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Alex Mott·13 September 2022

Marcus Edwards is showing Tottenham what might have been 🙃

Mauricio Pochettino described Marcus Edwards as a “mini Messi” when he was at Tottenham as a youth player.

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His career has taken a few left turns since then but finally Edwards is in the Champions League – this time playing against Spurs for Sporting.

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The Englishman has been in the spotlight all week ahead of this game and has not cowered under that pressure so far.

Marcus Edwards' first half by numbers vs. Tottenham: 100% pass accuracy 34 touches 6 duels won 6 take-ons attempted 5 take-ons completed 2 crosses 2 shots 2 touches in opp. box 1 shot on target 1 chance created A thorn in his former team's side. #UCL
– Tuesday, 13 September 2022

Edwards has enjoyed a sensational first half and really could have scored one of the goals of the tournament late on, only to have a close range effort saved by Hugo Lloris.

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