Southampton’s Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg celebrates as Tottenham’s Jan Vertonghen reacts after their Premier League match at St Mary’s Stadium in Southampton March 9, 2019. — Action Images pic via Reuters
Days after securing a place in the season’s quarter-finals, third-placed Spurs face a battle to hang on to a top-four place in domestic competition and Spurs manager Pochettino questioned his players’ mentality. “When you lose the momentum after 45 minutes, that is about mentality. For us, we lost the momentum and gave them relief. It is so difficult to understand why we changed so much from the first half to the second,” Pochettino added.
For much of this season a top-four place looked assured but three defeats and one draw in four games — their worst league run for 15 months — has left Spurs three points ahead of fourth-placed Manchester United, with Arsenal and Chelsea close behind.
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