Marco Reus’ brace helped Dortmund to beat harmless Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 on home soil at the first leg of Europa League’s last 16 on Thursday. “It was a bad day in the office”, Pochettino told a news conference at Signal Iduna Park.
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“Of course we start again next week”.
It means Tottenham are now winless in three, after taking just a point from last week’s derbies against West Ham and Arsenal, and the challenge now will be to recover confidence and form, with a trip to Aston Villa up next on Sunday.
‘I’m not anxious, ‘ said Lloris. We are in a good position and we need to do everything we can to stay in this position. “When you are a player you are always ready, any way – which player, which team, which tactics, it’s just football and your mind is always ready to compete but afterwards, at this level against a team like that, we need more”.
In contention to win the English league for the first time since 1961, Spurs rested key players against Dortmund – including top scorer Harry Kane and defensive midfielder Eric Dier – and paid the price by being overwhelmed in Germany.
Mauricio Pochettino says his Tottenham players must respect Aston Villa ahead of their Premier League fixture.
“It was disappointing because the result was bad but to build a group for the next few years to compete at the level that Borussia Dortmund is very hard”.
On the other hand, Dortmund manager Thomas Tuchel should be set to deploy his strongest lineup in the match.
“They are close to Leicester in the league”. Bit by bit our passing got better and we created a number of chances to score. “We did not care so much”.
Dortmund eventually took the lead and it was Aubameyang who rose above Ben Davies to head Schmelzer’s cross past Lloris to notch his 33rd of the season in all competitions.
Spurs’ title bid appears firmly back on track after two games without a win, while Remi Garde’s side remain nine points from safety and look increasingly destined for life in the Championship next season. We want to keep this squad together and develop into something extraordinary.
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He has all the big clubs chasing him and he gave yet another couple of reasons why here. I’m very happy with the performance.
