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Cristian Stellini has taken responsibilty for Tottenham’s embarrassing 6-1 defeat to Newcastle United on Sunday afternoon.
Tottenham manager Cristian Stellini changed the system from the usual 3-5-2 to a more adventurous 4-3-3 and it backfired as Spurs were down 5-0 to Newcastle inside 20 minutes.
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The change of formation was not a surprise given their 3-2 home defeat to Bournemouth last week, but it clearly did not go to plan and Stellini reverted back to his side’s usual system during the game when he brought off Pape Matar Sarr for centre-back Davinson Sanchez in the 23rd minute.
Newcastle gave their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League a major boost, while Tottenham will now feel battered and bruised ahead of their crucial fixtures against Manchester United and Liverpool next week.
Tottenham's Stellini takes responsibility for heavy defeat
Speaking after the heavy 6-1 defeat, Stellini said his side “were not prepared enough” and accepted full responsibility for the result.
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“It went so badly because we were not prepared enough to play an important match,” he said. “We have a good squad but today no-one showed how good we are.
“It was my responsibility to decide how we play and we decided to do it differently because of the injuries. It is my responsibility, I took it and it was wrong and I apologize to the fans.
“I have to take responsibility because once we changed system we played better, scored, and showed fight. It is very difficult to understand why the first 25 minutes were so bad.”
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