Tottenham boss Tim Sherwood was forced to respond to tweets by Gary Lineker after their Europa League defeat to Benfica.
Lineker took to Twitter to claim Spurs had been 'outplayed and out-thought' in their Europa League clash.
The Match of the Day presenter also criticised Sherwood for 'berating his players' after the Spurs manager questioned his players' character following Saturday's 4-0 defeat by Chelsea.
Sherwood said: "I don't really know Gary Lineker, to be honest. He's entitled to his opinion. He's a top pundit. I don't know what the hidden agenda is.
"If you're going to make the comments I've made... If you're going to lose players, they're probably the ones you don't want anyway.
"I had problem with the desire and effort tonight. That's what I questioned and asked for.
"They were better than us, weren't they? They're better than us. They had a lot of attacking threat.
"It's a blow, but I had no problem with the attitude or desire. It's just we have to hold our hands up and say they're a class above."
