Nacer Chadli believes that Tottenham Hotspur were "not sharp enough" this evening against Fiorentina, after slipping to a 2-0 defeat in Italy to exit the Europa League, expressing the side's frustration as they feel they are better than the Italians.
Tottenham went toe-to-toe with Fiorentina from the off and quickly found themselves enjoying the lion's share of the possession in Florence.
However, neither side could find a breakthrough in the first half, with it being 0-0 at the break.
But Fiorentina quickly edged ahead in the second half, with Mario Gomez pulling away from Federico Fazio in the 54th minute, getting onto a through ball to score.
And La Viola added a second in the 71st minute when Mohamed Salah caught Jan Vertonghen dithering on the ball, the Egyptian then robbing it from the defender and firing it past Spurs goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.
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Spurs had no response and went down 2-0 on the night and 3-1 on aggregate to exit the Europa League at the round of 32 stage.
Chadli believes that Spurs produced a better performance than Fiorentina on the night, but admits that the north London giants were not sharp enough.
"We're very disappointed. We had better chances, more possession and played better than them", he told Spurs TV.
"It was a bit like the first leg.
"We weren't sharp enough.
"We're all frustrated because we feel we're better than them", the Belgian added.
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