Spurs assistant coach Bruno Saltor gave the post-game interview rather than Igor Tudor<\/a>.<\/p>\nWhy are we hearing from you, and not Igor Tudor? \u201cPersonal matters. Family matters. I\u2019m stepping in because it\u2019s not the right moment for him to speak.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the result: \u201cOf course it hurts a lot. I think in the first half we were the better team, and any mistake right now is going against us, every detail is going against us, and it affects a lot of the players. We need to be consistent with our performances, not just for 45 minutes. It\u2019s how we react to any mistake, or any situation that goes against us. Right now in the situation that we are in, it\u2019s important.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the players\u2019 reaction after conceding the first goal: \u201cYou can see how much they care, you can see how much they are fighting. Again, we are in a difficult situation, everyone knows. The players are preparing for it. Today, like I said, first half I thought we were the better team. We need to be consistent with that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Why were Micky van de Ven and Djec Spence subbed off at halftime? \u201cWe were 1-0 down and we wanted to be a little more aggressive with players that are coming back from injuries [Destiny Udogie and Lucas Bergvall] and try to bring more energy into the pitch. It didn\u2019t work as planned, but that was our intention. \u2026 They are coming back from long injuries and it\u2019s going to take some time [for them], but obviously we don\u2019t have that time. But at the same time, I think it\u2019s important that they get those minutes and influence into the team. I think Lucas was a positive influence for us. They are really important players for us and we need to keep those dynamics.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the fans were outstanding today, from before the game to the end of the game. We need to carry on, because we care. We care about Spurs, we care about the club, we are family and we want to get out of this situation. It\u2019s 21 points [remaining to play for]. I think the performances against Liverpool and Atletico Madrid give us positives, and as I said, today we had 45 minutes that were really good. \u2026 At the end, of course, the game is open and for them it\u2019s a better game because their game is transitions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After losing Sunday\u2019s must-win showdown with Nottingham Forest 3-0 at home, Tottenham Hotspur, astoundingly, have seven games left…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359817,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-359816","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\/359816","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=359816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}