Mohammed Kudus has some strong words about Tottenham’s performance at the City Ground on Sunday.
Spurs went to the Midlands hoping to keep their momentum going and make it three wins from three ahead of their big clash against Liverpool next weekend.
Instead, what they produced was another extremely lacklustre performance, with Nottingham Forest emerging as comfortable 3-0 winners.
Spurs’ lack of creativity continues to be a concern, with Frank’s men once again struggling to fashion many opportunities of note.
Mohammed Kudus says Tottenham players need to play with more effort
Thomas Frank was as critical as we have ever heard him this season after his side’s performance on Sunday, and we have now heard something very similar from Kudus.
The Ghanaian admitted that he and his teammates failed to create enough opportunities, and put it down to a lack of effort and poor decision-making.
Kudus said (via BBC Sport): “Not good enough. A very disappointing result. We didn’t create enough today, including me. We need more effort in our all-around game.
“To win a game in the Premier League is very difficult. We need the same input every single day. We lacked that. We needed to do more.
The final quality, including myself, some of the decisions we took today were a bit rushed. We need to pick it up and focus on the next game.”
Kudus defends Archie Gray despite his error
It was an individual error that once again cost Tottenham on Sunday, with Archie Gray’s pocket being picked after he took a touch from Guglielmo Vicario’s pass in the lead-up to Forest’s first goal.
Kudus praised the 19-year-old for not hiding and continuing to show for the ball even after his mistake.
The winger said about Gray’s error: “It happens. For me, I’m really glad he [Archie Gray] wants to get on the ball. That’s how we want to play, players who want to be on the ball. I’m very happy to see that after the mistake, he still wanted to get on the ball.”