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Former Tottenham skipper absolves keeper Lloris over six-nil thrashing

Former Tottenham captain Gary Mabbutt does not keeper Hugo Lloris for the 6-0 hammering by Manchester City. He told Sky Sports News: "Hugo in my opinion is one of the best goalkeepers in the Premier League and has had a fantastic season so far.

"The two clearances were not what you would expect from him, normally his ball kicking is excellent.

"If you get a keeper that makes a couple of defensive mistakes you have still got other players to make up for that and cover for you.

"They were glaring bad clearances from him but there was more the team could have done.

"When you go to Man City, who are the team who have the best home form in the league, we have to keep things very tight for the first spell of the game.

"But that was broken very quick - within 14 seconds when a defensive mistake led to Navas' fantastic finish.

"After that it's how the players responded. I don't think we lay down and had our tummies tickled - the next half hour of the game Tottenham took control of it. We were the ones taking the game to Man City and put them on the back foot."

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