Igor Tudor's Misstep: Thomas Frank's Error Highlights First Loss to Arsenal in Tottenham Showdown

IGOR TUDOR has labelled Arsenal “probably the best team in the world” and sees them as a team his side can learn a lot from.

Tottenham have lost both fixtures 4-1 against their North London rivals this season, the second of which came yesterday evening at the Stadium.

Igor Tudor immediately makes Thomas Frank mistake after losing first Tottenham game against hated rivals Arsenal, x.com/FabrizioRomanoCredit: x.com/FabrizioRomano

A brace apiece from and sealed the deal.

Spurs interim boss Tudor said : “ are probably the best team in the world now in this moment.

“It was not easy, but it can also give to us skills. We was thinking today that it was a derby and in a derby we can give something more.

“I also play in a lot of derbies. The derbies give you something more, but of mentality, of motivation.

“But there are also other things you cannot change in three or four training sessions.”

That admission came after a game where the gap between the teams extended to 32 points with ten games still left to play.

Arsenal are title favourites, while Spurs are in the thick of a relegation battle.

Tudor, who was brought in to steady the ship, got off to the worst possible start.

But for him and the players, it serves as a wake-up call as it sums up where the club is at right now.

Tudor added: “Where is our goal? Where is the goal of this club and of this team? What is the goal of this coach and of these players and all staff? To become serious – not just a group of 20 players.

“The medicine is to look in the mirror, each of us. And really start to change the habits.”

It’s not the first time a Spurs manager has come out and said such words.

The likes of Tim Sherwood , Jose Mourinho and have all given brutal assessments of the club’s mentality while in charge.

Meanwhile, Ange Postecoglou used the term “” to desribe Spurs almost two years ago when he heard fans cheering on so that Arsenal didn’t win the league.

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The fact Tudor said it’s Spurs’ goal “to become serious” puts his words in the same bracket to what his predecessors have said.

For , who was sacked two weeks ago, it was rather different.

A source told The Telegraph : “He was constantly going on to the players about Arsenal and they quickly got sick of it.

“Even before and after the game at the Emirates, he was telling them how good Arsenal were.

“The feeling among some was very much “‘just shut up about Arsenal.'”

In that sense, Tudor may have slipped up following his comments.

But it’s a point he had to emphasise to highlight to his players where they are at right now.

Winning the at the end of last season means Spurs are right now a club, but if they don’t “become serious” soon they could be a Championship club next season.

Tudor and Frank have now both publicly admitted that Arsenal are a team Spurs can look up toCredit: x.com/FabrizioRomano