Igor Tudor reveals what he told Tottenham players after bitter loss to Arsenal

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Igor Tudor has revealed what he told the Tottenham Hotspur players after they were thrashed 4-1 by Arsenal in the North London Derby.

Tudor watched on as his new side were thrashed by their local rivals in his first game as interim Spurs head coach on Sunday.

The result served as a reality check to the Croatian coach, who boldly claimed ahead of kick-off that Tottenham would not be relegated this season.

However, the loss in the North London derby leaves the Lilywhites just four points off the bottom three, and Tudor now realises that he may have a lot more problems to solve than he anticipated.

Igor Tudor insists he saw ‘passion’ from Tottenham players against Arsenal

The 47-year-old has now revealed what he told the Tottenham players after their loss against their bitter rivals on Sunday.

Tudor insisted that there was no shortage of passion from his players, but confessed that they were not able to do the things that were expected of them.

When asked what he told the Spurs squad after their 4-1 defeat, he said (via Football.London): “I saw the passion. I saw the will. So I was not angry because they wanted to do but then they were not able to do in this moment the things.

“They wanted to do all what we prepared so I said ‘that is good’ but we need to understand which moment we are now because we are not able to do. Why we are not able to do is the question we resolve and I speak from day one at the club I come here to resolve the problems.

“You believe that in three/four trainings you will do your best but when the game starts you don’t know what will happen because it is like this. But as I said before, Tuesday I come in. Everyone there.

“Stay humble that is the key. Stay humble that is the key of each of us and trying to become, what I said before, a team. A Squad. A hard-working team. That is the only goal we have now in this moment.”

Tudor may regret his Spurs relegation statement

As Spurs fans would be well aware, Tudor confidently asserted that Tottenham would stay up in his first press conference as the interim head coach last week.

While one can understand why the Croat wanted the players to stop worrying about relegation and focus on pushing themselves back up the table, Sunday’s performance may have come as a reality check for the new interim head coach as well.

One wonders if he will be so confident about Tottenham’s relegation prospects after watching his players on Sunday.

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