Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris reflected on his performance and off-field issues after contributing to Wednesday's 4-2 loss at Wembley.
Hugo Lloris insisted he is focused on football after gifting Barcelona the lead in Tottenham's Champions League defeat as he returned to the line-up following a drink-driving offence.
Tottenham goalkeeper Lloris was given a 20-month driving ban and fined £50,000 after pleading guilty to drink-driving, having been stopped in his Porsche Panamera by police on August 24.
Lloris – who helped France to World Cup glory in Russia – then suffered a thigh injury and only returned to Tottenham's starting XI for Wednesday's showdown at Wembley, where his error contributed to Spurs' downfall.
Reflecting on his performance and off-field issues, Lloris said: "A few things have happened in my private life but the most important thing is to stay focused on your job. I was unfortunately injured and I tried my best to be back as soon as possible and as strong as possible.
"It's not easy to be back in this type of game without a game before but I tried my best and the most important for me is to be back and then build confidence and be back at my level. The most important is to be back in the competition and then repeat and repeat games to be at 100 per cent.
"It's a good feeling to be back with the team again. Obviously, I expected a better game but it's Barcelona in front of us and we can feel they are one step over us but we can be proud of the performance because we did our best, especially in the second-half. We increased our level and we were close to being back to 3-3 and finally we lost 4-2 but the most important is the mentality that we put, especially in the second-half.
"We played our football but then in front of us, yeah, it's one of the best teams in the world. With [Leo] Messi at this level, it's very complicated for us."
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for a second, i thought this was talking about the other Lloris........ i was going to say "but the concussion has affected my focus" now, i guess i will say "but the drinking has affected my focus"
josadektuy
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Lloris is so overrated it hurts my eyes when I see people mention him in contention for top 5 keeper in the world
I think Areola is a better keeper than him. he's overrated. makes awful mistakes that professional keepers won't make
Earnester
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He makes very good saves but he makes very mistakes as well, and consistency is the most important part in a keeper. You would much rather have a guy who guarantees good saves every match than a god in one match and mistakes like this that lose the game in another match
Jasonwarden
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He used to definitely be up there. He's declined a bit in the last year or two. Still very, very good, but prone to mistakes like this and therefore not anywhere near the top 5 in the world.
oversb
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Lloris is so overrated it hurts my eyes when I see people mention him in contention for top 5 keeper in the world
Josephmoreno
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It's not all about Lloris.Four defenders running to their own goal and nobody marks Coutinho. He did have all the time and space to place that shot.
Zhuroffe
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He gets absolutely rinsed for 90mins by the crowd, people screaming murderer at him, throwing coins at him, seen it all first hand. You could say there's an element of justice in making him endure that every away game.
radcdlno
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Tell us your focus Lloris ...getting drunk??
Elsa98
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Barcelona were too good.
Haoakpsuz
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real madrid need ronaldo [PIZZA]
karan1995
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i think he is still drunk
Reoacdeisz
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Se la vie
Reoacdeisz
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Ae la vie