Spurs implode in shambles as Reds rocked; shock turns sour in 95-min penalty drama<\/a><\/p>\nTottenham’s goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky leaves the pitch after being substituted during the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Tottenham in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (AP Photo\/Jose Breton)Source: APMicky van de VenSource: Getty ImagesA dejected Richarlison leaves the pitch.Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
But the Croatian gave his inexperienced goalkeeper the cold shoulder after pulling him from the pitch.<\/p>\n
It was a moment that exemplified what has been an awful four game stretch for the relegation-threatened Spurs under Tudor.<\/p>\n
They have conceded 14 goals in four defeats since Tudor was brought in to replace Thomas Frank.<\/p>\n
For a club that has been a punching bag for football fans the world over for many years, they continue to find new ways to make themselves the bud of the joke and it has left the likes of O\u2019Hara furious.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m absolutely embarrassed to be a Spurs fan,\u201d O\u2019Hara said on TalkSport during the match. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m embarrassed to be affiliated with this football club. It is nothing short of a disgrace. The manager is a fraud.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe manager needs to go, sack him at half time. It\u2019s a disgraceful performance from the players.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe tactics, unthinkable. To set up 3-4-3 against Atletico Madrid is embarrassing. We cannot play that formation.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said it\u2019s about experimenting. You cannot experiment in the Champions League playing 3-4-3 and to pick Kinsky….<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone\u2019s saying all of a sudden they\u2019re feeling sorry for this guy\u2026 he\u2019s a professional football player. He\u2019s a professional goalie. It\u2019s his job. He can\u2019t kick the ball.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s their job to look through to wear the right footing. Put some studs on, you\u2019re falling over the ball. I\u2019ve never seen anything like it.\u201d<\/p>\n
O\u2019Hara\u2019s frustrations got worse as the first half went on.<\/p>\n
The 39-year-old professional turned pundit was outraged as defender Mickey van de Ven could have been sent off for a careless challenge, which would have made matters a whole lot worse.<\/p>\n
\u201cI honestly cannot believe I\u2019m sat here watching this garbage,\u201d O\u2019Hara said. <\/p>\n
\u201cVan de Ven should\u2019ve been sent off. He doesn\u2019t want to be out there. They give us a sympathy vote VAR by not sending Van de Ven off.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis could be 9-0, and to be honest, I hope we get pumped because this manager has got to go and the only saving grace out of anything is that we get pumped tonight.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Tottenham board might do something for once and actually sack this guy because he is absolutely shocking. I could do a better job at managing this football club.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey can\u2019t even pass a ball. They cannot string two passes together. This club is absolutely gone. The players are absolutely gone.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey don\u2019t want to be there. They don\u2019t want to play. for this manager. It is nothing short of a disaster. We are going down.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis club is finished right now, and this is an absolute embarrassment to even watch.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tudor\u2019s snub of Kinsky as he walked off was widely ridiculed, and it may just become the moment that officially dooms his spell in north London.<\/p>\n
Former Liverpool, Real Madrid and Manchester City winger Steve McManaman described Tudor\u2019s inaction as \u201cman management at its worst\u201d on TNT Sports\u2019 coverage.<\/p>\n
While for BBC Radio 5 Live, former England goalkeeper Paul Robinson accused the manager of only trying to look after himself.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wonder where Antonin Kinsky is now. Is he sat waiting for his teammates to come into the dressing room? What will his next conversation be with the manager?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe problem is the attitude with Tottenham because that is terrible. Igor Tudor is making decisions to try and protect himself.\u201d<\/p>\n
Robinson added: \u201cI am in shock. The lack of application from Tottenham is unbelievable.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis has been a terrible first half and Igor Tudor looks like a lost man.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sky Sports\u2019 Zinny Boswell revealed just how poor Tudor\u2019s start with Spurs has been.<\/p>\n
He possesses an unwanted record, and suggested that Tottenham may be looking at a third manager this season as it tries to avoid relegation from the Premier League.<\/p>\n
\u201cIgor Tudor is the first Spurs manager to lose each of his first four games in charge. This evening went as bad as it possible could for him,\u201d Boswell said.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor a man with so little credit in the bank, that could prove fatal. Whatever those upstairs think, the tide has already turned for the Spurs fans. <\/p>\n
\u201cBut where can they possibly turn now? Anfield next for whoever it is.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Spurs midfielder Jamie O\u2019Hara has led the chorus of calls for Tottenham interim manager Igor Tudor to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":532243,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[264203,64,63,228300,6257,33217,1208,2057,264208,1119,6246,264205,264210,17341,97726,264213,112414,119867,2022,2557,70396,264206,264202,3583,28726,1614,264204,99083,264201,43269,264207,264211,2643,3595,2020,85,264209,264212,52531,2639,264214,3586],"class_list":["post-532242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-antonin-kinsky","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bbc-radio-5-live","tag-champions-league","tag-dressing-room","tag-england","tag-europe","tag-fiery-backlash","tag-football-club","tag-football-news","tag-four-game-spell","tag-goals-courtesy","tag-home-fans","tag-horror-show","tag-icy-moment","tag-igor-tudor","tag-interim-manager","tag-london","tag-madrid","tag-man-management","tag-manager-needs","tag-nightmare-debut","tag-northern-europe","tag-paul-robinson","tag-premier-league","tag-professional-football-player","tag-province-of-madrid","tag-punching-bag","tag-real-madrid-c-f","tag-right-footing","tag-scoring-line","tag-sky-sports","tag-southern-europe","tag-spain","tag-sports","tag-spurs-shotstopper","tag-steve-mcmanaman","tag-sympathy-vote","tag-thomas-h-frank","tag-tottenham-board","tag-united-kingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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