Will Romero's tears become the enduring image of Tottenham's season?

Müsabaka gündeminden önemli bir haber: Will Romero's tears become the enduring image of Tottenham's season? Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Christian Romero left the field in tears with 20 minutes remaining at Sunderland By Phil McNulty Chief football writer at The Stadium of Light Published 9 minutes ago 38 Comments The sight of new Tottenham Hotspur head coach Roberto de Zerbi watching in anguish as captain Cristian Romero walked past him in tears may yet become the lasting image of a season slowly sliding towards the Championship. De Zerbi's hopes of a fast start after succeeding Igor Tudor, the madcap experiment of the Croatian's appointment lasting only 44 days, ended brutally as Spurs failed to show any significant response to the Italian's arrival.

Amid another flatlining display, the tearful departure of De Zerbi's leader on the field with Spurs 1-0 down with 25 minutes left and on the way to deserved defeat at Sunderland was yet another harrowing chapter in this sorry tale of the fall of a giant club. The question of whether Spurs are too good to go down was consigned to the dustbin long ago. A team without a win in 14 Premier League games stretching back to 28 December at Crystal Palace answers that.

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A more pertinent question now is - are Spurs too bad to stay up? On the grim evidence that unfolded in the Wearside sunshine, it looks like they are. De Zerbi's Spurs reign starts with defeat at Sunderland Was Romero sending the right message?

De Zerbi's reputation has been forged as a visionary coach at Brighton and Marseille, but he now needs to act as a psychologist as much as training ground strategist to coax something from this subsiding Spurs team. "My job now is not to coach a style, with or without the ball, but try to give the players what they need in terms of mentality," he said. "My style is to trust the confidence of the players.

During the week, they play better because they are clean in their heads, but in the game it is different. My work must be to get them to show what they are doing during the week in a game. " De Zerbi agreed the stress and fear of relegation could be the factor consuming the Spurs squad – but he has no time to lose getting his message across.

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In football terms, this is now a critical emergency for Spurs. He must also wait to see how long he is without Romero, whose downcast departure wiping away tears was yet another twist in this harrowing season. Romero appeared to have a knee injury, although De Zerbi said "we have to see in the next few days", adding: "I hope that it is not too important a problem.

He's a crucial player for us. He's a good guy and a good player with a big personality. We need him to finish the season.

" Whatever the prognosis, former England goalkeeper Ben Foster questioned whether Romero's downcast manner as he left the pitch sent the right message to a Spurs team already a goal down after Nordi Mukiele's shot deflected past keeper Antonin Kinsky off Micky van de Ven on the hour.

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