Igor Tudor ‘feels support’ and players ‘care’, Bruno says after 15th defeat of Premier League season

Tottenham assistant coach Bruno Saltor says interim boss Igor Tudor will “in fact” be given extra time by Spurs regardless of their dire type persevering with with a 3-0 residence defeat to Nottingham Forest.

Tudor, who was sacked by Juventus earlier this season, has guided Spurs to 1 level from 5 league matches since being named as Thomas Frank’s shock alternative after Tottenham ended the Dane’s eight-month tenure.

“We really feel the help from everybody on the membership and we’re simply specializing in how we will help the gamers,” mentioned Bruno, who took post-match press duties due to a household matter affecting Tudor and mentioned Tottenham had been “the higher crew” earlier than Igor Jesus’s Forty fifth-minute opener.

“Any errors we make go in opposition to us and we’re not capable of capitalise on the opposition errors.

“You can see the gamers care and they’re 100% attempting their greatest. However for the time being it’s not sufficient and we have to minimise any errors.”

Tottenham vs Forest: Why Bruno has ‘perception’

Former Chelsea interim coach Bruno mentioned a 1-1 draw at Liverpool final Sunday, when Richarlison equalised for Spurs within the ninetieth minute, and a second-leg residence win over Atletico Madrid within the Champions League on Wednesday had been “nice performances from the primary minute to the final minute”.

“Within the first half [against Forest]we should always have been at the very least 1-0 up, in case you take a look at the stats,” claimed the previous Brighton & Hove Albion full-back, including that “little” particulars are going in opposition to his crew. “We created clear probabilities.

“[The fans] had been excellent because the first minute after we had been coming in. To the final minute, they stayed.

“They confirmed their help and it was fairly emotional for everybody on the bus. That’s what we want as a result of proper now all of us have the identical aim, that’s to battle till the tip of the season and keep within the Premier League – as this membership deserves.”

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Van de Ven and Spence substitutions ‘tactical’ by Tottenham

Tudor changed Micky van de Ven and Djed Spence with Future Udogie and Lucas Bergvall at half-time as Spurs tried to keep away from being overtaken by the one facet separating them from third-bottom West Ham.

“It was a sub with the intention to offer extra dynamic on the left facet and have extra legs going ahead,” Bruno mentioned when he was requested whether or not Van de Ven was injured, explaining that “all the things was tactical”.

“The gamers obtained affected by the rhythm of the sport and we couldn’t discover that rhythm to create extra probabilities.

“The primary 44 minutes had been actually good – creating probabilities, moving into the field. Within the second half, we had been unable to to cope with the load of the sport.”

Winger Mathys Tel is having a possible harm assessed.

What’s subsequent for Tottenham? Fixtures, schedule

Spurs stay the one Premier League facet but to win within the prime flight in 2026, with Morgan Gibbs-White and Taiwo Awoniyi hanging for Forest after the break.

West Ham are instantly behind Spurs by a degree after struggling a 2-0 defeat at Aston Villa on Sunday.

Tudor was solely appointed on February 14 however the former Croatia worldwide’s place is for certain to come back below scrutiny earlier than his crew go to Eleventh-placed Sunderland.