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Jermaine Jenas defends criticism of Tottenham's performance, after Gary Neville hits out at former Spurs stars.


Jermaine Jenas has defended his criticism of Tottenham's performance in their draw with Everton, after Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville hit out at the BBC presenter and Jamie O'Hara.

Spurs, who are without a full-time manager following Antonio Conte's departure last week, let two points slip in their 1-1 draw with the Toffees on Monday night after a late Michael Keane strike.

After their latest setback Jenas - who made more than 200 appearances for the north London Club between 2005-13 - tweeted: 'I can’t watch this team anymore ffs.'

Jenas wasn't the only former Spurs star to lambast the performance of Christian Stellini's side, however, as O'Hara also labelled his old side a 'disgrace'.

Then, on Tuesday morning, Neville hit out at the criticism from the former Tottenham duo and insisted it was ironic given what they failed to achieve at the club.

He tweeted: 'Interesting seeing ex-Spurs players that never got near to Champions League places for years when they played for the club saying they can’t watch this current team now.

'Spurs are in 4th place currently ahead of Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool. Perspective!'

Jenas then responded to Neville's tweet and defended his position as he said: 'Perspective.. I actually really enjoy listening to @GNev2 when talking about his club.. utd mainly because of the knowledge he has of the club and how passionate he is.. but I know as a club and I know exactly how the fans are feeling. But…'.

Jenas then added another tweet accompanied by a photo of the him playing for Tottenham in the Champions League and continued: '...maybe he wasn't talking about me. Apologies if so @GNev2.'

The former England midfielder made 202 appearances in all competitions for Spurs between 2005-2013, including eight appearances in their 2010-11 Champions League campaign.

O'Hara, on the other hand, made 56 appearances in all competitions but none in the Champions League. He did make 10 appearances in the UEFA Cup, now known as the Europa League.

The former Spurs midfielder produced a heated rant about the current state of the club in his post-match analysis for talkSPORT on Monday night.

Speaking after the game, he fumed: 'What a joke! I'm boiling and I know Spurs fans are absolutely boiling.

'It was a disgrace that last 15 minutes of that game. They should be ashamed of themselves to be walking into the dressing room at 1-1.

'What an earth are them players doing? Conte came in for a load of stick and how he said what he said and where he said what he said was wrong, but what is 100 per cent correct is this team has no desire, they can't play under pressure.

'They are finished, they've got no character, they're washed as a team. The quicker we get rid of all these bang average players and staff members and team the better Spurs are going to be.

'That sums up Spurs in a nutshell - what an earth are we doing? I'm sick of being a Spurs fan. I'm sick of it.'

The result last night saw Spurs leapfrog Man United into fourth - although Erik ten Hag's side do have two games in hand.

They return to action on Saturday as they entertain Roberto De Zerbi's high-flying Brighton, before facing crunch fixtures against Newcastle, United and Liverpool at the end of April.


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