Manchester United legend Gary Neville has slammed former Tottenham players for their criticism of the club and accused the likes of Jermaine Jenas of ‘lacking perspective’.
Tottenham threw away a lead against 10-man on Monday night, with Michael Keane scoring a late equaliser.
It’s the second successive game Spurs have squandered three points late on, having thrown away a 3-1 lead to Southampton before the international break.
The draw at Goodison Park led to some scathing criticism from the likes of Jamie O’Hara – who stormed out of the TalkSPORT studio when discussing the game – and Jermaine Jenas, who said he can no longer watch the team.
Spurs are fourth in the table, and above the likes of Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool.
They were knocked out of the FA Cup by Sheffield United and by AC Milan in the Champions League.
But Neville says former players that ‘never got near the Champions League’ lack perspective.
‘Interesting seeing ex-Spurs players that never got near to places for years when they played for the club saying they can’t watch this current team now,’ .
‘Spurs are in fourth place currently ahead of , and Liverpool. Perspective!’
Speaking on Monday Night Football after the draw against Everton, Neville acknowledged Spurs are ‘missing’ something.
‘They were okay. Okay – nothing spectacular. They’ve been a bit dour to watch for quite a long time, the spark isn’t there with Son, with Kulusevski and Kane as we’ve seen in previous seasons. Something’s missing – the quality through midfield,’ said Neville.
‘To be fair to Hojbjerg and Skipp, they’re workmanlike, they do a good job but they don’t deliver good passes forward, they don’t like the players together like midfielders in a lot of teams do. I said before the game the wing-backs are of the quality to play in that sort of system, I think it’s a really difficult position to play with a lot of expectation.
‘Going forward and defensively I don’t believe Spurs have the best wing-backs. Defensively they look a little bit drained, like they’ve had the energy sapped off them. They competed but the big point Stellini made there was that they should have really seen the game out when they went one nil up – the game management wasn’t good enough.’
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