Gabby Agbonlahor blasts 'stupid' Tottenham quartet after scenes vs Coventry

Gabby Agbonlahor has come out with some nonsense after Tottenham Hotspur's win over Coventry City on Monday.

Spurs picked up their first win in the Premier League this season after beating the Sky Blues 3-1 at home.

There were plenty of positives to take as James Maddison scored the opener after being handed his first start in 536 days, before Jack Rudoni responded for the visitors.

Roberto De Zerbi's side responded almost instantly as Omar Marmoush scored his first goal for the Lilywhites, as Dejan Kulusevski came off the bench to make his first appearance for the club in 526 days.

Spurs' longest-serving player Ben Davies then wrapped up the three points with a cheeky outside-of-the-boot finish from the edge of the box, leaving the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium rocking.

There is plenty for Tottenham to shout about after the game, but Agbonlahor is still not sold on De Zerbi's defence.

Gabby Agbonlahor's 'scared' claim ripped apart by Tottenham stats

Agbonlahor was speaking on talkSPORT this Tuesday, but still had some harsh words for Antonin Kinsky, Andy Robertson, Jan Paul van Hecke and Micky van de Ven.

The former Aston Villa player said: "I'm looking at van Hecke again; his defending for the Rudoni goal. I'm looking at van de Ven and Robertson. Goalkeeper Kinsky, I'm not having him one bit."

"You've been to Marbella to work out, 'Let's play a back three against Coventry; we're so scared defensively, we're so poor', but you still concede a stupid goal. There's a lot of work to be done."

He also claimed that any of Villa, Newcastle or Brighton would have beaten the Lilywhites on the night, which is a completely baseless statement.

To say that Spurs' defence is "scared" is also a lazy piece of work, especially when breaking down the statistics.

As per FotMob data, van Hecke picked up an impressive 7.9 rating after having the most touches in the game with 115, which instantly proves that he's not afraid of being on the ball.

Robertson earned a 7.6 rating, winning 50 per cent of his aerial duels and making 14 sprints in the match.

Van de Ven was rated 7.7 and made two tackles, including one last-man tackle, also chipping in with five clearances.

The centre-back won 60 per cent of his ground duels, also winning three of his six aerial battles. So the statistics prove that Spurs are anything but timid defensively.

The only player who might have underperformed was Kinsky, who picked up a 6.3 rating.

Regardless, kicking Spurs now seems daft from Agbonlahor, because the game in general appears to have boosted everyone in N17.

Which Tottenham player has gone under the radar after Coventry?

A lot of focus has been on Maddison's goal, Kulusevski's return and Tottenham's win in general, which is completely understandable.

However, one player who hasn't had the praise he deserves is Mohammed Kudus.

The winger was back to his best against Coventry and had a 67 per cent dribble success rate.

He created two chances in the match, including the assist for Maddison's strike.

With Kulusevski now back in action, hopefully Kudus will see this as motivation to turn his performances around for Tottenham.