Jacob Murphy of Newcastle United celebrates after scoring their third goal, while Harry Kane of Tottenham Hotspur appears sad.
Hugo Lloris, the captain of Tottenham Hotspur, criticized his team’s poor performance during their match against Newcastle United in the Premier League on Sunday, calling it “embarrassing”. This loss dealt a significant blow to Tottenham’s chances of finishing in the top four.
Tottenham suffered a heavy defeat of 6-1 at St James’ Park, conceding five goals in the first 21 minutes of the game, which prevented them from reaching the same number of points as Newcastle.
A number of Tottenham supporters, who had traveled a long distance to Newcastle, were observed departing before the end of the first half.
Lloris admitted that the team’s performance was disappointing and they should apologize to their fans. He also acknowledged that they were outplayed by Newcastle players. Lloris was substituted at halftime.
We were delayed in every aspect of the game and we completely skipped the beginning. The second half was different, but it was still very difficult.
The problem was not just with our tactics, but also with our inability to fight and being late. It’s hard to evaluate our performance currently, but there was a noticeable lack of pride.
Tottenham is currently in fifth place with 53 points after playing 32 games. However, they are six points behind third-placed Newcastle, who have one more game to play, and also six points behind fourth-placed Manchester United, who have two more games to play.
Tottenham’s position in the Champions League is not the concern, as teams like Liverpool and Brighton & Hove Albion have games to catch up. The question now is if they can maintain a spot in European competition.
Lloris explained that they were hit once or twice but they were unable to respond or recover.
Newcastle should be praised for starting the game with great intensity and focus. They had a clear plan in mind.
Tottenham appears to be in chaos, having dismissed Antonio Conte and appointing Cristian Stellini as an interim coach. Additionally, the club lost its director of football, Fabio Paratici, after his appeal for a two-and-a-half-year ban for false accounting was declined by Italy’s highest sports court.
The team is struggling to keep their top scorer, Harry Kane, but the captain, Lloris, refuses to make any excuses.
He acknowledged that they are professionals but stated that they cannot use the club’s issues as an excuse. However, he also admitted that there were significant shortcomings in their performance today.
There was a discrepancy in the skill levels of Newcastle and Tottenham. We have two challenging games ahead of us to recover from this.
Tottenham will play against Manchester United at their home stadium on Thursday, and they will also have an away game against Liverpool on the following Sunday.