Roberto De Zerbi has four games to keep Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League.
Antonin Kinsky has backed Tottenham Hotspur to avoid relegation from the English top-flight. Last weekend, the 23-year-old goalkeeper helped the Lilywhites seal their first Premier League win of the year, making a crucial save in the dying embers of stoppage time to deny Joao Gomes.
Although Nottingham Forest and West Ham also tasted victory, keeping Spurs in the bottom three, the result at Molineux injected newfound belief and confidence into Roberto De Zerbi’s side. Now, Tottenham have four games to climb out of the relegation zone.
Speaking to Sky Sports ahead of Sunday night’s clash against Aston Villa, Kinsky revealed he believes the Lilywhites have what it takes to escape the drop. On how he sees the fight for survival, he said: “It’s just positive.
“I think if anyone from us would feel different, then there is no point of being within the squad. Where it all starts, it’s here. And if you don’t believe it, then you can’t achieve it.
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“So this is the most important thing. OK, do your best to be prepared, but first of all, you need to have the goal and believe it. Otherwise, everything is pointless. So I believe everyone is like this, and I believe this is what’s going to help us a lot.”
On the impact of De Zerbi, who replaced Igor Tudor in the dugout at the end of March, Kinsky said: “By the way he speaks, what you read and what you hear from him is that he believes in us and that is a big message that he gives us overall: that the quality is there in the squad.
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“It’s just not to speak about it but to show it. With the combination, with the style that he wants to play, I think our squad fits to that so I believe this is going to work. Now we have four points from three games, there is four left and I hope and I believe that this is the right way.”
Earlier this year, Kinsky marked his Champions League debut with a catalogue of mistakes. The Czech international made a few high-profile errors in the first leg of the last-16 and was taken off shortly before the half-hour mark.
On the defeat to Atletico Madrid, Kinsky said: “It was a moment, debut in the Champions League, that I was dreaming of as a young boy. For me, this was the thing that I was going for.
“I was looking forward to it so much. Of course, after the game, I was sad that this happened, but on the other hand, I was calm. I have good people around me who always give me good feedback, what they really think about it and they are honest with me.
“So, I spoke to them a lot, I listened to them, then I compared it to my feelings and they were similar. So, upon me, it was just to keep going and make sure that when the next opportunity comes, I will be ready again.”
The Tottenham goalkeeper added: “I would say I’m stronger by that one experience. It’s not like before I would feel weak, now I feel stronger because I made [that experience].
“You make it because you are strong already and it makes you just stronger and it helps you just to grow. There is always so much things to improve, so it just shows you the things that you can get better at or mentally to adjust a little bit the approach towards the game.”
