Tottenham players and coaches bowed their heads to the worst defeat.
Tottenham suffered a 1-4 disaster in the 12th round of the English Premier League (EPL) match against Arsenal in the 2025-2026 season at the Emirates Stadium in London on the 24th (Korea time). The defeat sent Tottenham down to ninth place.
It was a disaster. Considering that many people were injured, Tottenham didn't have enough time to play against Arsenal. Tottenham, who gave up consecutive minutes from the start of the game, was attacked without a hitch. In the end, he gave up the first run. In the 36th minute of the first half, Mikel Merino stabbed a perfect pass, and Leandro Trossar shook Tottenham's net with a calm finish in the penalty box.
It was the beginning of a disaster. In the 41st minute of the first half, Eberechi Eze beat Tottenham players in the penalty box and even broke through Vicario. That's when Eze's hat trick show began. At the start of the second half, Eze received the ball freely near the penalty box, and Eze lightly pushed it into the corner.
Tottenham scored a comeback goal in the 10th minute of the second half as soon as Hishalisson took out Martin Subimendi's ball, the long-range shot he tried led to a goal, but that was it. In the 31st minute of the second half, Trossar pushed the pass to Eze, and Eze completed the hat trick. If Vicario had not done well several times, he would have lost by a bigger margin. He was lethargic and had no choice but to admit his crushing defeat.
After the game, Guglielmo Vicario said "Today was really the worst night for us. Above all, we have to apologize to the fans who come to support us every day and watch the game. Today we didn't fight. The whole team didn't fight. It's basic to have to fight to compete in a football match at this level. We didn't do that as a team," he said, expressing his apologies to the fans.
Then "It's a hard night, it's a really bad loss, but we have to stick together. Because we know what problems we need to solve. There is also an important game on Wednesday. We have to trust each other and pull our minds together. Today, we couldn't show what we could normally do. I know you can get emotional, but you have to stay calm after losing the Derby in this way and apologize to the fans who came to watch today's game. I can't show you this kind of performance again"He said he was sorry one after another.
Coach Frank also expressed a similar position to Vicario at a press conference after losing his first official North London derby. "It's really disappointing that we didn't perform better against our best rival, Arsenal. I have no choice but to apologize to my fans."
Coach Frank said "We were confident we could compete enough today, but we couldn't for the whole 90 minutes. We tried to be aggressive, press and go after them in some situations, but without success. It didn't come close enough. Eventually we were pushed out, and seemed somewhat passive," he said, acknowledging his complete defeat.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
