There is a positive to take from this. It's that that defeat is the end of Spurs as a force in this league, they'll fall away now.
It will be same as it was for us under Moyes after losing the '09 FA Cup final, it felt like a trophy was more far away than ever after coming so close like that yet only to lose out at the last. Moyes never looked or sounded the same again, the team slowly fell away from properly challenging for anything and ultimately everyone just couldn't shake the feeling of what if. It's the manner of that defeat that makes me so sure, Liverpool in the final last year actually played well and that created the belief they could go again like they have. Spurs utterly folded and somewhat embarrassed themselves, the type of game that scars players.
No way they'll finish top 4 next season now, Eriksen will likely leave, maybe Dele Alli too, Loris is finished, Pochettino's mind will almost certainly wander about whether he ought to move on. The door is wide open.
It will be same as it was for us under Moyes after losing the '09 FA Cup final, it felt like a trophy was more far away than ever after coming so close like that yet only to lose out at the last. Moyes never looked or sounded the same again, the team slowly fell away from properly challenging for anything and ultimately everyone just couldn't shake the feeling of what if. It's the manner of that defeat that makes me so sure, Liverpool in the final last year actually played well and that created the belief they could go again like they have. Spurs utterly folded and somewhat embarrassed themselves, the type of game that scars players.
No way they'll finish top 4 next season now, Eriksen will likely leave, maybe Dele Alli too, Loris is finished, Pochettino's mind will almost certainly wander about whether he ought to move on. The door is wide open.