How Igor Tudor\u2019s reign of error turned huge corner as Tottenham remembered how to win<\/p>\n
Four days after emerging from pointlessness, Igor Tudor<\/a> is now no longer winless. His interim reign of error at Tottenham is finally finding its purpose, eight days on from the Croatian appearing a complete and utter lost cause.<\/p>\n Spurs are out of the Champions League<\/a> but akin to fellow relegation candidates Nottingham Forest, there is the fair argument that Europe could be a very unwanted distraction from survival. With Spurs fans in full voice, still in their seats at the full-time whistle, victory on the night feels far more important than defeat in tie.<\/p>\n Even without the milestone win, there was a sense of hope and pride that was attached to the atmosphere during the contest\u2019s closing stages. \u201cOh When The Spurs\u201d belting out from stand to stand, you wouldn\u2019t have thought this was a team three goals down and on the verge of being dumped out of Europe. Purely from a performance perspective, a corner had been turned.<\/p>\n Read more<\/p>\n Will Castle at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium18 March 2026 23:06<\/p>\n <\/a>Champions League quarter-finals confirmed as Liverpool face PSG in huge clash<\/p>\n Stunning strikes from Eberechi Eze and Declan Rice proved the difference with Arsenal running out 3-1 winners on aggregate, setting up a tie with Sporting CP who recovered a three-goal first-leg deficit to win 5-0 on the night against Bodo\/Glimt, ending the Norwegian side\u2019s fairytale run.<\/a><\/p>\n Chris Wilson19 March 2026 07:00<\/p>\n <\/a>Igor Tudor explains why Tottenham take \u2018confidence\u2019 into relegation showdown with Nottingham Forest<\/p>\n Tudor\u2019s side will not qualify for European competition but this is the sort of result that can spur them on for the rest of the season, with the Lilywhites having secured their first Premier League points under the Croatian with last week\u2019s draw to Liverpool<\/a>.<\/p>\n Chris Wilson19 March 2026 06:00<\/p>\n <\/a>Is the Premier League at risk of losing fifth Champions League place after damaging last-16 results?<\/p>\n The Premier League<\/a> could boast seven clubs in next season\u2019s Champions League<\/a> if all the right pieces fall into place \u2013 but there is now a real danger of having only four spots after a string of poor results.<\/p>\n Last term saw an unprecedented six English clubs qualify for Europe\u2019s premier competition; five by their league position, while Tottenham earned their place in the league phase after winning the Europa League<\/a>.<\/p>\n Yet that inflated contingent could grow even more this year, with the Premier League appearing as one of the more prominent beneficiaries to the competition\u2019s expansion to 36 teams that came into effect at the beginning of 2024\/25.<\/p>\n Chris Wilson19 March 2026 05:00<\/p>\n <\/a>Premier League sides struggle<\/p>\n Not a great week or so for English sides in Europe…<\/p>\n Chris Wilson19 March 2026 03:00<\/p>\n <\/a>The Liverpool frenzy that may have altered their Champions League fate \u2013 as revenge mission against PSG awaits<\/p>\n There may not be too many ways in which this season is better than last for Liverpool<\/a> but Arne Slot<\/a> can at least point to a significant one. Liverpool have gone further in the Champions League<\/a>, and this was progress in more ways than one.<\/p>\n A quarter-final was booked in emphatic and entertaining fashion. The boos that greeted the final whistle<\/a> against Tottenham on Sunday were replaced by cheers, the lethargy with which Liverpool have played too often giving way to an energy and intensity. This was frenzied and fast, players and crowd feeding off each other. For Slot, it was a response when the scrutiny upon him had heightened. The Dutchman switched tactics, to something of a 4-4-2, and the team changed tack. This was much better. This was one of his finest Anfield nights of the campaign.<\/p>\n Chris Wilson19 March 2026 02:00<\/p>\n <\/a>Barcelona blow away Newcastle in brutal end to Champions League dream<\/p>\n The 37-year-old Poland international hit the Magpies with a quick-fire double before the Brazilian struck to seal a 7-2 win on the night – a 13th on the trot since their return to the Nou Camp – and an 8-3 aggregate victory<\/a> on a night when Eddie Howe<\/a>‘s side imploded.<\/p>\n Anthony Elanga’s first-half brace had cancelled out Raphinha’s early opener and Marc Bernal’s free-header, but Lamine Yamal<\/a>‘s stoppage-time penalty opened the floodgates with Fermin Lopez, Lewandowski and Raphinha again doing the damage.<\/p>\n Chris Wilson19 March 2026 01:00<\/p>\n <\/a>WATCH: Highlights as Spurs beat Atleti<\/p>\n Here are all the highlights as Spurs got their first win under Igor Tudor.<\/p>\n It all started with a great header from Kolo Muani…<\/p>\n …before a superb equaliser from Julian Alvarez.<\/p>\n Xavi Simons regained the lead for the hosts with his own brilliant strike…<\/p>\n …but the tie was settled by David Hancko late on…<\/p>\n …even if there was time for Simons to win the game late on with a penalty!<\/p>\n Chris Wilson19 March 2026 00:00<\/p>\n <\/a>Champions League quarter-finals confirmed as Liverpool face PSG in huge clash<\/p>\n Stunning strikes from Eberechi Eze and Declan Rice proved the difference with Arsenal running out 3-1 winners on aggregate, setting up a tie with Sporting CP who recovered a three-goal first-leg deficit to win 5-0 on the night against Bodo\/Glimt, ending the Norwegian side\u2019s fairytale run.<\/a><\/p>\n Chris Wilson18 March 2026 23:30<\/p>\n <\/a>Igor Tudor explains why Tottenham take \u2018confidence\u2019 into relegation showdown with Nottingham Forest<\/p>\n Tudor\u2019s side will not qualify for European competition but this is the sort of result that can spur them on for the rest of the season, with the Lilywhites having secured their first Premier League points under the Croatian with last week\u2019s draw to Liverpool<\/a>.<\/p>\n Chris Wilson18 March 2026 23:15<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How Igor Tudor\u2019s reign of error turned huge corner as Tottenham remembered how to win Four days after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":354019,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-354018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}