Tottenham Hotspur were second best on Saturday afternoon as they lost 3-1 away at Leeds United.
Slack defending from Eric Dier put Sergio Reguilon in a terrible position, and Stuart Dallas fired home for Leeds before Son Heung-min levelled it up for Spurs.
That was as good as it got for Spurs though as Patrick Bamford put Leeds back in front and Rodrigo wrapped up the win after the break.
Spurs were poor throughout and got what they deserved, and Rio Ferdinand was furious with one moment in the second half.
Erik Lamela came on as a second-half substitute, and attempted to pull off a rabona pass to Serge Aurier as he made a rampaging run up the right flank.
Now, we’ve seen Lamela pull off this skill before; he scored a beauty against Asteras Tripolis in 2014, and then scored a similar goal against Arsenal in March.
This time though, the Argentinian got it completely wrong as his pass went flying out of play with Spurs 3-1 down – hardly the time to be bringing out tricks and flicks.
Ferdinand was outraged, telling BT Sport (08/05, 2:50pm) that the moment summed up Tottenham right now.
Ferdinand noticed that nobody went and talked to Lamela about his outrageous pass, believing that nobody at Spurs really cares enough to have a go at a teammate.
The pundit believes Lamela would have been jeered off the pitch at the old White Hart Lane, and is looking for more passion from Tottenham’s players rather than just accepting these standards.
“There was a moment where he tried a rabona – the goal [rabona] against Arsenal was fabulous and we all were drooling over it – but you’re 3-1 down at this moment and you try a pass.”
“The important thing was the reaction from all the players in Spurs shirts. I was looking for somebody to get on to him, to say, ‘what the hell are you doing? We’re 3-1 down, play normal’. That tells me a lot.”
“I couldn’t imagine being in a team when I played where that player ain’t getting an absolute rollicking at that point, and it shows that even the fact he’s trying that shows there’s nobody holding him accountable. And I think that’s a huge part, there’s got to be someone in the team dragging him and saying, ‘listen, we’re here to get results, that ain’t helping us.n Because there’s no fans in here sometimes you’ll get away with that. If there were fans here or at White Hart Lane, you’d be getting jeered off the pitch.”
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