{"id":7920,"date":"2026-05-13T16:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T16:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=7920"},"modified":"2026-05-13T16:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T16:58:12","slug":"gabby-agbonlahor-is-convinced-tottenham-have-the-slowest-player-in-the-premier-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=7920","title":{"rendered":"Gabby Agbonlahor is convinced Tottenham have the &#8216;slowest player in the Premier League&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-395361\">\n<div class=\"article-follow\">\n<div class=\"article-sharing google-follow\">  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> <span>Add as preferred source on Google<\/span>  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Tottenham\u2019s disappointing draw against Leeds United has come under heavy scrutiny, with Gabby Agbonlahor singling out one player in particular for strong criticism.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many Tottenham Hotspur fans have every right to be frustrated with their side\u2019s performance against Leeds United on Monday night.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-grvmedia-grv-video GRVMultiVideo\"\/>\n<p>Spurs started the game well in the first half but failed to make their early dominance count before Leeds slowly grew into the contest.<\/p>\n<p>Mathys Tel struck first, but his early second-half goal was quickly cancelled out by a Dominic Calvert-Lewin penalty, one which Tel conceded after a moment of madness inside the box.<\/p>\n<p>That draw now leaves Tottenham just two points above the drop zone, a gap that could well have been four had they beaten Daniel Farke\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 991px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2026\/02\/richarlison-422-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Richarlison Tottenham\" class=\"wp-image-383241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2026\/02\/richarlison-422-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2026\/02\/richarlison-422-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2026\/02\/richarlison-422-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2026\/02\/richarlison-422-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2026\/02\/richarlison-422-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2026\/02\/richarlison-422.jpg 1280w\"\/><\/div><figcaption title=\"(Credit: @thefrederikkejensen \/ Instagram)\">Credit: @thefrederikkejensen \/ Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-gabby-agbonlahor-slams-richarlison-after-tottenham-draw\">Gabby Agbonlahor slams Richarlison after Tottenham draw<\/h2>\n<p>Gabby Agbonlahor has now delivered his verdict on the performances from several Tottenham players, and the former Aston Villa forward was clearly far from impressed by what he witnessed on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on talkSPORT, Agbonlahor criticised Richarlison\u2019s display and even labelled the Brazilian one of the slowest players in the Premier League. <\/p>\n<p>He also praised Tel for trying to make things happen, while questioning the performances of Randal Kolo Muani and Conor Gallagher.<\/p>\n<p>Agbonlahor said, \u201cI would put it out there that Richarlison is one of the slowest players in the Premier League. I would bet with anyone that Richarlison is the slowest player in the Premier League. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe amount of times he ran through and Joe Rodon, he is not a quick centre-half, got the ball out of him. Horrendous performance from him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreat goal by Tel, he was the only one trying to get on the ball, make things happen and get at players. Kolo Muani has got one goal and one assist in 27 appearances. He is a French international that will probably go to the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am looking at this group of players and I am like, Conor Gallagher, that is not the Conor Gallagher Spurs thought they were signing. That is not the one that was at Crystal Palace and Chelsea. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTotally different player. Defensively so poor as well. That was a painful watch and, at times, Leeds were in first gear, stepped it up a bit in the last 20 minutes and should have won.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-spurs-facing-huge-final-two-games\">Spurs facing huge final two games<\/h2>\n<p>Spurs simply have to improve on their display in their final two outings in the Premier League if they are to avoid relegation, with plenty still left to play for.<\/p>\n<p>Should Tottenham manage four points from their last two matches, they could well secure their Premier League safety.<\/p>\n<p>Up next, though, is a daunting trip to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea, with Spurs hoping to avoid defeat before a huge home clash against Everton at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. <\/p>\n<p>Depending on the results in matchweek 37, that encounter could well become a must-win game for Tottenham.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/subscribe\/\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-feedback\">\n<div class=\"info\"> <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\"> <path fill=\"#EC1B23\" d=\"M27.167 5.194c.261-.124.444-.325.75-.403-1.331-1.581-3.131-2.651-5.114-3.196-1.88-.517-4.161-.765-6.074-.262-1.756.461-3.144 1.672-4.802 2.352-2.104.862-4.426.657-6.531-.104.48 4.57.969 9.13 1.498 13.651 1.279.743 2.629.96 4.079.712 1.594-.273 3.005-1.037 4.47-1.677 1.684-.737 3.42-1.106 5.263-.953 2.008.167 3.886.889 5.715 1.689 1-1.933.535-4.317.117-6.342-.369-1.788-1.136-4.145.629-5.467.261-.124-.241.181 0 0z\"\/> <path d=\"M8.045 27.831c.098.865.627 3.145-.403 3.11-.497-.016-.622-.631-.692-1.325-.88-8.808-2.006-17.214-2.822-25.862-.043-.456-.205-1.421.519-1.44.665-.017.749 1.267.749 1.267s2.242 20.663 2.649 24.25z\"\/><\/svg> <span>Have something to tell us about this article?<\/span> <span><button class=\"button\" onclick=\"window.location.href=\" http:=\"\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Feedback\">Let us know<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Add as preferred source on Google Tottenham\u2019s disappointing draw against Leeds United has come under&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}