Former England Great Alan Shearer Slams Spurs Stars and Their 'Sorry' Excuses After Poor Week

Newcastle and England legend Alan Shearer has hit out at Tottenham Hotspur's starsfollowing their poor recent performances.

Now a pundit, Shearer has written a column inThe Sun, criticising the players, as well as manager Mauricio Pochettino.

The side crashed out of the Champions League with a loss to Monaco during last week, and things got a lot worse when they faced Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

After starting the game brightly and pressing with great determination, they became undone by a beautiful strike from Pedro just before halftime, and six minutes into the second half, they were already down 2-1.

They now face a struggle to get back into the Champions League, as they will have Liverpool, Manchester City and Arsenal, as well as Chelsea to contend with.

"It may seem churlish after they suffered their first league defeat of the season on Saturday," wrote Shearer. "But I see no improvement from a side that got so close to winning the title last campaign.

"It has been a sorry week for them, leaving serious question marks over the ability of this team and, indeed, some of the decisions by the manager.

"It is has taken a lot of hard work at White Hart Lane to get back into the Champions League proper for the first time since reaching the quarter-finals back in 2011.

"The morning after the Monaco defeat there appeared to be some blame being passed chairman Daniel Levy's way.

"He had not backed his manager enough in the transfer market, apparently, which is why the squad wasn't coping.

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"Hang on, he spent nearly £70million on Victor Wanyama, Vincent Janssen, Moussa Sissoko and Georges-Kevin Nkoudou.None of them have improved Spurs. Also, there are players who did well for Spurs last season but whose levels have dropped ” Eric Dier being one along with Dele Alli and Christian Eriksen."

Shearer was full of praise for Chelsea's transfer business, though.

"Not so at Chelsea, where there they broke the £100m mark this summer by buying the likes of N'Golo Kante, Marcos Alonso and David Luiz," he added.

"Eyebrows were raised at the return of Luiz and justifiably so after early performances.

"Him and Gary Cahill looked like an accident waiting to happen in a back-four. But since going to three at the back, it has all changed.

"Indeed, the 3-4-3 formation has prompted a run of seven Premier League wins in a row for Antonio Conte's side ” with the first goal conceded in that time coming on Saturday."

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