Friday 16 September 2016 20:29, UK
Mauricio Pochettino admits Tottenham's Champions League defeat to Monaco in midweek left him questioning his own managerial skills.
The Spurs boss says his players must be "much, much better" in the Super Sunday clash against Sunderland, live on Sky Sports 1 HD, as they bid to put their European disappointment behind them.
Pochettino accused Spurs of lacking "passion" and "aggression" after their 2-1 defeat at Wembley, in which defensive errors cost his side dear.
They return to White Hart Lane for the visit of the Black Cats and Pochettino has made clear he will not accept another lacklustre performance.
"I look at myself too. Maybe I didn't know how to give them motivation to play on Wednesday night in the Champions League," said Pochettino, who was managing a team in Europe's premier competition for the first time.
"Maybe I put myself in question too. We share responsibility but we cannot repeat. You can lose, not play well, but never concede two goals how we conceded."
And he added: "When we wait six years, a long time to play Champions League, after 45 minutes you can't go to the changing room with this feeling.
"We had 90,000 people in front of us, waiting for us to play Champions League. The atmosphere was amazing.
"We nearly cried when you hear the song from the Champions League, it's a dream come true.
"That was difficult. We have time to win games. We have possibility to go to the next round. It's early days.
"To show more consistency in our behaviour is very important for our future. It's early in the season but we need to compete much, much better."
