Igor Tudor has already committed number one cardinal sin at Tottenham after comments post-Arsenal
Arsenal’s 4-1 win over Tottenham on Sunday showcased the gulf in class between the two sides.
The result meant the league leaders are now five points clear of second-placed Man City, but Spurs are in a relegation dogfight.
Igor Tudor arrived as Tottenham‘s new head coach last week, and there are a lot of problems he must address in the squad.
However, Spurs fans don’t have all that much faith in him to turn things around, and his praise of Arsenal after the North London derby defeat certainly won’t go down well.
Igor Tudor calls Arsenal the best team in the world
Although Spurs were undone by Arsenal‘s brilliance, they also produced a fairly poor performance by their low standards, but Tudor decided to focus on the quality of the visitors.
After the match, the Croatian head coach said: “We didn’t need this game for sure. Arsenal are probably the best team now in the world so it was not easy.
| Tottenham | Stat | Arsenal |
| 40% | Possession | 60% |
| 6 | Shots | 20 |
| 0.6 | xG | 2.07 |
| 7 | Touches | 45 |
Thomas Frank came under huge criticism at Spurs for consistently praising Arsenal, instead of focusing on how to make his side better.
It was reported that several players did not find this constructive, and it was definitely one of the main reasons why his tenure in N17 didn’t work out.
Tudor has now done exactly the same thing, and although he is leaving at the end of the season as things stand, he needs the supporters and the players on his side.
Tudor doesn’t have the expertise to keep Tottenham in the Premier League
The Croatian manager has had spells at Marseille, Lazio and Juventus in recent years, but he has never completed a calendar year in charge of either of the three teams.
It’s clear that he is a quick-fix appointment, and although Spurs were playing the league leaders, the players showed no fight in a game of huge importance.
As for Tudor, you wonder how he’ll be able to get his ideas through to the team in such a short amount of time.
It seems incredibly unlikely, and the only positive for him is that Spurs have several winnable games at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to come.
But Sunday’s result was the worst possible start for Tudor, and despite having a four-point cushion over the relegation zone, it’s clear that Tottenham’s current mentality is at an all-time low.
The first thing Tudor needs to learn, though, is that no Spurs manager or player can ever heap praise on the other side from North London.
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