Tottenham have a leadership vacuum – and Mathys Tel’s penalty antics prove it ...Middle East

The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium bore witness to playground antics on Sunday at the end of the 3-1 win over Southampton.

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Johnson had already scored twice and was understandably keen to try and add a third, given he has never scored a Premier League hat-trick. His only senior treble was for Lincoln City in League One four years ago.

To Johnson’s credit, he didn’t make much of a fuss. Tel’s tunnel vision had taken hold. Mercifully for all involved, he scored, albeit only just after Aaron Ramsdale dived the right way.

But it still made for a messy end to the game. Cristian Romero, by then wearing the captain’s armband after Son Heung-min had gone off, was involved in the discussions and gave Johnson a conciliatory hug as Tel paced out his run-up.

Instead, it was left to a teenager, contracted by Bayern Munich, no less, to do the honours.

Johnson was Nottingham Forest’s designated taker for a spell, although has a patchy record of six goals from nine attempts.

Johnson was left frustrated by the penalty saga (Photo: Reuters)

There was a lukewarm embrace between Tel and Johnson afterwards, but the latter was clearly frustrated. Maddison, Son, Djed Spence and Micky van de Ven all consoled him after.

“It’s only normal for me to want to take the penalty. I don’t want to get into it too much. Obviously the conversation was had and Mathys stepped up and took it.”

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A lack of leadership has certainly been an issue for Tottenham throughout their annus horribilis.

Surely it would have been better to give Johnson, a lightning rod for criticism, a confidence boost rather than a player who may not even be at Spurs next season?

Johnson has plenty of time on his side to collect a match ball for his mantelpiece and his goalscoring record this season suggests it is doable. He is comfortably Tottenham’s top goalscorer with 16 in all competitions. But for now, his wait goes on.

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