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Spurs midfielder Moussa Sissoko has claimed that playing with a diamond midfield means that the players tire more easily than playing any other system.

Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino opted for the diamond for the club's 7-2 defeat at the hands of Bundesliga club Bayern Munich in the Champions League group stages on Tuesday evening.

Spurs were trailing 2-1 at half time, but a second half collapse saw them concede a further five goals, four of which were scored by former Arsenal man Serge Gnabry.

Speaking on French TV channel RMC sport on Tuesday night (via ESPN), Sissoko claimed that the midfield system could be one of the reasons for the collapse.

"We get tired too quickly physically when we play with a diamond midfield," he admitted.

The starting lineup chosen by Pochettino did originally start as the 4-2-3-1 that played in the 2-1 win over Southampton in the Premier League at the weekend.

However, the system changed after half an hour and saw Harry Winks play as the deep lying midfielder with Sissoko and Tanguy Ndombele slightly further advanced and Dele Alli playing in the forward point of the diamond, allowing Son Heung-min to push further up to provide more support for Harry Kane.

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Pochettino will now have to decide whether to stick with the diamond or revert back to the 4-2-3-1 for the Premier League encounter with Brighton in Saturday's early kick off.