Spurs 1-3 Palace | Every word of Igor Tudor's post-match press conference

Igor Tudor spoke to the media at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium after our 3-1 defeat against Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Thursday night.

Here's what he had to say...

That game did not turn out how you would have wanted...

Igor: "We are disappointed to lose the game. 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."

What did you make of the fans leaving early?

Igor: "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 changed 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, 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 an impossible club to manage at the moment?

Igor: "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 - will you be allowed to?

Igor: "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?

Igor: "What?"

Will we see you in that seat again, do you think?

Igor: "No comment on that question."

Did Micky van de Ven say anything to the team?

Igor: "That's a private thing in the dressing room."

How difficult is it to be suddenly thrust in amongst this?

Igor: "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?

Igor: "There is no discipline issue at all - opposite."