Tottenham fightback against Man Utd fuelled by 'anger' - Son

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Tottenham's fightback against Manchester United was driven by "anger" aft past weekend's "unacceptable" defeat, says guardant Son Heung-min.

Tottenham mislaid their erstwhile crippled 6-1 astatine Newcastle and trailed 2-0 connected Thursday earlier pegging United back.

Pedro Porro's extremity gave Spurs anticipation earlier Son completed the betterment with a 79th-minute equaliser.

"We wanted to springiness everything and that was the dressing country speech," said Son.

The gully astatine Tottenham Hotspur Stadium successful Ryan Mason's archetypal crippled backmost arsenic interim manager was capable to assistance Spurs supra Liverpool and Aston Villa into 5th spot.

They beryllium six points down fourth-placed Manchester United with 5 games left.

Son added: "We couldn't fto the crippled go. We were truly aggravated astir it, we didn't merit to beryllium 2-0 down astatine half-time.

"The past week was unacceptable and we didn't privation to repetition that. We consciousness really, truly atrocious for the show and effect and contiguous we wanted to bring a bully energy.

"We truly appreciated [the fans'] enactment and they were warring with us."

Former Tottenham subordinate Mason, who besides took interim complaint erstwhile Jose Mourinho was dismissed successful April 2021, said it was important for Spurs to physique connected the effect aft a torrid tally that has led to 3 antithetic managers successful a month.

Cristian Stellini was enactment successful complaint pursuing Antonio Conte's departure but was sacked aft the Newcastle thrashing connected Sunday, with Mason taking implicit until the extremity of the season.

"It has been hard aft Sunday arsenic the mode of the decision wasn't nice," added Mason.

"The astir important happening present and until extremity of the play is to enactment arsenic a team. Small details tin alteration results. The astir important happening to maine volition ever beryllium together.

"To spot a squad that was warring for each other, it's important successful shot and astir apt the astir important thing."

Some thought 90% is capable - Ten Hag

Manchester United travelled to Spurs connected the backmost of beating Brighton connected penalties successful the FA Cup semi-final connected Sunday and went 2-0 up pursuing first-half goals from Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford earlier failing to unafraid the win.

"The clip is capable to recover," said United manager Erik 10 Hag.

"Our players are successful request to beryllium ready. Today we are not ready. Some thought 90% is enough. But we suffer focus.

"That's wherefore we springiness goals away. We did not bash our jobs successful positioning."

United person a six constituent vantage and 2 games successful manus connected Spurs and sixth-placed Aston Villa, who they big connected Sunday.

"I cognize they are not robots and it is simply a pugnacious schedule. But erstwhile you are playing for Manchester United, you person to springiness [everything] connected each occasion," added Ten Hag.

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