The Premier League relegation fight took another twist on Tuesday night after Tottenham Hotspur slipped to a 2-1 defeat against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
As a result, the final relegation spot will now be settled on the last day of the season, this Sunday.
Tottenham welcome Everton to north London, while West Ham take on Leeds at the London Stadium. Spurs know that even a draw would be enough to secure survival, regardless of West Ham’s result against Leeds.
Still, Tottenham’s home performances this season have been poor, and Jamie O’Hara is now relying on Leeds to get something from their trip to West Ham to help keep Spurs in the Premier League.
Jamie O’Hara fumes at ‘terrible’ Tottenham
A point on Tuesday night would have guaranteed their Premier League survival, given they have a vastly superior goal difference compared to West Ham.
However, now they will go into the final day of the season knowing that if they lose at home and West Ham beat Leeds, Spurs will get relegated from the Premier League.
Jamie O’Hara was fuming on Tuesday night and insisted that Spurs are a bad enough side to suffer relegation on the final day of the season.
He stressed that the north London side were lucky to win against a second-string Aston Villa side, and their performances against Leeds and Chelsea are their real level.
O’Hara said on talkSPORT: “This team is going down; we are so bad.
“That result against Aston Villa was a fluke because they didn’t turn up.
“Since then, we have been garbage.
“Leeds at home, we were guff, and tonight, we were absolutely terrible.”
Spurs need Leeds United to turn up again on Sunday
West Ham may have lost their last three games, but they still head into the final day of the season with a real chance of avoiding relegation.
Leeds, on the other hand, have not eased off at all since confirming Premier League survival and are unlikely to take it easy on Sunday.
Even so, West Ham now have everything to play for and will hope the occasion brings the best out of them in front of their home supporters.
If Everton were to take the lead against Tottenham Hotspur, the atmosphere at the London Stadium could quickly become intense and give the Hammers an added boost.
Given how poor Spurs have been at home this season, they may need Leeds to avoid defeat at West Ham if Tottenham are to survive in the Premier League this season.
