Tottenham Hotspur boss Mauricio Pochettino has made it clear they don’t want to use the Stadium MK as an excuse if they somehow fail to get past Watford in the next match. The Spurs are set to host Javi Gracia’s side at Milton Keynes’ stadium in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday.
Unavailability of Wembley Stadium and the incompletion of White Hart Lane has forced the North London club to arrange their Carabao Cup action at a different venue.
Spurs were outplayed by Watford in the Premier League as the Hornets fought back superbly to beat them 2-1. Pochettino would be looking forward to getting it done this time in the right way but if they lose the plot he doesn’t want to blame the stadium for their loss.
He said, “For Watford, it will be the same conditions.
“If there is one thing I don’t want, it is to give reasons to the players, to us, to say: ‘If we don’t win, it’s because of Milton Keynes, it’s because we don’t play at our stadium, it’s because we play at Wembley’.
“If you are a winner, you have a different mentality, and if you are a loser, you always try to find an excuse to avoid responsibility. I feel well [about it], because we’re going to discover another place to play. It’s a very nice town.”
