Tottenham star seems to hint he played through illness in 5-0 win over Everton
Eric Dier has revealed he played through an illness during Tottenham’s 5-0 thrashing of Everton on Monday night.
Dier started and produced an assured display against the Toffees, which saw Spurs narrow the gap to fourth-placed Arsenal down to just three points.
Spurs gained full control in the first half with tallies from Heung-min Son, Harry Kane and an own goal enough to kill the game before the break.
Two early strikes in the second 45 completed a wretched evening for Frank Lampard’s side, who remain perilously above the relegation zone.
Dier, who was instrumental in Spurs securing their second consecutive Premier League clean sheet, came close to getting his name on the scoresheet when his headed effort bounced off the crossbar.
He was later quizzed on his display after the game but sounded slightly nasal while issuing some of his responses.
In an interview with the club, Dier was asked: “Apart from missing headers, you’re in a good place, aren’t you?”
Ahead of giving his answer, he then coughed to the side, which led the interviewer to jokingly add: “Apart from having a cold as well!”
Dier then replied: “Yeah, apart from being ill!” before being told to ‘rest up’ at the interview’s conclusion.
Spurs Web Opinion
Illness aside, Dier is definitely in a good place for Tottenham right now and he has emerged as one of the first names on the team sheet every week.
He has had such a big influence on the defence and Spurs missed him when he was forced to miss out due to injury.
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