Rio Ferdinand has slammed Tottenham’s players after their poor showing in their defeat to Chelsea yesterday.
Spurs endured one of their worst performances of the season as Thomas Tuchel’s team showed them how to dominate a game and still get all three points.
Rio Ferdinand was on punditry duty and he was shocked to see how Spurs surrendered to the defeat without really throwing any punches.
He said their performance was “aimless” and lacked personality before slamming them for relying on Harry Kane.
The England captain has now missed the last two games for them and Ferdinand reckons that when he is out of the team, they simply fail to function as they showed against the Blues.
He said on BT Sport via Mail Sport: ‘It was an aimless performance. Nothing to it. No personality.
‘If Kane doesn’t play, the personality is drained straight out of the team. No confidence, no character, no leader. Nobody driving the team.
‘Whether that’s the players or the manager who needs to drive this time, I think it’s a combination of both.
‘We saw them against Brighton last week and Brighton looked like the team going for Champions League football. It’s worrying.
‘They are not far off the Champions League in terms of points, but the way they are performing of late is a worry.’
Spurs will likely not have Kane back for their next two games.
If they lose both matches, with one of them being an FA Cup match against Everton, they would put themselves in a position where European football for next season could be tough to achieve.