Tottenham’s experienced star admits to feeling rusty after he refused to play for the last 10 months at Spurs, saying…
Hugo Lloris has said that he was not overly pleased with his debut for Los Angeles FC, admitting that he is still a little rusty, having not played any competitive football for ten months.
Lloris made his debut for the Major League Soccer side in their season opener against Seattle Sounders, with the Californian side emerging 2-1 winners, courtesy of goals either side of half-time. The Frenchman had not featured since Tottenham’s 6-1 loss to Newcastle United back in April of last year and he admitted in a recent interview with The Athletic that he had found it quite difficult over the last six months at Tottenham, being used to playing regularly since the early years of his career. LA head coach Steve Cherundolo was quite happy with the World Cup winner’s performance on Sunday and insisted that the goalkeeper brought calmness to his side’s backline. Hugo Lloris is finally back out on the pitch
He said about the 37-year-old (via Football. London): “He has a calmness to him, doesn’t feel pressured, has real-time answers for the guys and input. He gives our back line and the entire team a sense of security, which we’ve had over the past couple of years, but in my opinion a little more now.”
However, the former Tottenham captain was not particularly positive about his display, remarking that he is still learning to play with his new teammates and working his way up to match sharpness.