Toothless Tottenham got all they deserved in Europa League loss

Tottenham succumbed to a very disappointing defeat at the hands of Belgium league leaders Antwerp this evening and they only have themselves to blame.

Antwerp got the lead through a Ben Davies error in the first half and truth be told, they were the better team despite their stroke of luck.

If any of us thought the second half would be a huge improvement we were in for a shock because it was not, it was toothless.

Not a single shot on goal in the second half and that includes when Harry Kane and Son Heung-min came on.

Almost everything was poor, the defending, at times, was error-strewn but it was going forward that was the real let down.

Shots, crosses, even passing was all over the place, there was no cohesion and to me, it looked like half the team could not be bothered.

It is hard to put a finger on what went wrong, you just know that Jose Mourinho will have drilled into them the importance of winning this trophy, well, with that performance they will not be winning anything.

It is not the end of the world and it may be a wake-up call that the lads needed, you have to hope so anyway, maybe they believed the hype a little too much and they will hopefully realise that they cannot take any games easy.

A few of these players have let themselves down badly and it will be interesting to see how Mourinho reacts when he names the next Premier League team.

I suspect some may go the way of Danny Rose and be sidelined, Mourinho is an unforgiving person and there is no way that he will be overly pleased with what he has seen tonight, even if he says differently publicly.

No point picking on any individuals because that would be unfair, the blame gets shared around this time, it was a poor team performance.

Antwerp defended well and deserved their win but the brutal truth is that if you cannot beat them then you will have issues against the big boys back at home.

Let’s hope for a far better performance against Brighton on Sunday.