Igor Tudor faced the questions at his press conference after Tottenham's 3-1 defeat to Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Thursday night.
Spurs looked to be up and running in the 34th minute after Archie Gray got between two defenders and hit a low cross that Dominic Solanke smashed into the net from close range.
Just four minutes later though everything fell apart. Captain for the night Micky van de Ven pulled back Ismaila Sarr as he ran into the box, gifting Palace a penalty which Sarr rolled home and earning himself a red card.
Matters got worse in added time at the end of the first half as Jorgen Strand Larsen ran on to Adam Wharton's ball and poked the ball through Vicario's legs. Then Wharton again carved Spurs apart with a ball over the top that Sarr beat Vicario to and poked home.
The hosts had chances in the second half with 10 men as Solanke and Danso tested Henderson but they could not find a way back into the encounter.
Our Spurs correspondent Alasdair Gold was among those putting the questions to the interim head coach after the game. Here's every word the Croatian said at the press conference at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
That game did not turn out how you would have wanted?
Yeah, we are disappointed to lose the game. Even though we started good and we had 1-0 and then the red card changed the game. It was a totally different game after. Unfortunately we wanted in the second half to push it but we didn’t make it.
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Lots of fans were leaving at half-time, what did you make of that?
Of course I understand the fans. It’s a normal thing that happens in football. They are disappointed. They wanted more. We are aware of that. We also wanted to give more. Unfortunately this is the moment that we pay everything. One red card change everything
I will tell you now maybe it will sound strange but I believe more after this game than I believed before. I saw something. I need to choose the right guys because the boat is going in the direction that I want to go and needs to go and who is in the boat can stay. Otherwise they can leave the boat. So when the other players will come back and choosing the right (players) I’m sure we will have a good team and the victories will come back. It’s not easy to accept the moment where we are now but it is how it is.
Is this the impossible club to manage at the moment?
I don't want to speak about the club. I want to be positive. I cannot tell the guys nothing in the end after this game. They gave everything. Unfortunately, we pay every detail. We pay every detail.
If we can say that red Card is a detail, there is always something to say. With all the problems we have now, missing the defenders today, missing the full-backs, these are the problems we already know. I don't want to speak about that, but we need to stay together now.
I always repeat the same things, but it is how it is. Believing and growing. Do not make mistakes. This is the key in the end of football. Stay there, don't make mistakes. One goal, you always score. Two goals, you can score, but it's important to not make mistakes in football.
Unfortunately, now, in this moment, we pay everything, but in return, I believe, we change everything. Still nine games to play. Still nine games to play.
You sound like you're determined to keep fighting, to carry on. Do you think the hierarchy will allow you to keep fighting?
I don't think in that direction. I have my job to do and that's all.
Will we see you in that seat again?
What?
Will we see you in that seat again, do you think?
No comment on that question.
Did Micky van de Ven say anything to the team at half-time or after the game?
That's a private thing in the dressing room.
It feels like Tottenham, there's always something going on this season, whether it's a red card, an injury, I mean, how difficult is it to be suddenly thrust in amongst this?
What do you think? How difficult? It's very difficult. What you can do, we need to keep working. Keep working, believe. Working on everything. Try to help these guys, because I understand, you know, I see them every day, they care. They care. They want to do, they try to do, but it's moments like that. So, what I said, stay calm, keep working and it will turn off. It will change the situation.
Is it a discipline issue?
There is no discipline issue at all. Opposite.
