> I think you are right that the international break was a factor, this was probably the most difficult conditions for us to play so far this season. We had an international break and a lot of question marks over player availability. The players have worked incredibly hard on an individual level to be ready to play this game. From a squad depth perspective this is as shallow as we have been because of players being at the Gold Cup. We knew that was going to be a factor against Spurs with a full squad.
This for me is the only reason this reversion in performance is, somewhat, acceptable. I actually saw moments of progress in what we’re doing in these situations but as an overall it was like game 1 again.
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> I think you are right that the international break was a factor, this was probably the most difficult conditions for us to play so far this season. We had an international break and a lot of question marks over player availability. The players have worked incredibly hard on an individual level to be ready to play this game. From a squad depth perspective this is as shallow as we have been because of players being at the Gold Cup. We knew that was going to be a factor against Spurs with a full squad.
This for me is the only reason this reversion in performance is, somewhat, acceptable. I actually saw moments of progress in what we’re doing in these situations but as an overall it was like game 1 again.