Tottenham might have moved stage on factors with Newcastle with a win however conceded 5 objectives within the opening 21 minutes, ultimately dropping 6-1 at St James’ Park.
Many of the Tottenham followers who had made the lengthy journey to Tyneside had been seen leaving earlier than halftime.
“It’s very embarrassing. We should apologise to the fans. We didn’t show a good face, and we could not match the performance of the Newcastle players,” Lloris, who was substituted at halftime, advised Sky Sports.
“We were late in all aspects of the game, and we completely missed the first part of the game. The second half is a different story but it’s really painful.
“It is not even about tactics, we just could not fight, and we were late. It is difficult right now to assess the performances, but there was a lack of pride.”
Tottenham stays in fifth place with 53 factors from 32 video games, however it’s six behind third-placed Newcastle, which has a sport in hand, and likewise six behind fourth-placed Manchester United, which has two video games in hand.
With groups under it resembling Liverpool and Brighton & Hove Albion additionally having video games in hand, the query shouldn’t be a lot in regards to the Champions League now for Spurs, however whether or not it should even grasp on to a European spot.
“You can get punched once or twice but it was like we could not even react or bounce back,” Lloris mentioned.
“Newcastle deserve a lot of credit for starting the game at 100 miles per hour. They knew exactly what to do.”
Tottenham resembles a membership in disarray, having fired Antonio Conte and changed him with interim coach Cristian Stellini and, on Friday, dropping director of soccer Fabio Paratici after his attraction towards a two-and-a-half-year ban for false accounting was rejected by Italy’s highest sports activities courtroom.
They additionally face a battle to maintain Harry Kane, their file scorer, on the membership, however Lloris mentioned there have been no excuses.
“We cannot hide ourselves behind the club’s problems, we are professionals, but today there was too much lacking,” he mentioned.
“There was a difference in level between Newcastle and Tottenham. We have two very difficult games to bounce back with.”
Tottenham host Manchester United at residence on Thursday and face Liverpool away subsequent Sunday.
