Van de Ven: Tottenham’s defeat to Atletico was ‘doomsday scenario’

Tottenham defender Micky van de Ven referred to as their Champions League defeat to Atletico Madrid a “doomsday situation” as they’re getting ready to a last-16 exit.

Spurs misplaced 5-2 towards Atleti within the first leg on the Metropolitano, with Van de Ven slipping to permit Antoine Griezmann in on aim for the LaLiga aspect’s second aim of the match.

Atleti led 4-0 after simply 22 minutes, the second-earliest a staff has ever led by 4+ targets in a Champions League match after Actual Madrid versus Dinamo Zagreb in November 2011 (20 minutes).

Goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky, who began forward of Guglielmo Vicario, was changed by the Italian after simply 17 minutes following two pricey errors.

Spurs have additionally now misplaced six consecutive matches in all competitions for the primary time of their historical past, additionally leaving them in a relegation battle within the Premier League.

When requested about his ideas on the defeat to Atleti, Van de Ven advised Ziggo Sport: “Horrible. I’ll be utterly trustworthy with you, it’s really a doomsday situation, all the pieces that would go flawed within the first 20 minutes went flawed.

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“Everybody’s slipping. I slipped myself too, you realize. These are moments the place you simply actually can’t do something about it. However I can’t actually stand right here and begin blaming the sphere. You type of know what I imply?

“For quarter-hour we simply conceded targets that you just actually can’t do something about. Once more, I can’t go blaming the sphere right here, so yeah, that was simply actually powerful.

“You can simply come out right here and provides the usual discuss how ‘all of us want to stay collectively and work laborious’, however proper now we’re simply taking blow after blow after blow.

“So it’s simply actually powerful. And now we even have an vital match this weekend that I gained’t have the ability to play in as a result of I’m suspended after all.

“However yeah, it’s a extremely horrible interval, I can let you know that. It’s actually, actually terrible, man.”

Spurs face Liverpool on the weekend, with Igor Tudor’s aspect only one level above the relegation zone within the English top-flight.

Van de Ven is suspended for his or her journey to Anfield after his purple card towards Crystal Palace, with the Dutch defender maybe lucky to not additionally see purple versus Atleti after a poor problem on David Hancko.