Even When They Win It Still Ends In Defeat - Spurs' Season Summed Up

Tottenham Hotspur's traumatic play tin beryllium summed up to perfection by nan truth that moreover erstwhile they really win, it still ends successful defeat.

It is besides symbolic that a coveted prize of a spot successful nan Champions League aft past season's Europa League occurrence has ended up arsenic a distraction from nan grim business of avoiding relegation from nan Premier League.

Spurs built connected their deserved tie astatine Liverpool connected Sunday to present different fantabulous show successful beating Atletico Madrid successful their last-16 second-leg tie, but it was not capable to move astir nan calamitous 5-2 nonaccomplishment successful nan Spanish capital.

Amid nan disappointment location was that encouragement - and nan knowledge Spurs tin now put nan Champions League speech and ore connected what genuinely matters this season.

And that is staying successful nan apical formation truthful Spurs - and whoever nan full-time successor to sacked Thomas Frank will beryllium - tin commencement afresh successful nan summertime arsenic a top-flight club.

This will not beryllium Igor Tudor, but nan Croat deserves in installments because, from nan wreckage of 4 losses successful his first 4 games, he has shown he tin resistance betterment from players who looked mislaid a week ago.

Not that Tudor appeared to return immoderate awesome nationalist pleasance from nan triumph - albeit 1 that saw Spurs knocked retired of nan Champions League - arsenic he marched brusquely down nan passageway astatine nan last whistle.

"The sensations are mixed," he said. "You don't for illustration to not get through, but it was a very bully performance. It was a beautiful sensation connected nan transportation pinch nan fans who were really location together pinch nan squad and nan squad from nan first moment.

"Congratulations to nan players. It is positive, commitment, batch of running, tons of bully things.

"The power was really bully from nan first infinitesimal and nan fans recognised nan squad did everything from nan first infinitesimal to nan past and they were pinch america - beautiful, thanks."