Tottenham may have fought back to draw 2-2 with Bodo/Glimt in the Champions League, but Jamie O’Hara was not impressed with the performance of one player.
Spurs were perhaps fortunate to escape Norway with a point, having found themselves two goals down with 20 minutes to play after Jens Petter Hauge’s double.
However, Thomas Frank’s side rallied and pulled level late on, with Micky van de Ven halving the deficit before an own goal from Jostein Gunderson spared their blushes.
After watching the below-par display, Jamie O’Hara singled out one flop for criticism.
Jamie O’Hara rips into Pedro Porro
Pedro Porro was especially poor on the night after being beaten comprehensively for both of Bodo/Glimt’s goals.
O’Hara, who played for Tottenham between 2005 and 2011, believes the full-back did not do enough to stop the tricky Hauge from jinking inside down the right and shooting.
“Pedro Porro defensively was poor tonight,” the pundit said. “The two goals they scored. It’s him.
“He’s getting done. You can’t let your man just come inside and bend one in the top corner.
“Defensively, I don’t think he was at it. Look, he hasn’t been great this season so far but you can’t say he wasn’t good last season. There were some games that he dug us out of some massive holes.”
Porro, though, did somewhat make amends after his inch-perfect cross was headed home by Micky Van de Ven, handing Spurs a route back into the game against the run of play.
Jamie O’Hara not impressed with Bodo/Glimt’s plastic pitch
Bodo/Glimt’s Aspmyra Stadion is located just above the Arctic Circle, and its sub-zero temperatures and cramped environs make it a hostile place for any club to go to.
The artificial pitch is another complication Premier League sides simply won’t be used to, and an annoyed O’Hara took aim at the surface, describing it as “rubbish”.
“Everything’s different. It just slows the game down,” he added. “Everything about it is rubbish. But look, I’m going to give you some stats on Bodo/Glimt at home in Europe since 2020.
“They’ve only lost five in 31 games in Europe. Each one they’ve lost by only one goal. 25 European home wins. You say Bodo/Glimt, who are they? But at home in Europe, they’re a decent side.”