Tottenham Hotspur captain Hugo Lloris wants his team avenge their 4-2 loss against Arsenal at the Carabao Cup. Spurs lost 4-2 in the season’s first North London. However, they have gone unbeaten in the four matches that have followed.
Arsenal’s 22-match unbeaten run came to an end with a defeat to Southampton yesterday. Arsenal and Tottenham lock horns again on Wednesday in a Carabao Cup quarter-final at the Emirates.
Despite the match taking place on Arsenal’s home turf, Lloris believes his team can win. The Frenchman said, “Maybe it’s the good thing that we lost the Premier League game a few weeks ago because it is more motivation for us. There is no more bad feeling than when you get a defeat. You always try to analyse and make things that we will not repeat again. It is another opportunity and we will try our best to go through.
Every game that you lose it hurts, but of course when you lead 2-1, it’s true that Arsenal is playing very well this season and it is a difficult team to beat but I think we have the quality to do it. It is important to take every competition seriously, whatever the competition is. Of course there is priority in the season but it is a League Cup game and if you go through there is a semi-final and a good chance. And then it is a derby so it is easier to prepare for because there always excitement and enjoyment to play that type of game.
We need to believe and we have a chance. We have a lot of respect for them but every game we try to win, it was the case when we played Barcelona away, it was the case last season when we played Madrid or Juventus away and every game you want to compete and win. There are different circumstances and you try to adapt, but with the same motivation and willingness to win.”
