Cristian Stellini does not exactly have a lot of options when it comes to tinkering with his Tottenham XI at the moment. On course to jump into third in the Premier League table on Monday evening as they led 1-0 at Goodison Park thanks to Harry Kane's penalty, Spurs paid the ultimate price for not taking the game to ten-man Everton and Michael Keane duly punished them in the final minute.
Certainly needing to freshen things up going on how they fared on Merseyside, Stellini is going to find it very challenging indeed to give his starting XI a much-needed boost. Davinson Sanchez and Lucas Moura were the two players he turned to at Everton as they entered the fray late on, with the latter on the pitch for six minutes after seeing red following a horror challenge on Keane.
Tottenham's bench, which included two goalkeepers at Everton, is reminiscent of 12 months ago with a handful of youngsters making up the numbers due to the amount of injuries. Another will have to be added to the allotted nine this weekend unless the acting head coach is given a boost on the injury front for the home clash against Brighton & Hove Albion.
