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Tottenham Hotspur manager Igor Tudor has admitted it was the wrong decision to deploy Antonin Kinsky against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League - but he refused to explain why he snubbed his keeper after bringing him off.
Tudor deployed Kinsky in place of Guglielmo Vicario against Diego Simeone's side, who overcame the north Londoners 5-2 in the Spanish capital.
He said: "After you see what happened, for sure, it was the wrong decision. But, it was, for me, the right decision to do [before the game], thinking before because, the team, it was a change of competition. Unfortunately, what happened, happened, I've never changed a goalkeeper after 30 minutes, but, it was not easy, it happened."
He added: "It's normal. We don't need to comment. It's not the moment to speak too much. Strange game. It was a strange game.
"What happened, we gave them three goals. After, we started good, but the problems killed us in those three situations. Very strange, it was unusual, so it took our confidence. Then we restarted. We had a good opportunity to make it 4-2, and then we conceded the goal and it's 5-1. We apologise to the fans and to everybody.
"Everything looks like it's going wrong. Every small mistake, we pay. Unbelievable. Even in the situation in the end with the two players. They have this coming together. It's like everything is going against us."
When asked if he still has confidence he can turn this around, he replied: "I'm not going to speak too much. Only focus on what we can do.
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