Igor Tudor sends brutal message to Tottenham stars as relegation fears grow

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Tottenham boss Igor Tudor has told his players that they can either ‘cry or fight’ in their battle against relegation. The North London side have endured a dismal season as they sit 16th and just one point above the Premier League drop zone.

Their poor form saw former head coach Thomas Frank sacked in favour of Tudor, albeit the Croatian has failed to have an impact, with Spurs having lost each of his four games at the helm.

Having been entrusted to lead the team for this weekend’s clash with reigning champions Liverpool , Tudor has sent his struggling players a strong message. Speaking in his pre-match press conference, he said: "Not an easy situation, not an easy moment. [It's a] big challenge to change things.

"Like everything in life, you can choose how to see the situation. You can cry or you can fight. You can be the victim or you can change something. This is the message I communicated to the players.

"The bottle is either half empty or half full. Here there is nothing full, there are a lot of empty things.

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"But difficult moments don't last forever. It will pass. I believe the players who take this as an opportunity, who stand up with the courage to change these things, will become better people and players afterwards."

Tottenham come into this weekend’s game after a humbling 5-2 defeat at the hands of Spanish side Atletico Madrid in the Champions League .

Speaking about the mood around Spurs in general, Tudor added: "It is about all of us. In the last period, a lot of things were said about what is [wrong with] the club, the problems, [that] no one can do [anything] like we were victims.

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"I said this morning to the players totally opposite things. We are the team and we are the staff. It's all about us."

Tottenham follow up this weekend’s clash with Liverpool with the second-leg against Atletico Madrid. They then welcome Nottingham Forest to North London in a game that could go a long way in deciding what league they will play in next term.

The Midlands side are currently just one place and one point behind Spurs at it stands. Vitor Pereira’s men welcome Fulham to The City Ground this weekend.

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