Alan Pardew says £12m Newcastle player was ‘out of sorts’ against Tottenham yesterday

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Alan Pardew has shared who he was somewhat surprised to see have a particularly bad game against Tottenham as they beat Newcastle United 4-1.

Pardew was critical of Kieran Trippier’s performance who was up against an in-form Heung-Min Son who just seemed to breeze past the defender on every occasion.

Speaking on talkSPORT after the game, Pardew revealed how he thought Trippier had looked very tired after his long run of games in the team and in need of a rest to get back to his best.

Pardew says Trippier struggled to cope against Tottenham

It was a bad day all round for everyone involved at Newcastle after yet another humbling defeat in just a matter of four days.

It feels somewhat unfair to be singling Trippier out after the 33-year-old has proven to be such a reliable player and leader time and time again, but his last two games have been way off his usual standard.

For Tottenham’s second goal, the experienced right-back was caught between two players at first before trying to take on Son one-on-one, getting his feet completely wrong and allowing the South Korean to cross to Richarlison who fired home.

It’s a very difficult match up for even the best right-backs in the world, which Trippier is certainly amongst, so there’s no shame in saying he got beat on the day, but the £12m player won’t want to make it a regular occurrence

On talkSPORT, Pardew said: I do really love him [Son]. I think he is a brilliant player, and he plays with a smile on his face… He was majestic today. I think he came up against a very tired Trippier. He looked out of sorts today, Trippier, but Son was still electric.”

Trippier’s suspension may be a blessing in disguise for Newcastle

After picking up a yellow card against Tottenham, Trippier will now be suspended for Newcastle’s game against Fulham at St James’ Park on Saturday.

While that does sound like a huge loss given Newcastle’s current injury crisis, and it definitely is a blow to lose his leadership and experience, it does mean he will have a weeks-long rest before the Carabao Cup quarter final clash against Chelsea.

It also gives an opportunity for someone like Lewis Hall to step up and impress against Fulham after not getting much game time in the team’s most recent fixtures.