting line-up and the north London side certainly struggled without him but they did little better when he arrived in the 64th minute.
Conte and his coaching staff will pore over the analysis from the match in the coming days and they will need to find a way to improve Spurs' attacking movement and delivery in time for Saturday's Premier League trip to Wolves.
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