Tottenham squad agreed 'we had to change' after Gent loss, reveals Toby Alderweireld

Changes: Alderweireld said the Tottenham squad held talks after defeat to Gent
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Alex Young @alexwsyoung21 February 2017

Toby Alderweireld has explained how the Tottenham squad agreed they had "to change" after falling to a shock 1-0 loss to Gent.

Jeremy Perbet's second-half winner leaves Mauricio Pochettino's side with a one-goal deficit to overturn in the Europa League, with the Belgian outfit coming to White Hart Lane for the last-32 second leg on Thursday.

The loss was a second on the trot for Spurs, coming five days after a 2-0 reverse at Liverpool all but ending the club's faint title hopes, having gone 11 games unbeaten in the build-up.

"The next goal is to go through to the next round of the Europa League," Alderweireld is quoted as saying by ITV Sport.

"We're looking forward to that, to change the game we played last Thursday, get a good result and get to the next round.

"If you lose two times in a row it's good to have a good game again. We played well and go to the next round."

A 4-0 win over Fulham in the FA Cup on Sunday looked to get Spurs back on track and Alderweireld has revealed how the players were keen to right their wrongs as soon as possible.

He continued: "[We] talked to each other, after the game in the Europa League, and said 'Yeah, we have to change'.

"We know everybody's trying, but trying to get the good feeling back - one way is to work very hard - and try to change as quickly as possible. We showed the desire is there.

"Not angry [when talking], just to see to the future. Everybody works hard, everybody's doing their best, so they can't complain about that.

"It's just the desire to come back more than ever. You can do it with hard work and results like [at Fulham]."

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