Tottenham Hotspur had a very frustrating evening up at St James’ Park, but Pedro Porro was not best pleased with the actions of two of his teammates.
Newcastle United eliminated Spurs from the Carabao Cup in the fifth round, with goals from Nick Woltemade and Fabian Schar doing the job.
Tottenham Hotspur produced a decent display on Tyneside, only for some of their forward players to spurn big chances. Richarlison was particularly poor against Newcastle.
But there was an incident after the match involving Porro, Spence and Kolo Muani which left some of the travelling supporters feeling rather frustrated.
Pedro Porro orders Djed Spence and Randal Kolo Muani over to Tottenham fans
Pedro Porro was forced to order both Djed Spence and Randal Kolo Muani over to Tottenham’s away supporters at St James’ Park.
In the aftermath of their defeat on Tyneside, the pair were spotted heading straight down the tunnel, before the Spaniard intervened and forced them back out.
Spurs fans made the near-300-mile trip up to Newcastle to watch their side suffer yet another defeat to Eddie Howe’s team.
Thomas Frank’s team served up a rather underwhelming performance, too, as the Lilywhites failed to really test Aaron Ramsdale in the Newcastle net.
So to see two of their players head straight down the tunnel and refuse to acknowledge the supporters will have come as a huge frustration.
It’s also a testament to Porro as a character to ensure the players are all considering the fans, and perhaps Frank missed a trick by not including him in the leadership group.
Pedro Porro has a message for Tottenham fans after Newcastle defeat
After the match, Porro made sure to acknowledge the travelling fans and thanked them for supporting them, despite the bad result.
Porro told SpursOfficial: “The first point is disappointment. For us, for all the fans who came today, I think for me and the whole team, we say thank you so much for the support today.
“It’s a bad result for them and us, but I loved the mentality of the team because we conceded a goal from a set piece, and this happens in football, but we stayed in the game. But the best from today was our fans, thank you so much, and keep coming on Saturday.”
The North London club will have the chance to put things right in the London derby against Chelsea on Saturday with a positive result.