It’s fair to say that Sky Sports’ Friday Night Football [FNF] hasn’t exactly been a roaring success.The ‘banter’ is all a bit too Soccer AM for some football fans and the viewing figures have been lower than you suspect Sky would have predicted at the start of the season.Despite the presence of both Jeff Stelling and Rachel Riley - plus a host of big-name pundits - only one FNF fixture (Chelsea v Liverpool in September) has pulled in over one million viewers, according to the Broadcast Audience Research Board, per the Daily Mail.West Ham v Tottenham was the first FNF shown by Sky Sports since December 30, even though Sky are permitted to show as many as 10 Friday night games following their £5.14 billion Premier League TV rights deal.However, Countdown star Riley got people talking about FNF following her post-match comment about Spurs last night.

Riley: 'Proper bottle job'

In a clip that has since gone viral on social media, she said after Tottenham’s 1-0 defeat at the London Stadium: “Deja vu for Spurs, isn’t it. Proper bottle job.”

As you can imagine, Riley’s comment didn’t go down well with Spurs fans. Neutrals were also surprised that she’d chosen to use the word ‘bottle job’ when Mauricio Pochettino’s side have enjoyed another fantastic season and remain four points behind league-leaders Chelsea.

Yes, this was a terrible result for Spurs, but ‘bottle job’ seemed a little unfair.

More unfair, though, is the abuse directed towards Riley on social media for her comment.

Riley tweets following abuse

The 31-year-old has since posted a series of tweets to clarify her comments…

“Didn’t mean any offence to Spurs or their fans tonight just a surprise to slip v WHam with their form on paper. Personal abuse is hideous.

“For the record I didn’t say Spurs are bottle jobs but tonight’s game was a test of nerve. WH hadn’t beaten any of the top 6 in the PL 1/3

“this season & after a great run to slip now is disappointing for Spurs. As a MUFC fan neutral in the title run closer would’ve been 2/3

“more interesting. I love football, always have, always will, banter is fun, abuse is not whoever/whatever/wherever #respect ⚽️🙅🏽‍♂️🙅🌈👕❤️3/3“

Riley: 'I said the game was a bottle job'

Riley also tweeted: “yep I said the game was a bottle job. Not the same as calling the team bottle jobs as is being circulated.”

Although this caused a little bit of confusion.

The personal abuse was totally unnecessary 

Even if Riley had called Spurs bottle jobs live on air, there’s absolutely no need for personal abuse on Twitter. She, like everybody else, is entitled to her opinion.