Heung-Min Son apologises to Tottenham fans after Juventus defeat
Son has now urged Spurs to learn from their experience in Europe after being beaten 4-3 on aggregate by the Serie A giants
HEUNG-MIN SON has urged Tottenham to learn from last night's agonising Champions League defeat to Juventus.
The South Korean put the North London club in pole position to qualify but the Italians rallied with two second-half goals in three minutes to qualify.
Attacker Son was left in tears at the final whistle and knows he and his team-mates must come back stronger next season.
Son said: "That hurt, but it's football.
"We played well but sometimes football is like this. We have to accept the result but still for me, it hurts a lot.
"What was the difference? Nothing. At the start we played well, we created lots of chances, got to 1-0 and made the perfect start I think.
"This game we can learn something from, but this is sad news. The dressing room was a bit quiet.
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"We played well, the performance was good but the two goals made the result different and that is the main thing."
Tottenham defeated European giants Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid in the group stage but Son says the impressive results do not matter after being knocked out by Juve.
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Son added: "Football is like this, we are unlucky to be out of the Champions League but we got some more experience.
"We remember last season, we went out in the group stage so now we did well, we learned something again and next season we will do better.
"I feel sorry for the fans, they expected more than this and we deserved more than this.
"But we couldn't do it. I am proud of the performance but the main thing is the result is not perfect.
"Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund doesn't matter anymore.
"I thought we were better than (Juventus) but it doesn't matter now - they scored two goals at Wembley Stadium."