Igor Tudor recalled Guglielmo Vicario for Tottenham’s all-important match against Liverpool while Chelsea will bid to defend their Women’s League Cup title
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Tottenham: Igor Tudor will recall Guglielmo Vicario to his lineup at Liverpool today as he fights to keep his job at Tottenham. But the interim manager has sought to give his side of the story with regard to Antonin Kinsky, the backup goalkeeper, who he started at Atletico Madrid last Tuesday before controversially substituting after 17 minutes with the team 3-0 down. Kinsky made errors for two of the goals. Spurs went on to lose 5-2.
Tudor, who has lost all four of his matches in charge, was heavily criticised for appearing to ignore a distraught Kinsky as the player left the pitch. It was a move that did not play well with some of Kinsky’s teammates. But Tudor has said that he risked inflaming the situation if he had approached the 22-year-old in the moment.
“Why didn’t I go to give him hug?” Tudor said. “Because maybe he was angry. Maybe coaches do the things to avoid this scene and to get a situation worse than it was. Sometimes it is better to stay there and we hug each other at half-time. At half-time we speak and nothing [more]. The situation happened there and it finished there. Did I hug him at half-time? Of course. I took the decision [to substitute Kinsky] after thinking about it and, if I needed to, I would do the same again. It was an act of helping to preserve the guy and to preserve the team.”
