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Pressure mounts on interim manager Igor Tudor after Tottenham are beaten 5-2 by Atletico Madrid in action-packed Champions League last-16 first leg at the Metropolitano Spurs concede four in 14 minutes in the first half but recover in second half to keep tie alive Goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky was replaced in the 17th minute after two errors Defender Micky Van de Ven says the defeat was a "doomsday scenario" and that Spurs' form has been "really rough" to deal with Former Tottenham goalkeeper Paul Robinson says Tudor's decision was "selfish" and "it will be soul-destroying for Kinsky", while Manchester United legend Peter Schmeichel says the substitution has "destroyed Kinsky's career" Atletico manager Diego Simeone says he had "never seen anything like it" before Is Tudor's Spurs reign almost up after only four games? asks chief football writer Phil Mc Nulty Get Involved: Send us your thoughts after another nightmare night for Tottenham Written by Craig Nelson, Millie Sian & Huzaifah Khan. Click the 'Get Involved' button to have your say I understand some of the negative feelings towards Tudor hauling off Kinsky, but the flipside is, do you leave him on to concede even more, crush his and your team's confidence even further? It was a damage limitation of an experiment gone wrong. Stuart I'm on Tudor's side when it comes to Kinksy. Vicario has been underperforming, so was dropped, but in taking Kinksy off, he saved him from further embarrassment of conceding many more goals. Reminds me of when Leeds took off Rachubka after 30 minutes in 2011 due to being 3-0 down. Dom, Oxford Click the 'Get Involved' button to have your say Tudor's treatment of a young keeper is a disgrace. He has come in and made everything worse, no consistency in selection and draining the players of confidence. He should never have been allowed anywhere near our club and he should leave as soon as possible. James, London Starting Kinsky showed that Tudor has no idea what he is doing regarding player management. He put Kinsky and Spurs in a needless, embarrassing situation. To not console Kinsky when subbed was unprofessional and unforgivable. The board will stick with Tudor as they've no idea either! Kernow, Cornwall Atletico Madrid 5-2 Tottenham Tottenham's interim manager Igor Tudor spoke at length after the match about why he chose to start Antonin Kinsky ahead of regular number one Guglielmo Vicario, and why he felt substituting the young goalkeeper after just 17 minutes was the right thing to do. Click the play icon below to watch Tudor's post-match interview. .. This video can not be played Click the 'Get Involved' button to have your say Even for non-Spurs fans, the situation has moved from funny to actually just sad. Seeing a manager destroy a young lad’s career and confidence in real time was a very tough watch. Hope he can recover from it. Marcus, London Craig Nelson BBC Sport reporter Right, we asked you for your thoughts on another low in what is fast becoming a sorry season for Tottenham. With chance of progression in the Champions League looking slim, focus will quickly return to their battle against relegation from the top flight. Spurs are 16th in the Premier League, just one point above the bottom three. Igor Tudor was handed the task of steering the club away from trouble following the sacking of Thomas Frank, but, after four defeats in four games, Tottenham's position has gotten worse rather than better under his charge. Questions are now being raised as to why the Croat was appointed until the end of the season and whether he will even last that long in his interim position. Needless to say, you have have not held back with your opinions, coming up is a cross-section. .. Atletico Madrid 5-2 Tottenham For the record, Guglielmo Vicario conceded five minutes after replacing Antonin Kinsky as Atletico stormed into a 4-0 lead by the 22nd minute. Thankfully for Tottenham, the goals did not continue to flow at the same rate for the rest of the match. Spurs defender Pedro Porro reduced the deficit by half-time. And while Atletico's former Manchester City forward Julian Alvarez made it 5-1 with his second goal of the game early in the second half, Tottenham striker Dominc Solanke scored 14 minutes from time to reduce the deficit to three goals. Despite that, Tottenham now face an uphill task to turn it around in the second leg of this Champions League last-16 tie on 18 March. Click the 'Get Involved' button to have your say The Spurs hierarchy are entirely to blame. Poor club management when it comes to ambition, player recruitment, and head coach chopping and changing. No stability, no plan, no sense. Amit, London The club is being killed in front of our very eyes and no-one at the helm seems to either care or be able to arrest the slide. It makes me sad. Del, Norfolk Atletico Madrid 5-2 Tottenham Igor Tudor had a fair bit to say about his decision to take off 22-year-old Antonin Kinsky just 17 minutes into his second start of the season in his post-match interviews. Here's what the interim Tottenham head coach said: Atletico Madrid 5-2 Tottenham So what happened to prompt Igor Tudor's unusually early substitution? Well, Tottenham's interim manager made the surprise move of bringing in Antonin Kinsky for regular first-team stopper Guglielmo Vicario for the first leg of their Champions League tie at Atletico Madrid. Vicario had been criticised for a number of below-par displays, conceding nine goals in three consecutive defeats in Tudor's first three games in charge as head coach. Kinsky, a 22-year-old Czech Republic international, who signed for Tottenham from Slavia Prague in a deal worth about £12. 5m in January 2025, was trusted to help shore up the side's leaky defence. He last started a game for Spurs in October, and was making just his 13th appearances for the club, but conceded three goals in the opening 15 minutes at the Metropolitano Stadium. Here is how Kinsky's nightmare night unfolded: Atletico Madrid 5-2 Tottenham Paul Robinson Former Tottenham goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live It's going to be talked about worldwide that the manager has substituted his goalkeeper after 16 minutes [17 minutes] and that for him will be soul destroying. He's probably sat in the dressing room for the rest of the first half, I wouldn't be surprised if he wasn't in tears in that situation. It's a really difficult thing to have to handle but actually I think it's a very selfish decision from the manager because he knows that he's not here for long. Atletico Madrid 5-2 Tottenham Former Premier League goalkeepers Peter Schmeichel and Joe Hart joined David de Gea in condemning Igor Tudor's decision to substitute Antonin Kinsky so early in the game, despite his obvious mistakes, as Atletico Madrid ran riot in the opening leg of their last-16 Champions League tie. "Tudor has completely destroyed his career - I feel really sorry for him, " Schmeichel told CBS Sports. "When his name is mentioned in the future, the whole football world will remember this moment. He needed to be supported, at least until half-time. " While ex-Spurs and England stopper Joe Hart told TNT Sports: "My heart is absolutely broken for him. He had a horrible 14 minutes - that slip and the third goal. I don't know what to say. I am just heartbroken for the lad. This Tottenham team is all over the place. " Atletico Madrid 5-2 Tottenham Fiorentina goalkeeper David de Gea immediately responded to Antonin Kinsky's 17th-minute substitution on X, writing: "No one who hasn't been a goalkeeper can understand how difficult it is to play in this position.

Keep your head up and you will go again. " Atletico Madrid 5-2 Tottenham Welcome to today's football news live page as we sift through the wreckage of Tottenham Hotspur's 5-2 defeat at Atletico Madrid in the opening leg of their last-16 tie in the Champions League. The big talking point came in the 17th minute, when interim manager Igor Tudor substituted Antonin Kinsky after the 22-year-old goalkeeper's slip led to him conceding a third goal. The Croat's decision has been widely criticised, with former Tottenham stopper Paul Robinson saying it was a "selfish" act of self preservation. As ever, you can have your say on the Kinsky substitution, Tudor's future at Spurs after just four games in charge and what next for Spurs? Just send us your thoughts using the 'Get Involved' button and we will publish a cross section throughout the morning. Copyright © 2026 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.