Tottenham vs West Ham: Slaven Bilic axes blunder keeper Adrian for London derby
Spaniard is paying the price for his costly mistake against Stoke in the last Premier League match and for poor form overall so far
SLAVEN BILIC has taken a bombshell decision to axe blunder keeper Adrian for tonight’s crunch London derby at arch-rivals Tottenham.
The Spaniard is paying the price for his costly mistake against Stoke in the last Premier League match and for poor form overall so far.
Understudy and Republic of Ireland No1 Darren Randolph will take his place for one of the club’s biggest games of the season.
Adrian dropped a clanger in the second half against Stoke which cost his team a priceless win as they battle to stay away from the relegation zone.
He also came under fire for a rush of blood in the shocking 4-2 home defeat against Watford when the Hammers were two up.
Boss Bilic has been considering dropping Adrian for some time and had planned to do so weeks ago for West Ham’s visit to Crystal Palace.
But an hand injury to Randolph meant he was forced to stick with Adrian for the visit to Selhurst Park and the subsequent 1-0 win made it harder to ditch him.
However, Bilic has now run out of patience and is changing a key position for the trip to White Hart Lane with West Ham desperate for a victory and three points.
His team sits just a point above the drop zone with only three wins to their name this season in a key year having moved from the club’s spiritual home at Upton Park to the much bigger London Stadium.