On Monday evening, Dejan Kulusevski gave a damn judgment on the bruises of Tottenham Hotspur against Nottingham Forest and described the results of the team as “not good enough”.
Spurs were beaten 2-1 by the former manager Nuno Espirito Santo, when Forest completed a rare doubles over the Lilywhites, with Richarlison’s late strike unable to overthrow the gates of Elliot Anderson and Chris Wood.
Tottenham made 22 shots and created 2:14 expected goals, but stumbled into her 18th Premier League defeat of the season, a result that she left on the 16th and much closer to the relegation zone than the top 4 when it comes to her points. After it reached the European League semi-finals last Thursday, it was a capable reality check.
Head coach Verzecoglou is expected to be unloaded at the end of the term, regardless of success in the Europa League, and Kulusevski is the youngest that reduces the below -average Lilywhites.
“[The top clubs have] I did it for many years, “said the Swede when he interviewed Tottenham’s inconsistency.” You know exactly what you are doing. They bring in many players who are willing to play both competitions. And they are prepared for it.
“This year we cannot say that we are prepared for it because we had so many injuries and have done many things wrong from the start of the season and just pay for it.
“After big nights like Thursday, they always go under [a price]. We don’t really deal, we don’t take care of ourselves. Because after 16 minutes we had given three goals with the offside goal. Then it is difficult to win football games. It’s not good enough. “
He added: “The manager said that the first 15 minutes had cost us the game with the corners and freep pieces.
“[It’s] Not good enough. We have to improve. We have to improve from crosses. I know that we defended the good on Thursday, but we admit too many crosses, and everyone has to take responsibility and wonder why we admit so many crosses. “
For Spurs, who faces Table Topper Liverpool against table top on Sunday, things will not be much easier what the game could be that the Reds win the Premier League title before the most important track of her semi-final binding with Norwegian outsider Bodo/Glito/Glimt the following Thursday.