‘It’s a painful watch for Spurs at the moment’

Jamie O’Hara has revealed how he was left ‘boiling’ by Tottenham in their spectacular win over Leeds.

Spurs came from behind three times against the Whites to win 4-3 in north London thanks to Rodrigo Bentancur’s late brace.

It is the eighth game in a row that Antonio Conte’s men have conceded first as they once again manage to snatch a result despite an unconvincing performance.

And former Spurs midfielder O’Hara has expressed his frustration that his beloved side only seem to show up when they are behind, while hitting the wrong team at the club as she is in the top four.

Speaking at GameDay Phone-In, O’Hara said: “It’s a painful watch for Spurs at the moment. They really are. I don’t know if we dug that.

“How we dug a victory there, I will never know! Honestly, after 75 minutes I wanted to go home. They sucked my life!

“I wasn’t even celebrating goals anymore, because I’m so stressed watching Spurs play, because every time we look like we want to win a game, we go and concede.

“The only time I celebrate is when we score in the final moments, because you know the game is over! It’s ridiculous at the back, an absolute shambles!

“I was boiling when we lost 3-2. Boiling. The only saving grace we have at the moment is the fact that we have Bentancur, [Dejan] Kulusevsky and Harry Kane. The others are miles away.

“Maybe [Pierre-Emile] Hojbjerg deserves to justify playing in this team, the others are nowhere near good enough.

“[Davinson] Sanchez is never expected to return to the football pitch for Tottenham again. He’s playing with cement on his feet, honestly, he’s shocking.

“Emerson Royal – how Djed Spence didn’t get the chance, I’ll never know! Hugo Lloris, I’m a big Lloris fan and I support him, I took a lot of heat for him, but he has to be better, he has to find the right angles.

“I’m sick of seeing Spurs lose 1-0, 2-1 and we lose at half-time. It’s almost embarrassing.

“It’s like we go out and we’re dull, sloppy, slow, don’t play on the front football, pass to the sides, kick the ball out of play. He has to be better.

“Antonio Conte must have a word with these players. I don’t know what he says to them before the game, but obviously his team talk is not good enough, they go out and they are down 1- 0 and only then do they remove the chains and go after a team.

“In the second half and in the last 20 minutes, only then do you see the real Tottenham. We can’t keep doing this! You are playing against a top six team and we are beaten!

Co-host Gabriel Agbonlahor then took aim at Brazilian right-back Emerson Royal, where he said the former Barcelona man failed to live up to the required standards.

He remarked, “Emerson Royal is useless. There’s a reason Dani Alves, 39, is going to the World Cup with Brazil rather than Emerson, because he’s not good enough!

“Defensively that’s what’s going to cost Spurs to get a trophy under Conte. Defensively they’re not good enough.

“They have five at the back and they still concede so many chances, and they concede another three today against Leeds – that’s unacceptable.”