"We've got to keep our heads a wee bit in there and have some perspective. Many teams will come here and suffer that defeat.

"It got loud. Probably as loud as I've heard it as an away player.

"It's about staying positive. Spurs beat us 4-1 last season and we finished above them.

"They punished our mistakes. We had a chance at 2-1 to equalise. The third one was a mistake and then a great free-kick from the fourth."

John McGinn post match.



"We started the match like we were planning. At half-time the plan for the second half was to try to keep it. They scored the first goal. We had chances to score a second goal but they were pushing.

"We accepted the result.

"We have to try to be consistent. We had our chances in our transition and set-pieces. But they were clinical today."

"We won two times here and we knew how to win here but they are a good team.

"We had to keep going and try to focus again on our way [after conceding] because in the league the most important thing is to keep the position we are in.

"They scored so quick in the second half. When they scored the second goal it is difficult because their transition is so, so strong. Winning was more difficult. If we score the second goal maybe it is a possibility to win here.

"When you are losing you have to try and get one step forward to try and change the result. But we know how difficult it is against Tottenham. 4-1 is a tough result but the match we played was more or less in line with the expectation I had before the match.

"We are disappointed, frustrated but we are accepting it. We know our way, it is 38 matches, the league is very tight."

Unai Emery post match.


"We competed. In the first half it was better than the second half. The team were aware about how we can be competitive, close to winning and have more chances to get in the top seven of the Premier League. We accept the result, because when they scored two goals, they are very good in transitions.

"We made mistakes and they were very aggressive, but we also made mistakes in the first half and we corrected them quickly. In 90 minutes, to be focused and clinical, here it is the way to win. We did it last year and two years ago. Today we didn’t do it.

"Keeping balance is the first message I can send in the dressing room because it is 38 matches. We are analysing each match and setting objectives. One [objective] is playing seven contenders for the top seven.

"We have played three, Arsenal, Man United and Tottenham, and then there are other points along the way we have to be consistent getting them. Until today we have been consistent. We will need more. It is not enough. The first objective is to keep the top seven.

"The first half we didn’t concede many chances. The second half they did one step forward and after it, it was more difficult. We still competed and made chances, but we didn’t score. When they scored their second goal, then it was most difficult. We had to do one step forward to score and made chances, but in transition, they were alert.

I have to try to give minutes to those players on the field and how we can get better with those players. It is the process we have and we are building a team. We are trying to get a strong structure in everything.

"A situation we have to work is with those two strikers. We have to give them and other players chances to get confidence. Every match is a challenge in the Premier League, Champions League and the cups. We are analysing performances and then trying to get the best decisions.

"I am not really worried about it because it could happen and how the match was going and after how they were in the best position to play feeling comfortable. It was a difficult moment for us. We had to try and do something. Even at 2-1, I was trying to plan something different, but it was very tight. After the problem with Cash and the kick Morgan had ... those players were very consistent in the level we needed.

"After those necessary changes, the team was different. We have to try to get different options with the players, even tactically like with two strikers. We have to continue in our way in different practice we are doing because we will need to get different tactical situations sometimes, and of course, getting the best out of the players.

"I think Morgan will be OK because he wanted to carry on playing, but I decided not to because after two kicks I had the opportunity to play with two strikers. Cash, he felt something in his calf, hopefully not a lot, but he felt it."

Unai Emery post match.