Micky van de Ven 'calls out' four Spurs teammates amid threat of relegation

Tottenham Hotspur star Micky van de Ven has called out four of his teammates amid growing fears of a potential relegation from the Premier League.

Spurs, under interim boss Igor Tudor, were easily swept aside by North London rivals Arsenal at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday evening.

A brace each for Eberechi Eze and Viktor Gyokeres meant Arsenal came away 4-1 winners. Randal Kolo Muani was the scorer for Spurs.

As a result, Spurs are now slowly but surely being dragged into a relegation battle. They are only four points ahead of West Ham United, who sit 18th in the Premier League table.

With matches against the likes of Fulham, Crystal Palace and Liverpool to come in the next few weeks, the pressure is mounting on Spurs.

Speaking ahead of the match against Arsenal, Spurs defender Van de Ven called out four fellow experienced players to show up and lead the younger players out of trouble.

Spurs were comfortably beaten by Arsenal. Image: Getty

In an interview with Sky Sports, Van de Ven said: "If you are a club like Tottenham Hotspur, you have this quality of place (training ground), and you are, what I say, as big as the most, it’s unacceptable that you’re standing at this place on the table, and the results need to be way, way better.

"It’s fair that [the fans] are disappointed, but they need to know, as well, that we keep working every day and day out to do everything about changing this around, because even for us, the vibes in the dressing room, the vibes after the games, if we lose, the meetings, it’s tough. It’s really tough. So we do everything to turn things around."

He added: "Of course, we still have some quality players left. We have a really talented squad and some top players, but we also miss some key players for us, and it’s really important for the players who are fit right now to step up.

"You have some young players, obviously, in the group, and you can’t really ask them to be the guys that need to push us forward. So, then, normally, I have Cuti next to me, who is now unfortunately suspended, but you have [Guglielmo] Vic behind me, who has a lot of experience, Joao Palhinha, in the midfield, who has a lot of experience, [Dominic] Solanke, who has a lot of experience."