Out of favour after a West Ham nightmare last October, the defender faced up to his manager’s criticisms and now has every reason to look forward to Sunday’s derby against Arsenal
For Davinson Sánchez, it was a time of frustration and pain, when the form that compelled Tottenham to make him their record signing in August 2017 and had broadly sustained him during his first three seasons at the club mysteriously deserted him.
It is difficult to pinpoint the exact moment when everything started to fall apart, but most Spurs fans look no further than the afternoon against West Ham in the middle of last October. It was when they saw a 3-0 lead with eight minutes of normal time remaining turn to the ruin of a 3-3 draw, with Sánchez’s own goal for 3-2 the low point in a poor individual performance.
