Tottenham star Dele Alli accused his team-mates of lacking ‘fight’ after they were knocked out of the Champions League by RB Leipzig.
Jose Mourinho’s side were trailing 1-0 on aggregate going into the second leg in Germany but a difficult task was made that much harder when Marcel Sabitzer scored after just ten minutes.
The goal didn’t change Spurs’ task for the night but their heads dropped, allowing Leipzig to dominate the match. Sabitzer added a second before half-time, while substitute Emil Forsberg rounded off the victory late on.
Spurs barely mustered a response after Leipzig’s early goal and Alli has hit out at his team-mates’ lack of maturity as they exited the competition.
‘It’s devastating. We had belief before the game and we didn’t perform. This is the Champions League, if you don’t step up you will be punished,’ said Alli.
‘After the first one went in it didn’t change much but we conceded too many chances as a team. It’s hard to come back from those two goals. We had to show our maturity and fight and we didn’t do that.
‘We can’t use excuses, we still have quality on the pitch. We are missing good players but that happens. The players coming in have to step up and we haven’t done that today.
‘We apologise to the fans, to go out and lose like that, they deserve better.
‘We have to fight. We can’t be in the position we are in in the league, we can’t hide. This hasn’t been a good season for us. The reality is we are in a bad situation, confidence has gone at the minute.
MORE: Rio Ferdinand and Glenn Hoddle slam two players as Tottenham exit Champions League
