Tottenham ahead Arnaut Danjuma admits his facet are ‘devastated’ after their last-minute defeat towards Bournemouth, however insists he’s ‘assured’ the staff can bounce again rapidly to push for a top-four end
Arnaut Danjuma insists Tottenham should rapidly regroup and keep in mind there’s lots to play for regardless of a devastating 3-2 dwelling defeat to Bournemouth.
Spurs might have moved stage on factors with top-four rivals Newcastle with victory on Saturday however they have been undone in stoppage-time when Dango Ouattara curled dwelling a winner for his or her relegation-threatened opponents.
Danjuma regarded to have rescued Spurs some extent with an outstanding left-footed effort two minutes from time after Son Heung-min‘s opener had sandwiched targets from Matias Vina and Dominic Solanke both facet of the break for Bournemouth.
With Tottenham searching for a last-gasp winner, Gary O’Neil’s males offered a sucker-punch when Solanke discovered Ouattara, who lower inside Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and located the underside nook within the fifth minute of added time to inflict a tenth Premier League defeat of the season on the hosts.
‘Yeah, the first emotions we’ve got are disappointment however I believe in the direction of the tip of the sport we have completed effectively. We attempt to win the sport and in case you are Spurs, you need to all the time attempt to win,’ Danjuma advised SpursPlay.
Arnaut Danjuma got here off the bench to attain towards Bournemouth on Saturday afternoon
Nonetheless, it wasn’t sufficient to rescue some extent as Bournemouth scored a last-minute winner
Danjuma has urged his teammates to regroup and give attention to ending the season strongly
‘Inevitably you’ll depart some area in behind for Bournemouth to counter however I believe I’d be extra disillusioned if we did not attempt to go for the win.
‘We’re clearly devastated with the outcome however however, I’m standing right here very assured in my team-mates, within the followers and the workers.
‘We’ve seven video games left and all of it to play for thus so long as we give attention to the subsequent video games, get our conviction again, get our confidence again, there will likely be nothing to fret about.’
Spurs’ performing head coach Cristian Stellini was compelled to defend his techniques after his facet ended the sport with six attacking gamers and an unclear formation.
Richarlison and Danjuma have been launched to affix Ivan Perisic, Son, Dejan Kulusevski and Harry Kane on the pitch, however the latter was requested to drop deep into midfield.
Stellini, who additionally changed substitute Davinson Sanchez after solely 23 minutes following boos by his personal supporters, insisted the gamers’ mentality was accountable for the outcome, not his gung-ho techniques within the ultimate quarter of an hour.
‘In that second, we used Harry within the midfield line,’ Stellini revealed.
‘We dropped Harry to have extra ball and the likelihood to play and we used 4 gamers to attempt to assault.
‘That was the formation. We’ve all the standard we will need to attempt to rating. That was the intention.
‘It is a behavior we’ve got (dropping deeper), it isn’t the primary time. It is a very long time that we do that, however we’ve got to be excellent within the defensive state of affairs.
‘We weren’t so excellent as a result of we allowed them to attain with two errors. It is a drawback, it isn’t a tactical drawback, it is a person drawback, a mistake.’
Gary O’Neil was disillusioned Cristian Stellini didn’t shake his hand after the sport
In the meantime, Bournemouth boss O’Neil expressed his disappointment at reverse quantity Stellini heading straight down the tunnel at full-time and never ready to shake his hand.
Tottenham had grabbed a stoppage-time winner on the Vitality Stadium in October.
O’Neil advised BBC Match of the Day: ‘After we have been on the improper finish at our place, I shook the opposition supervisor’s hand.
‘I used to be disillusioned with them right now. I believed to go straight down the tunnel and never shake fingers was poor on their half. However it’s what it’s.’