{"id":470942,"date":"2026-03-12T05:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T05:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/470942\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T05:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T05:52:11","slug":"troy-deeney-slams-antonin-kinsky-after-spotting-what-he-did-following-substitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/470942\/","title":{"rendered":"Troy Deeney slams Antonin Kinsky after spotting what he did following substitution"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Premier League forward-turned-pundit Troy Deeney gave a harsh verdict on Antonin Kinsky\u2019s actions following the Czech\u2019s substitution just 17 minutes into Spurs\u2019 5-2 Champions League round of 16 first-leg defeat away at Atletico Madrid.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday (10 March), Igor Tudor<\/a>\u2019s side were embarrassed in a rampant display by Diego Simeone\u2019s Atletico at the Metropolitano.<\/p>\n

Spurs<\/a> conceded three times within 15 minutes during the first half, with Champions League<\/a> debutant Kinsky<\/a> replaced by the usual first-choice Guglielmo Vicario after just 17 minutes, following two errors which led to goals.<\/p>\n

Spurs did salvage some credit, with Pedro Porro and Dominic Solanke netting either side of Julian Alvarez\u2019s second goal and Atletico\u2019s fifth shortly after the half-time interval.<\/p>\n

However, Spurs have an uphill task to overturn a three-goal deficit in next Wednesday\u2019s second leg in north London.<\/p>\n

Following the match, pundits focused on Tudor\u2019s harsh decision to withdraw Kinsky after 17 minutes, with Manchester United legend Peter Schmeichel, who was working for CBS Sports<\/a>, saying that \u201cTudor has completely destroyed his career \u2013 I feel really sorry for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

The former goalkeeper added: \u201cWhen his name is mentioned in the future, the whole football world will remember this moment. He needed to be supported, at least until half-time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Former Spurs shot-stopper Joe Hart<\/a> also waded in and said his heart was \u201cabsolutely broken\u201d for Kinsky.<\/p>\n

Speaking on TNT Sports<\/a>, the former England goalkeeper said: \u201cHe had a horrible 14 minutes \u2013 that slip and the third goal. I don\u2019t know what to say. I am just heartbroken for the lad. This Tottenham team is all over the place.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Deeney was not so kind and did not hold back when offering his thoughts on CBS<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Deeney said: \u201cWe\u2019ve all been subbed when a player gets sent off. You sit next to your team, you ride it out together. He\u2019s having a poor time, you get dragged\u2026 by the way, he made the mistakes, not the manager, no-one else, he made the mistakes. Manager makes the change, you have to sit with your team.\u201d<\/p>\n

The former Watford man was then asked whether the Spurs \u2018keeper was right to avoid showing emotions while the cameras were on him as he walked off.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, because we\u2019re in a situation where, as a team and a group, we\u2019re in the trenches now,\u201d Deeney replied.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t have time to feel sorry for yourself, you don\u2019t have time to go and gather your thoughts, we\u2019re all in this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Several fans also offered their takes on social media, with some disagreeing with the pundit\u2019s stance.<\/p>\n

One said: \u201cAbsolutely disagree with this take. He needed space and not a stadium full of Atletico fans heckling him for 80 more minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another added: \u201cEasier said than done! If Deeney were in that position, I would have done the same thing. For someone who is not a starter to cost the game so much\u2026 You think he is just going to go sit and push the team to do more? Deeney was and still is a failed player!\u201d<\/p>\n

A third claimed: \u201cSpoken like someone that\u2019s never played a last-16 game in the Champions League in front of millions worldwide. Knocked a couple of goals in for Watford and had the audacity to sit here chastising someone doing it at the top level. Modern punditry for you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Spurs return to action against Liverpool at Anfield on 15 March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Premier League forward-turned-pundit Troy Deeney gave a harsh verdict on Antonin Kinsky\u2019s actions following the Czech\u2019s substitution…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470943,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1669,218,59,101,919,33389,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-470942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-champions-league","tag-football","tag-gb","tag-sports","tag-tottenham-hotspur","tag-troy-deeney","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}