Rio Ferdinand and Ian Wright critical of Tottenham Hotspur’s Davinson Sanchez

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Mauricio Pochettino’s Tottenham Hotspur failed to win against Arsenal in the North London derby at the weekend.

Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand has criticised Tottenham Hotspur central defender Davinson Sanchez for the goal that Arsenal scored, as quoted in The Daily Mail.

Tottenham played out a 1-1 draw with Arsenal at Wembley Stadium in the North London derby this past Saturday afternoon.

Aaron Ramsey put the Gunners in the lead when he found the net as early as 16th minute in the Premier League game.

Former England international central defender Ferdinand has criticised 22-year-old Tottenham central defender Sanchez for his role in the goal that the Gunners scored.

The Colombia international failed to win a header, and Alexandre Lacazette collected the ball before playing Wales international midfielder Ramsey through.

The Daily Mail quotes Ferdinand as saying: “If you go as a centre half there you have to take the ball, the man, everything.

“You cannot let that go past. Davinson Sanchez makes that mistake and gets punished sublimely by Ramsey. It’s a great ball.”

Sanchez also conceded a late penalty, but fortunately for the Tottenham defender, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang failed to convert it and the North London derby ended in a 1-1 draw.

The Express quotes Arsenal legend Ian Wright as saying about the penalty: “I looked at it and I said on Twitter that it was a bit soft but it was clumsy from Davinson Sanchez because Auba got the wrong side of him and he made a silly challenge.”

The draw with Arsenal means that Tottenham are now third in the Premier League table with 61 points from 29 matches, 10 points behind leaders Manchester City.