Gabby Agbonlahor shares what he spotted Tottenham players doing to fans during Aston Villa loss
Tottenham will look to get back on track against Monaco on Wednesday, after what was a disappointing result against Aston Villa.
Despite Rodrigo Bentancur‘s opener, Tottenham were beaten 2-1 by Villa at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday.
Morgan Rogers had equalised for the visitors, before Emi Buendia found the net with an effort from range in the latter stages of the game.
Mohammed Kudus failed to impress against Villa, with Spurs‘ over-reliance on the winger coming to the fore.
But Tottenham’s attacking play against Villa was criticised as a whole, too, with Thomas Frank‘s side often making the wrong decision in the final third.
Gabby Agbonlahor view raises concern
Tottenham are enduring a really poor run of form at home, dating back to the start of last season.
In a startling stat emerged from Sunday’s game, the North London club have dropped more points from winning positions at home in the Premier League (19) than any other side.
Spurs have won just one of their four league games played at home this season so far, with that win coming on the opening day against Burnley.
| Tottenham | Match stats | Aston Villa |
| 53% | Possession | 47% |
| 10 | Shots | 8 |
| 3 | On Target | 2 |
| 0.75 | Expected goals (xG) | 0.32 |
| 6 | Corners | 1 |
Since then, Frank’s side have lost to Bournemouth and Villa, and handed bottom-club Wolves one of their only two points this season so far.
Against Villa, Spurs struggled to create much of anything at all, producing just 0.75 expected goals from 10 shots.
But sat in the stands, Gabby Agbonlahor spotted something even more concerning.
“I went to the game on Sunday, and I thought the atmosphere wasn’t great at the Spurs stadium,” the former Villa striker told talkSPORT on Wednesday.
“Seemed a bit quiet, the players were throwing their arms up whenever they won a corner, asking the fans for a bit more. It seemed a bit odd to be honest.”
Ange Postecoglou was critical of the Spurs atmosphere
The atmosphere at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium came up in discussions following Spurs’ 2-2 draw with Bournemouth last season under Ange Postecoglou.
Tottenham found themselves 2-0 down, before Pape Matar Sarr and Son Heung-min scored to see the game end level.
But the Australian would not credit the home faithful for their part in the victory, instead saying “it would have been very easy, particularly with the atmosphere as it was, for the boys to just let the game get away from us“.
Creating a good atmosphere starts with a positive team, however, and too often at present, Frank’s team are not promoting positivity within the stands with their performances.
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