'De Zerbi was absolutely the right person to come in' - Kelly

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Former Tottenham defender Stephen Kelly says Roberto de Zerbi was "absolutely the right person" to lead the club in their relegation battle and there is now a "resilience" among the players.

Spurs took the lead in Monday's key visit from Leeds, but eventually squandered the opportunity to take a significant step towards Premier League safety by drawing 1-1, leaving them just two points above West Ham with two games to play.

"There has been an upturn and it feels like De Zerbi was absolutely the right person to come in," Kelly told BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast.

"It feels like there is a spring in the players' step to some extent and their body language is better.

"When you watch them play, if things aren't going well they don't seem to be going in on themselves and capitulating like they have done before this.

"Every time something had been going wrong in a game you could see that was it and they couldn't get back into it, whereas at the moment they are fighting, working hard, and there is a resilience about them.

"It is a roller coaster at the moment. There are so many facets of how Spurs are. There's wonderful play at times in the forward areas, there's calamitous defending at times which they have done throughout the season, and they are unlucky at times as well.

"There are so many reasons why Spurs are down here but overall the performance levels have just not been good enough - they can't buy a win at home. That can't happen. You can't be a top Premier League side, or even one that doesn't want to be relegated, and not win matches at home.

"It doesn't take much for the fans to get behind you. Spurs are just always on the edge where they feel the fans will drop off and the players just don't seem to be able to cope with the noise and the size of the stadium which is a weird thing."