Tottenham manager Igor Tudor, speaking after the game: “The sensations are mixed. You don’t like to not get through, but it was a very good performance. It was a beautiful sensation on the pitch with the fans who were really there together with the squad and the team from the first moment.
“Congratulations to the players. It is positive, commitment, a lot of running, lots of good things.
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“The energy was really nice from the first moment and the fans recognised the team did everything from the first minute to the last, and they were with us – beautiful, thanks.
“The players believed and you could see the performance at this moment is very important. In the last two games we have improved. It is an important game on Sunday [against Nottingham Forest] but it will not decide anything yet, it will be decided over the last three games.”
Asked when Tottenham would be back in Europe: “Next year, no, it should be the year after that. Why not? Winning a trophy last season gave the confidence to the players, and it is totally different if you have experience in European competition.”
On his club’s injury problems: “Today we had 11 players and on the bench, just one player – [Kevin] Danso. [Lucas] Bergvall, [Destiny] Udogie and Conor [Gallagher]. The doctors said they could only play 20 minutes, so you have 11 players and Danso. That makes the value of this performance even better. It was nice to take the victory and important for morale.”
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Tottenham goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario, speaking to TNT Sports: “It’s a good build-up into the next games and gives us a lot of confidence. We are very proud of what we did tonight but, of course, we are disappointed we didn’t go through, but the important thing is we have got energy and freshness.
“The team is in a better physical place, and we kept running until the last second, and we had the energy of the fans – we had unbelievable support.
“The next games are crucial, and we have to give everything we have but this is a positive start. It’s good to see the young players when they have to stand up. They do it in this way, so I’m very proud of them, and we will need them in the last games of the season.
“We have eight games until the end of the season and everyone will be crucial. We need everyone behind us and this kind of support in good times and bad times.”
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Did you know?
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Tottenham Hotspur conceded seven goals on aggregate in a European tie for the very first time – in fact, it was the first time they’d conceded that many goals in any two-legged tie in any competition.
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Tottenham Hotspur have scored in their last 7 games in the UEFA Champions League, their longest run of games with a goal in the competition since a run of 20 games from 22nd November 2016 to 17th April 2019.
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