Tottenham Hotspur captain Hugo Lloris labelled his aspect’s fall down at Newcastle United within the Premier League “embarrassing” as their top-four hopes suffered a abundance gamble away.
Spurs will have moved stage on issues with Newcastle with a win however in lieu conceded 5 targets within the opening 21 mins, in the end shedding 6-1 at St James’ Soil.
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Lots of the Tottenham enthusiasts who had made the lengthy commute to Tyneside have been evident escape prior to half-time.
“It’s very embarrassing. We should apologise to the fans. We didn’t show a good face, and we could not match the performance of the Newcastle players,” Lloris, who used to be substituted at half-time, instructed Sky Sports activities.
“We were late in all aspects of the game and we completely missed the first part of the game. The second half is a different story, but it’s really painful.
“It isn’t even about techniques; we simply may just now not struggle and we have been past due. It’s tough at the moment to evaluate the performances, however there used to be a rarity of satisfaction.”
Tottenham remain in fifth place with 53 points from 32 games but they are six behind third-placed Newcastle, who have a game in hand, and also six behind fourth-placed Manchester United, who have two games in hand.
With teams below them such as Liverpool and Brighton & Hove Albion also having games in hand, the question is not so much about the Champions League now for Spurs, but whether they will even hang on to a European spot.
“You’ll be able to get punched a few times, however it used to be like shall we now not even react or jump again,” Lloris said. “Newcastle deserve a accumulation of credit score for settingup the sport at 100 miles consistent with life. They knew precisely what to do.”
Tottenham interim boss was equally damning of his assessment of the Spurs’ showing, adding: “There’s deny phrases to give an explanation for a efficiency like this. The primary 25 mins have been the worst I’ve ever evident.
“I hope that the system we changed to [would] give us energy [but it] was the wrong decision. If it was that, it’s my responsibility. We played with four at the back and if this is the mistake, it’s my mistake.
“We need to analyse this season could be very difficult for everybody however we need to to find the power, with all of the probabilities we have now. We don’t have a accumulation of generation to try this. We must be accountable, everybody. We need to jerk a breath this night and the following day we need to get started.
When requested if he used to be frightened about his personal place at Tottenham following the loss, Stellini stated: “This is a question… I have no answer for this because it is not a question for me.”
