Mauricio Pochettino responds to fans for booing his decisions in PSV win

Harry Kane scored twice in the final ten minutes to keep Spurs’ hopes of reaching the last 16 alive following Luuk De Jong’s early goal in a 2-1 win against PSV. Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino claimed he enjoyed fans booing his decision to take off Lucas Moura during the game. “I understand [the boos],’ said Pochettino. “I like it because after nearly five years I think it’s the first time that they’ve been critical of me and didn’t agree with me — but in the end, 2-1.  It’s always difficult to make decisions. Of course, the fans are disappointed. “They want to play with nine or 10 strikers when you’re losing the game.  But we tried to find solutions and the solution was to put Fernando Llorente on, and how the goal arrived was Llorente was there for Harry Kane, or to help in one or the other side with the full-backs pushing higher, with [Kieran] Trippier [coming on]. “Sometimes people say: ‘Oh, Pochettino doesn’t have a Plan B or Plan C.’ ‘But the most important thing was to have a plan, and then, like today, it was good to have a different way to approach and to score goals. But I have nothing to say about the fans. I’m so happy, so grateful, and I understand their reaction. Only I can tell the fans: ‘Thank you’ because coming again to Wembley, supporting the team and making the effort, we cannot ask for more.”

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