Kulusevski Calls for Spurs Fans’ Support Amid 3rd Consecutive Loss”
Tottenham’s setbacks began with a 4-1 loss to Chelsea, compounded by two red cards and an injury to key player Madison.
Their woes continued with a defeat to Wolves despite leading 1-0 until the 90th minute, ultimately losing 2-1.
The pattern repeated in their loss to Aston Villa as Unai Emery‘s team came from behind to win 2-1.
A severely depleted Spurs squad, missing 10 players and losing Rodrigo Bentancur to injury in the first half, saw three Heung-min Son goals disallowed for offside, hit the post twice, and tested Emi Martinez with numerous saves.
Villa similarly had a Watkins goal disallowed for offside and hit the woodwork in an entertaining match.
Tottenham faces a challenging visit to Manchester City next on Sunday.
However, Kulusevski remains confident that they can get back to winning ways by enhancing their mental game and adhering to Ange Postecoglou’s approach.
He said:
“I really hope [the fans] stay with us because we will win in the future if we continue [to play] like this.
“It is important that we stay together, everybody in this club, and outside is not important what anybody else says.
Inside, everybody needs to have a positive energy and help us players, because we will bring them happiness.
“We played unbelievable. First 30 minutes [were] unbelievable, fantastic from everybody.
When you play like that, you want to win, but this is the way. We have to continue.
“We lost three in a row, that’s the big problem.
The way we played, especially the first 30 minutes, we have to play like that for 90 minutes — then we cannot lose games.
We have to improve only mentally. That’s the only thing.
“Football-wise we are unbelievable, the coach is doing unbelievable with us. We have to just stay on track, believe in ourselves and keep playing like this. It’s small details.
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We should be up a couple of goals. If we are more clinical there would be smiles after the game.”
With Pape Sarr, James Maddison and the suspended Yves Bissouma all absent, Kulusevski moved to No8 alongside Lo Celso
— making his first League start since Nuno Espirito Santo‘s final game in charge in October 2021 — and Bentancur, who returned to the XI for the first time since ACL surgery in February.
The Swede has previously said his best position is No10 and he impressed centrally, striking the post early on and contributing to a number of incisive moves.
“I felt so good, I felt like the real Dejan,” he said.
“I felt like myself. The coach decided where to put me. I enjoyed it and I had real fun playing. It was a great day for me.
“I’ve done it [played centrally] all my life, so it’s nothing new to me. Of course, in the second half I played right wing, but physically I feel really good, so I’m happy and I know I’m on the right path.”
He added:
“Lo Celso was so good and he’s going to help us. He showed what kind of player he is and I expect him to play a lot more now.”
If Tottenham suffers another loss against Pep Guardiola‘s team, they might drop to 6th position provided Manchester United win their match.
