De Zerbi urges Spurs players to ‘silence the voice inside’ ahead of another huge game in battle for survival

Despite Spurs’ precarious situation, manager De Zerbi issued a defiant message before the clash.

He said: “We have to die on the pitch and to die on the pitch we have to lose the game. Before losing the game, we have to play and we have to fight. We have two points less than West Ham and they have to play a difficult game as well.

“It is not the best moment for us; it is a tough and difficult moment. But the losers cry, the losers think negatively. I don’t want people close to me to be crying or think in a different way from me.

“The most important challenge now is to silence the voice inside of us. Inside of the players, the staff, the fans. This voice produces negative thoughts and it says we are unlucky, we have too many injuries, we lost Xavi Simons, he was in the last two games one of our best and most important players. Our medical staff is not good enough, the pitch of the stadium and the training ground is not good, it is impossible to win two or three games in a row because we have not won too many games in 2026.

“I think these are all negative things and it’s rubbish because I want to keep my focus on ourselves and the quality of my players.”

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