DBasia.news – Tottenham Hotspur’s manager, Jose Mourinho, gave his opinion after being eliminated in the last 16 of the Champions League at the hands of RB Leipzig. The Special One rated the cause of the defeat is their poor player’s material.
Tottenham were defeated 3-0 when they visited RB Leipzig headquarters, at the Red Bull Arena on Wednesday (11/3). With these results, The Lilywhites lost with a striking 4-0 aggregate.
After the match, Jose Mourinho revealed the reasons behind Tottenham Hotspur’s declining performance. The Portuguese manager considers Tottenham not to have a good enough depth of the squad.
“With the squad we have at the moment, it will be very, very difficult. Our problems will not disappear tomorrow,” explained Mourinho as reported by the Daily Mail.
“Every team in the world will struggle with their five or six most important players who are absent. The situation is as simple as that.”
“So, it is a big problem. I know our team will not automatically improve its performance next season. However, we must improve in other areas,” he added.
Jose Mourinho said injury is not the only reason behind the collapse of Tottenham Hotspur’s performance. Because, there are some elite clubs in the world that can overcome the injury hurricane.
“Mentally the players try to add new enthusiasm. They will give everything at another time, but it will not be easy for them,” said the manager.
In fact, the Tottenham Hotspur player material is not much different compared to last season. At that time, Mauricio Pochettino could bring Harry Kane and his friends to the Champions League final. Unfortunately, they were beaten by Liverpool.