Tottenham Hotspur manager Roberto De Zerbi is still waiting for his first win of the Premier League season, though at this point he might settle for a goal.ANALYSIS — Signs of progress in Spurs loss | Newcastle start hotSpurs were blanked for the second-straight week, this time a 2-0 loss at home to Newcastle United on Saturday.That’s zero goals scored and five conceded, with this loss coming despite the return of Micky van de Ven and Pedro Porro as well as a bright debut for loan signing Omar Marmoush.And there are more changes coming to North London, as De Zerbi revealed after the game.MORE — Match recap, highlights| Marmoush debut a big positive for Spurs”Richarlison he said too many times that he wanted to leave,” De Zerbi said, via football.london. “[Kevin] Danso came to me two days ago and said he wanted to leave. [Pape Matar] Sarr the same but he also suffered a small injury but he is almost ready to train. I love these players and these are great guys. I have very good relationships but if they want to leave they have to bring the economic solution to the club and they can go and we’ll find other players.”Tumult aside, the players who will remain at Spurs had some chances against Newcastle, for sure, and this is still a collection of many new pieces — key pieces — who will undoubtedly find their way to the win column if they can stay calm and patient.At least that’s how De Zerbi sees it, and he’s done this sort of thing once or twice in his career.Roberto De Zerbi reaction — What did Tottenham Hotspur manager say after loss vs Newcastle?Thoughts on the game: “I said what I’m telling you now. For 60-65 minutes we played better than Newcastle. We had a chance to score. We didn’t score. After the goal we lost the distances. If you analyze the numbers of the game, we had more chances. We shoot more on goal. We are not a team yet. We have to improve in a lot of things but it’s normal for a new team. I’m not angry. We are working well. We were unlucky today for the result.””Yes but anyway we had more control of the ball. We can improve in the defensive phase in the distances. Sometimes we regained the ball in the first half and had chances to score. Also with the ball we can improve. We can keep the order much better but it’s part of work when you change many players and start a new project. It’s like this, football.”What happened on the first goal? “Tonali lost the duel with Elanga. In that moment. But yes one problem of the game was the defensive phase. All of the distances in defensive phase but we had more chances to score and we didn’t.”Some boos at full time as home performances have not been good for a while: “I’m not panicked. I know very well where I’m going, what’s the plan, and what could be a difficult problem. We can find our way. I’m sorry for the fans for the result and sorry for the players. We have to improve and to change a season like the last two is impossible in two days and with the transfer market. We have to fi
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