'I burst into tears after making Tottenham debut vs Liverpool – it ruined my career'

Shayon Harrison had precocious hopes erstwhile helium entered the fray against Liverpool successful his Tottenham Hotspur debut, but near the tract successful tears aft missing a important accidental to marque a sanction for himself

Shayon Harrison looks backmost connected his Tottenham Hotspur debut with a wealthiness of regret.

The present 27-year-old spent 3 years arsenic a portion of the Spurs younker set-up earlier making his debut against Liverpool successful the Carabao Cup successful October 2016, entering the fray arsenic an 83rd-minute substitute for Georges-Kevin Nkoudou. Aged 19 astatine the time, Harrison had the accidental to etch his sanction into the annals of past nether Mauricio Pochettino.

Spurs were 2-1 down astatine Anfield erstwhile Erik Lamela recovered him successful the container with a pinpoint cross. However, alternatively than equalise and springiness the Lilywhites anticipation of progressing, Harrison mis-controlled the ball, allowing Simon Mignolet to marque a regular collection.

The squandered accidental each but confirmed Spurs' exit from the contention and enactment an unthinkable dampener connected Harrison's imagination debut - with the young endowment bursting into tears astatine what could person been. Speaking astir the incidental successful speech with The Guardian, helium explained: "I was successful the changing country crying, I burst into tears due to the fact that I knew what that infinitesimal meant and however it had escaped me."

He added: "Pochettino enactment his limb astir maine and comforted maine arsenic overmuch arsenic helium could. I consciousness everything had been starring up to that moment; I had been with the archetypal squad for rather a while, travelling to games, grooming with them connected a regular ground and past the accidental was presented to me.

"I should person taken it. If it comes again, 9 times retired of 10 I astir apt score, that is however assured I am. It took maine a long, agelong clip to effort and hide astir it. A period agone it came backmost into my caput and I watched the clip connected YouTube a fewer times. Every present and again, I bash deliberation astir it."

Harrison yet ne'er played different crippled for Spurs, alternatively uncovering himself sent retired connected indebtedness to Yeovil Town successful 2017, Southend United the pursuing year, and Melbourne City successful 2019. The guardant past recovered himself astatine Dutch outfit Almere City successful a imperishable determination - however, his tenure successful the Netherlands came to an extremity erstwhile helium was released successful February 2021.

Harrison had further stints with AFC Wimbledon, Morecambe, and Hayes and Yeading United, but yet struggled to find his footing until helium signed with Romanian outfit Politehnica Iasi successful 2022. At the club, Harrison scored 17 goals and provided 4 assists successful 66 games, earlier making the determination to UTA Arad successful January.

He has made conscionable 1 quality for the nine frankincense far, making his debut successful a 1-0 nonaccomplishment to FCSB connected January 26.. Harrison besides admitted that his footballing vocation has been incredibly hard from a intelligence standpoint.

"It’s been a rollercoaster," helium continued. "The past mates of years person been very, precise hard for maine mentally. It was a monolithic intelligence situation due to the fact that I was not enjoying football: I was coming in, not truly knowing if it was thing that I truly wanted to do.

"I wasn’t astatine the constituent that I wanted to discontinue shot but I wasn’t astatine that constituent wherever I utilized to aftermath up excited and buzzing. My way has taken a antithetic crook but I inactive don’t person immoderate uncertainty successful myself that I volition get to wherever I privation to get to.

"I ever deliberation shot is astir taking risks and being brave. It is simply a rollercoaster much than anything. Keep your caput down and enactment focused. That is what I americium doing retired here." Now Liverpool are acceptable to big Spurs successful the Carabao Cup again for the 2nd limb of their semi-final connected Thursday.

The Lilywhites ran retired 1-0 winners successful January's reverse fixture, courtesy of an 86th-minute extremity from Lucas Bergvall. And should they beryllium capable to clasp Arne Slot's Reds to a gully oregon widen their aggregate lead, they volition marque their mode to the last of the tournament.

While Ange Postecoglou has endured a nightmare 2nd play astatine Spurs successful the Premier League, managing conscionable 8 wins, 3 draws and 13 defeats to permission them 14th, they are inactive competing successful each 3 cupful competitions. They caput to Aston Villa successful the FA Cup 4th circular connected Saturday and person progressed consecutive done to the Europa League knockout signifier aft finishing 4th successful the league phase.

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