Dejan Kulusevski insists Tottenham Hotspur must 'change for the better' after Liverpool loss in Premier League

Dejan Kulusevski has said that Tottenham Hotspur "have to learn" and "change for the better" after they suffered another bruising defeat at home.

Luis Diaz, Alexis Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai and Mohamed Salah were all on target for Liverpool as Arne Slot's side beat Spurs 6-3 in north London on Sunday.

Spurs have conceded nine goals in their last two matches – which included a 4-3 EFL Cup win against Manchester United – and earlier this month, shipped four at home in a defeat to Chelsea.

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Asked whether Spurs need more control in their performances, Kulusevski said: "If you want to get a result, maybe yeah.

"You have to think about how are we physically? Who’s playing? How many games have we played in the last week? Who are we playing? Have they rested for one week or something? You have to put everything in because it is like life – it’s not just black and white. It’s a lot of factors going into it."

He added: "No, maybe [Spurs' approach is] not [sustainable]. But you have to improve, you have to find ways. Maybe we should have let them have the ball more, but that’s not how we play. We went out, we gave everything. It didn’t work. Maybe we learn for the next time.

"We have to learn because we conceded six goals. I can’t sit here and say that we’re doing something perfectly. We’re not. We have to change a little bit for the better, always try to change for the better."

After a run of just two wins in seven games, Spurs have slumped to 11th in the Premier League.

Kulusevski also revealed that when Spurs pulled two goals back against Liverpool – including his strike in the 72nd minute – to reduce Liverpool's deficit to 5-3, he thought "something special" could be on the cards.

But Diaz delivered the final dagger to restore the away side's three-goal advantage late on, putting the game out of reach for Tottenham.

"I said to myself [when trailing 5-1]: ‘If you want to play, play now'," the Swede explained.

"It’s easy to play when you’re winning. It’s easy to play when everything is going good. If you want to be a man, step up now and do your best. And that’s what we did.

"Honestly, at 5-3, I said that we’re going to do it. It was so frustrating to see the ball go in [from Diaz] for 6-3, and after that, the game is over.

"I really thought that it could happen, something special."

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