José Mourinho warned that Tottenham would discover it "very tough" to qualify for the Champions League subsequent season after RB Leipzig ended their participation on this yr's competitors by successful their last-16 tie 4-0 on aggregate.
Spurs had been no match for Leipzig, who reached the final eight with a 3-0 win on the Red Bull Arena, and there's no signal of their harm issues easing earlier than they host Manchester United on Sunday. The season is in peril of tapering off for Mourinho's side, and their inferior kind within the Premier League has left them lagging within the race to safe Champions League soccer.
"With the squad we've in the intervening time, it'll be very, very tough," Mourinho stated. "Our issues aren't going to vanish tomorrow. We'll struggle till the top.
"Within the Premier League, we don't have results the place we've no likelihood to struggle for the factors. We lost 3-2, 2‑1, 1-0, we had attracted, so it's not like we will struggle. We aren't going to get well any gamers for Sunday; however, a minimum of we've somewhat interval, four days, so a minimum of from a physical level we will react."
Spurs had been without Steven Bergwijn, Ben Davies, Harry Kane, Davinson Sánchez, Moussa Sissoko, and Son Heung-min in opposition to Leipzig. "Now we have a lot of issues, and it's tough," Mourinho stated. "I used to be constructive yesterday; however, that's how I've to be. The fact is a unique factor. One group is far more reliable. In fact, it was tough, and Leipzig clearly need to get to the quarter-finals. Each group on the earth would wrestle with 5 - 6 of their most vital gamers lacking. It's so simple as that.
"All of the players on the Leipzig bench would play at this second in my group."
Dele Alli felt that the final season's crushed finalists confirmed the incorrect mentality. "In case you don't step up, you're going to be punished," the Spurs ahead stated. "We needed to present maturity and struggle, and we didn't do this. Now we have to apologize to the followers who got here out right here."
Spurs had been no match for Leipzig, who reached the final eight with a 3-0 win on the Red Bull Arena, and there's no signal of their harm issues easing earlier than they host Manchester United on Sunday. The season is in peril of tapering off for Mourinho's side, and their inferior kind within the Premier League has left them lagging within the race to safe Champions League soccer.
"With the squad we've in the intervening time, it'll be very, very tough," Mourinho stated. "Our issues aren't going to vanish tomorrow. We'll struggle till the top.
"Within the Premier League, we don't have results the place we've no likelihood to struggle for the factors. We lost 3-2, 2‑1, 1-0, we had attracted, so it's not like we will struggle. We aren't going to get well any gamers for Sunday; however, a minimum of we've somewhat interval, four days, so a minimum of from a physical level we will react."
Spurs had been without Steven Bergwijn, Ben Davies, Harry Kane, Davinson Sánchez, Moussa Sissoko, and Son Heung-min in opposition to Leipzig. "Now we have a lot of issues, and it's tough," Mourinho stated. "I used to be constructive yesterday; however, that's how I've to be. The fact is a unique factor. One group is far more reliable. In fact, it was tough, and Leipzig clearly need to get to the quarter-finals. Each group on the earth would wrestle with 5 - 6 of their most vital gamers lacking. It's so simple as that.
"All of the players on the Leipzig bench would play at this second in my group."
Dele Alli felt that the final season's crushed finalists confirmed the incorrect mentality. "In case you don't step up, you're going to be punished," the Spurs ahead stated. "We needed to present maturity and struggle, and we didn't do this. Now we have to apologize to the followers who got here out right here."
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