{"id":331222,"date":"2025-12-06T15:09:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T15:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/331222\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T15:09:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T15:09:14","slug":"tottenham-defender-among-worst-in-premier-league-for-getting-dribbled-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/331222\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham defender among worst in Premier League for getting dribbled past"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One Tottenham Hotspur player who has featured in every single Premier League game this season is among the worst in the division in a key defensive metric.<\/p>\n<p>While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/tag\/thomas-frank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thomas Frank<\/a> has been happy to rotate his options in midfield and in attack, he has largely stuck with a similar back four for most matches, barring injury or suspensions.<\/p>\n<p>One man who has featured in every single game for the Lilywhites and has started all but two of their 14 league games is Pedro Porro.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/spurs-news\/pedro-porro-sends-controversial-message-to-true-tottenham-fans-after-fulham-incident\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Porro has been in the eye of a storm over the last week<\/a> due to a disagreement with some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/tag\/tottenham\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spurs<\/a> fans over their booing of his teammate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/tag\/guglielmo-vicario\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Guglielmo Vicario<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/pedro-porro-342-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Pedro Porro Tottenham\" class=\"wp-image-366512\" \/>Credit: @thefrederikkejensen \/ InstagramNumbers suggest Pedro Porro struggles defensively for Tottenham<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard\u2019s numbers suggest that his performances have not been up to scratch either, especially defensively.<\/p>\n<p>WhoScored have now revealed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/tag\/pedro-porro\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Porro<\/a> has been dribbled past 17 times this season, which is the third-highest number of any player in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/tag\/premier-league\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premier League<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Only Brighton\u2019s Mats Wieffer and Nottingham Forest\u2019s Neco Williams have been dribbled past more times than the Tottenham man this season.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Most dribbled-past defenders in the Premier League this season: <\/p>\n<p>\u25c9 19 \u2013 Mats Wieffer <br \/>\u25c9 18 \u2013 Neco Williams <br \/>\u25c9 17 \u2013 Pedro Porro <br \/>\u25c9 16 \u2013 Hugo Bueno<br \/>\u25c9 16 \u2013 Matty Cash <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5aL4twU0Z4\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/5aL4twU0Z4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WhoScored (@WhoScored) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhoScored\/status\/1996557597739298931?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 4, 2025<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p> Porro\u2019s attacking output is down for Spurs this season<\/p>\n<p>Porro had similar numbers under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/tag\/ange-postecoglou\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ange Postecoglou<\/a>, and most Spurs fans would admit that one-v-one defending is not the right-back\u2019s biggest strength.<\/p>\n<p>However, the 26-year-old was making up for it with his regular contributions in the final third. Unfortunately, he has not been doing that this season either.<\/p>\n<p>Porro is yet to find the back of the net in the Premier League and has just one assist so far, with his crossing being uncharacteristically inconsistent.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>       Have something to tell us about this article? 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