Assistant coach Bruno Saltor stepped in to take Igor Tudor's press conference after Tottenham's 3-0 home defeat against Nottingham Forest in the Premier League on Sunday.

Tudor was informed of an immediate family bereavement and Saltor instead spoke to reporters at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium after the heavy loss in a huge relegation clash. Ahead of the game, an estimated 10,000 Tottenham fans had packed the High Road to welcome the team coach and brought the noise for a huge relegation clash. However, despite a bright start, the players never matched that support.

The ball hit the woodwork early on when Forest striker Igor Jesus sent a header from a long Kevin Danso throw against his own crossbar. However, the Brazilian found the net at the other end against the run of play late in the first half when he got his head on the end of a Morgan Gibbs-White corner.

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There was still time for Mathys Tel to have a shot pushed on to the crossbar by Matz Sels and Cristian Romero to be bundled over as he tried to head in the rebound. The official and VAR adjudged it was not a foul and the officials were booed off at the interval.

A double change with Destiny Udogie and Lucas Bergvall replacing Micky van de Ven and Djed Spence did not help Spurs at all for the second half. They started to look nervy and duly conceded around the hour when it was too easy for Callum Hudson-Odoi to get to the byline and he pulled it back for the unmarked Gibbs-White to fire through Vicario.

It got worse when a deep cross from Neco Williams found the run of Taiwo Awoniyi to beat Danso and prod the ball home.

Our Spurs correspondent Alasdair Gold was among those putting the questions to Saltor after the defeat. Here's the full transcript from the press conference at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium.

It was a big day for the club, the fans turned up off the pitch but where do you think it went wrong on it?

I think in the small details, I thought for 44 minutes in the first half we were the better team. And again, I think any mistake that we make, any small detail goes against us and we're not able to capitalise on the opposition's mistakes. And probably that affected the team.

And that's our job as coaches, to keep helping the players. And as you can see, the players, they care and they are 100% trying their best. But at the moment, it's not enough.

We need to minimise any mistakes because we know that we're going to concede a goal.

With the double change at half-time, was Micky van de Ven injured?

No, it was a sub with the intention to give more dynamic in the left side and have more legs going forward. And yeah, I thought that was like a tactical sub.

How do you turn this around, this stadium is not a fortress for the team at all?

No, completely. The best way to do it is focusing every day on doing your best, trying to be the best version of yourself, trying to push through difficulties, focusing on every action, not focussing on the end goal. It's just focusing and giving your best every day.

That sounds a topic, but that's the only thing that you can do. And players, obviously, as us, we need to reflect on ourselves and try to get the best version because we need it now.

How is Igor?

It's a personal family issue and obviously it's a difficult moment for him. I'm just trying to support the best way we can.

Was it something he knew about during the game or found out after?

I'm going to leave it there because I think, as I said, it's a personal matter.

A three-week gap now, do you still feel as a coaching staff you can turn this around?

Yeah, of course, we feel the support from everyone at the club and we're just focusing on how we can help players. Obviously, a lot of players, they're leaving now for the internationals and as soon as they get back, get back on the train, come and try to get everyone up to speed and prepare for the next game.

It's 13 games without a win in the Premier League, what gives you that belief?

It gives me the belief that the last two games against Liverpool and Atletico Madrid, I thought they were a great performance from the first minute to the last minute. On the first half today, to be honest, I think we should have been 1-0 up at least.

If you look at the stats, we created clear chances, but as I said, right now, every small detail is going against us and it's about turning that around and that's what gives me confidence.

I'm sure you were on the bus, what did you make of the reception from the fans?

I thought they were outstanding from the first minute when we were coming in and to the last minute. They stayed, they showed their support. It was quite emotional for everyone on the bus and that's what we need because right now, all of us, we have the same goal and that is to fight until the end of the season and stay in the Premier League as this club deserve.

Did Djed Spence go off with an injury?

No, everything was tactical. It was a tactical sub.

You said the first half was good but the second not so good, what was the difference?

The players got affected by the rhythm of the game and we couldn't find that rhythm to create more chances. The first half, the first 44 minutes I thought were good, really good, creating chances, getting into the box. In the second half, probably, we were unable to deal with the weight of the game.

How is Mathys Tel as he looked injured?

Now, it's still assessing and seeing if he can go with the national team.