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​Tottenham captain Lloris: Stadium can save season

Tottenham captain Hugo Lloris is hoping that moving into their new stadium will help the club save their season.

Spurs are reeling after failing to win in their last five Premier League games. They have only picked up one point in that time.

They will play at their new stadium for the first time on Wednesday night against Crystal Palace, and Lloris hopes his team can be spurred on by the occasion.

"There's a big moment for the club on Wednesday," the goalkeeper said to reporters about the clash with Crystal Palace.

"That's the moment to get back on the winning way and get the big feeling back because it was a bit unlucky for us yesterday against a title challenger. We showed our quality but it was not enough.

"It's one of the best stadiums in England – and maybe in Europe or the world. It's a very interesting moment for all the Spurs community. Now it's up to the players to make history inside this club, step-by-step.

"I think it's important to look forward. We have fantastic games ahead to play in our new stadium. It's going to be an exciting moment for the players and for the fans. It has to be positive for us and we need to use it in that way.

"There's still the Champions League quarter-final to play [against Manchester City]. Of course we're disappointed because we try to win every game. But after this defeat and especially the way we played in the second half we need to keep pushing and keep going.

"In the second half we showed a great mentality, we were very positive. We controlled the game, we should have won the game probably. Then we conceded a late goal in a very bad luck way."

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