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Tottenham midfielder Sandro has revealed how Spurs players held an angry meeting after their heavy defeat at Chelsea.<\/p>\n
Tottenham’s hopes of a Premier League top-four finish were severely dented by Saturday’s 4-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge and head coach Sherwood lambasted his side, accusing them of lacking character.<\/p>\n
The players were also branded too ‘nice’ by their angry boss, but Sandro has shed light on how his team-mates vented their frustrations in a lengthy dressing room inquest.<\/p>\n
Sandro, who backed manager Tim Sherwood’s lambasting of the squad said the players spent more than two hours in a meeting during which they all expressed their displeasure.<\/p>\n
“From now on, we know that we all have to listen when anyone says something. It was after the manager’s conference with the press.<\/p>\n
“We had a meeting with the players. Sometimes one player got a bit more stressed out and we tried to calm him down and talk in a nice way. We spent about two hours that way. Every player had their fair share to say, put it that way. We all spoke amongst ourselves.<\/p>\n
“For me, to be honest, it helped a lot because now I can go and tell another player, and another player can tell me. The manager likes it. Everyone can go for it now, and I think it will help.<\/p>\n
“I think that is positive from ourselves and we have to show in the next match that we can do much better. And we will prove that. I am sure we will show much more character in the next matches.”<\/p>\n
Former Spurs boss Glenn Hoddle raised concerns about Sherwood’s outburst, but Sandro insists he repeated his media comments to the players.<\/p>\n
“He said the same thing to us as what he said to the press,” the 24-year-old said.<\/p>\n
“I know the manager is with us and we are with the manager. We need to show a bit more in the next match to tell the manager that we care. We will do that.<\/p>\n
“Sometimes when you lose games in that way everyone gets cross and we all scream and shout.<\/p>\n
“Maybe some managers shout more than others. (Former manager Andre) Villas-Boas, for example, liked to pull you aside and have a nice chat to you to explain things.<\/p>\n
“But other managers are more vocal. As professional football players, we have to work with all managers and do our best for them and for us.”<\/p>\n
Sandro hopes a fired-up Spurs side will produce a response in Thursday’s Europa League last-16 first-leg clash with Benfica.<\/p>\n
“After a match like this (against Chelsea) we were all upset with what happened on the pitch and I think we have to put in some more effort than we\u00a0did,” he said.<\/p>\n
“The manager said we need to show more character. Maybe it is that. We have this big game against Benfica, where we can show that we are better than that.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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