“Good gamers with unhealthy habits” – Igor Tudor criticises Tottenham gamers after heavy North London derby defeat

Tottenham Hotspur’s new supervisor, Igor Tudor, pulled no punches in a bruising post-match evaluation following his facet’s 4-1 collapse in opposition to Arsenal.

In his first recreation in cost on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the Croatian tactician witnessed a efficiency that he believes was undermined by deep-seated “unhealthy habits” inside the squad.

Regardless of the heavy defeat, which leaves Spurs languishing in sixteenth place, Tudor stays defiant in regards to the staff’s survival prospects, although his prognosis of the present locker room tradition was scathing.

Igor Tudor says Tottenham have good gamers with unhealthy habits

Talking to the media after the ultimate whistle, Tudor was requested if he nonetheless maintained the arrogance that Tottenham might keep away from a catastrophic relegation.

His response was a combination of perception within the squad’s uncooked expertise and frustration with their software.

Tudor highlighted that whereas the bodily high quality exists, the “psychological” baggage from earlier regimes and an absence of focus in key moments, comparable to conceding a second-half aim simply 23 seconds after the restart, is what at the moment separates them from the elite.

He stated (by way of BBC Sport):

“In fact I’m assured, as a result of I imagine these are good gamers with unhealthy habits. They’re good gamers; no one can inform me they don’t have high quality. However we have to change a psychological swap and have this psychological sharpness to be within the recreation from the primary to the second minute.”

Tottenham going through critical relegation menace

Whereas Tudor talks of a “psychological swap,” the league desk tells a much more pressing story. The 4-1 defeat, fueled by braces from Eberechi Eze and Viktor Gyokeres, means Spurs at the moment are winless within the Premier League for the whole lot of 2026 to date.

With solely 11 video games remaining, Tottenham sit simply 4 factors above the relegation zone.

The “emergency state of affairs” Tudor described upon his arrival has solely intensified, and with footage rising of key gamers like Micky van de Ven showing to disregard his directions, the duty of breaking these “unhealthy habits” earlier than the drop turns into a monumental problem.

Tottenham should now discover that sharpness shortly, beginning with subsequent Sunday’s essential conflict, or face the unthinkable prospect of Championship soccer.