Tottenham and Igor Tudor are underneath rising stress after a 3-1 Premier League defeat to Crystal Palace.
Tottenham have misplaced all of their final 5 Premier League matches (Picture: Getty Photos)
Igor Tudor says he has better religion in his squad than ever earlier than – and Dominic Solanke admits the Tottenham crew held a dressing room summit after their 3-1 house loss to Crystal Palace. Spurs’ defeat leaves them solely a degree away from the Premier League drop zone and stretches their winless streak to 11 league fixtures. They’ve but to win within the high flight in 2026 and their troubles elevated after the captain on the night time, Micky van de Ven, was despatched off within the first half towards Palace which guidelines him out of their subsequent fixture away at Liverpool.
Solanke put Spurs forward within the thirty fourth minute however the hosts discovered themselves 3-1 down at half-time. Ismaila Sarr struck twice and Jorgen Strand Larsen contributed one other following Van de Ven’s dismissal. The Dutchman was deemed to have prevented Sarr from a transparent goalscoring likelihood, hauling him down contained in the field. Van de Ven will now be absent for the Premier League conflict towards Liverpool at Anfield on March 15.
Talking in regards to the membership’s predicament, Solanke acknowledged the squad had engaged in trustworthy conversations relating to their present circumstances. “We have simply had a giant dialog,” he stated.
“We all know the place we’re in is certainly not the place we wish to be so we have to determine how we’re going to get out of it as quickly as doable. We all know there’s been difficulties however we’re not able to make any excuses anymore.
“We have to do the job on the pitch. It’s straightforward to say we wish to be higher however we wish to be higher on the pitch. We have to struggle and realise the place we’re in.
“We all know the membership just isn’t used to being on this place so we have to perceive it and perceive it is not going to be straightforward and we have to struggle each single recreation, each single minute, to verify we enhance.”
Addressing TNT Sports activities afterwards, Croatian supervisor Igor Tudor in the meantime stated: “After this recreation I consider in [them] greater than earlier than, perhaps it sounds unusual however that is it. I noticed one thing within the crew, I noticed that there’s something, even ow within the dressing room after the sport.
“After we can be full and I select the correct guys, will probably be good I consider. I noticed one thing, some good power, some want to do, some ardour. The struggle, I noticed it was there.
Dominic Solanke scored the opener for Tottenham towards Crystal Palace (Picture: Getty Photos)
“Sadly the purple card modified the sport however there are nonetheless 9 video games to play. We have to cease the converse abut the stress, this isn’t a subject to discuss. I can’t converse anymore about stress.”
Spurs’ marketing campaign has been severely hampered by accidents, with Wilson Odobert, James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski, Rodrigo Bentancur, Mohammed Kudus, Ben Davies, Lucas Bergvall, Future Udogie and Djed Spence all presently unavailable.
And Spurs legend Peter Crouch additionally steered that these absences have depleted the squad’s calibre. “I do not suppose there may be high quality,” he stated. “The perfect gamers are out injured.
“Tottenham are bang in hassle. I take a look at Manchester United and so they appeared to Michael Carrick, he has managed to get a tune out of these gamers right away. Tudor is a large gamble.
“There are not any gamers who’ve come by means of from the youth crew, gamers who know the membership. Archie Grey was one of the best participant for Tottenham, and he is 19 years previous. There aren’t sufficient leaders on the market.”
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Spurs’ focus now shifts in the direction of getting ready for subsequent Tuesday’s Champions League last-16 first leg away at Atletico Madrid.
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