Joao Palhinha has made an honest confession about Tottenham’s performance at the Emirates Stadium and has given Spurs fans a promise about what will now follow.
Tottenham suffered their first away loss of the Premier League season on Sunday, and they were simply second best all over the pitch to Arsenal.
In fact, the performance was so bad that Thomas Frank has apologised to the Spurs fans, while Gugliemo Vicario also said sorry to the Tottenham supporters for the performance that he and his teammates produced.
Now, another senior Spurs star has followed suit, and he is clear in his mind about what the team now needs to do.
Joao Palhinha admits Tottenham need a reaction against PSG
Joao Palhinha confessed that the 4-1 drubbing against Arsenal is nothing less than what Tottenham deserved on the night, given the display they delivered.
The midfielder admitted that he and his teammates now need a big reaction in the Champions League fixture away at PSG on Wednesday.
Speaking after the loss at the Emirates Stadium, Palhinha said (via The Independent): “We first of all need to say sorry to our supporters. There are not many words to be fair. It is always frustrating to lose the game with this reality against them. I think we deserve. I think it is fair, the result, and we need a big reaction.
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“In the next two games, a big reaction because we have to show the team we showed in the past. I don’t need to speak too much about this, but we need to react, analyse the game, but don’t think too much about what happened.”
Palhinha admits Spurs conceded some poor goals against Arsenal
The Tottenham midfielder made an interesting comment about the decision to switch to a back five, suggesting that Spurs were better once they reverted to a back four in the second period.
He lamented the poor goals that the Lilywhites conceded and promised the supporters that the players would give their all to turn this around.
When asked about the change in Tottenham’s system, Palhinha said: “I think we just played with that formation against PSG in the Super Cup. We tried to press them in the same way or a bit closer that we did in this (PSG) game, but yeah, after we took the decision to change on half-time, I think the team improved.
“Even after we suffered really early, the goal that we conceded after half-time. I think when we swapped, we did better, but yeah, we need to analyse. The ways we conceded the goals, especially playing with five at the back line, we cannot concede these goals.
“And coming here and being punished with four goals is not our level. We will get our level again for the next two games. The only thing I can promise is we will give everything to get the wins in the next games.”