Mohammed Kudus's biggest weakness is the symptom of a bigger problem

Mohammed Kudus soaked up official Man of the Match honors for Tottenham Hotspur last weekend when they obliterated Crystal Palace 2-0, but while the Ghanaian international played a great game, many fans felt that Jan Paul van Hecke, Sandro Tonali, Mateus Fernandes, and even fellow winger Mathys Tel had even stronger Man of the Match cases against the Eagles.

Although Kudus had a great assist on a corner for right back Archie Gray to open the scoring, the most enduring moment of his match against Palace was a horrible miss late in the game to deny Luca Williams-Barnett what would have been an unforgettable assist on his Premier League debut. As it stands, LWB is still getting his plaudits and is in play for more minutes this weekend against Leeds United, so no harm done there - and obviously Spurs won convincingly regardless.

But fans are a bit disappointed with Kudus's inability to score goals in their uniform. As Roberto De Zerbi recently pointed out, Kudus used to be an up and coming goal scorer for Ajax before coming to the Premier League, and he scored more goals in his first season with West Ham United than he has since then.

Tottenham Hotspur are not getting goals out of Kudus, who has none so far this season despite quite a few amazing chances falling to him, especially in recent weeks against Manchester United and Crystal Palace And as great as he was last season, Mohammed Kudus still only scored two goals for Spurs in his debut campaign.

The thing is, Kudus's misses and lack of goals truly becomes this frustrating because the players whose jobs it is to score are not getting it done. Kudus's main role in the squad is to take players on, create chances, destabilize the defense, and work hard on the wings. He does that great, as evidenced by what he has done positively in this winning streak. If Dominic Solanke and Omar Marmoush were getting it done in front of goal, this conversation would not matter as much.

Roberto De Zerbi and the Tottenham fans will rightfully want more decisiveness as a finisher from Kudus, but the larger point is that Kudus's biggest weakness in terms of scoring goals is magnified by the team's greater problem in struggling to score. If Solanke were putting away the chances Kudus himself creates, for example, Kudus's finishing wouldn't be as much of a topic.