Southampton outplayed Tottenham Hotspur in the second-half yesterday.
Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino spoke to reporters after yesterday’s defeat to Southampton, and criticised his team for the manner in which their levels dropped during the second-half at St Mary’s, as quoted by Football.London.
Spurs led 1-0 going into the half-time interval against the Saints yesterday, but they looked like a totally different team when they emerged for the second 45.
The north London outfit were second best against Ralph Hasenhüttl’s side, and they eventually lost the game – a result that has severely dented their top four aspirations, with Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea all in hot pursuit of Poch’s men.
And Pochettino criticised his players’ mentality, when speaking to reporters after the game, highlighting how complacency and arrogance cost them all three points, as quoted by Football.London:
“I am a little bit worried, this change too much from the first half to the second half is only one reason, it’s mental. It’s about complacency. It’s about arrogance in a bad way. You use the first half like an example, arrogance, playing with intention, focus, concentration. In the second half it was arrogance in a bad way. I think it is a very good example for everyone of how you need to play for 45 minutes and how not to play for 45 minutes.”
Tottenham don’t play again for three weeks now – a trip to Anfield to take on Liverpool, and Pochettino has a lot of work to do, if he is to re-energise his troops, and guide them to much-needed win over the Reds.
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