Carragher: Tottenham's Relegation Looms Large

Jamie Carragher has expressed his concern that Tottenham Hotspur may be relegated to the Championship after their dismal performance in Roberto De Zerbi's first game in charge. The team's 1-0 defeat at Sunderland has left them in the relegation zone with six games remaining, and two points behind West Ham in 17th place. Despite being one of the Premier League's 'Big Six', their survival status in the top-flight is out of their hands. Carragher believes that the other relegation-threatened teams have something going for them, but Tottenham's performance was even worse. They created just 0.15 worth of Expected Goals in the second half against Sunderland, while a wasteful first half saw them miss 0.91 worth of xG overall, but failed to score. Carragher stated, 'I can't believe it. Tottenham look like they're going to go down. The other teams have something going for them.' Tottenham now has six games to save their season in the midst of a long winless run. By the time they face Brighton next Saturday, live on Sky Sports, it will have been 111 days since they last tasted victory in the Premier League. Their remaining games include matches against fellow relegation rivals Wolves and Leeds, but Carragher believes they have 'no chance' of beating even the Premier League's bottom club away from home. Gary Neville says any relegation for Tottenham would be a 'monstrous moment' and 'unthinkable'. Neville stated, 'It's as interesting as the title race. The Spurs question - can they go down? Will they go down? Is this the biggest club that's ever gone down in Premier League history? Aston Villa are a massive club, but Tottenham have been in Champions League finals in the last five, six, seven years, and won the Europa League last year, this would be a monstrous moment.' Jamie O'Hara has ranked Spurs' chances of Premier League survival at just '10 per cent' and believes De Zerbi is not able to work 'miracles'. O'Hara added, 'They have not won this year. It will be April 18 next weekend and Spurs haven't won in the Premier League. Where are the points coming from? They need seven or eight points. Where are they coming from? I can't see it.' De Zerbi says Spurs have to be stronger as they are in a 'bad moment' - but one win would change their season. De Zerbi told Sky Sports, 'We have to be stronger. I spoke to the players five minutes ago, and I said the same. I understand everything, I can understand it's been a tough season. We are going through a tough moment for everyone. But we have to react, we have to react with enthusiasm, the right spirit. They showed that today. I can't say anything about that. What we have to do is just work, just transfer what I think. I'm an honest man, I'm telling you what I think, what my opinion is. We have big players, now they are in a bad moment. There's results, the part of the season. But we have to work on one win. With one win, we can change everything this season.'