Antonin Kinsky has thanked those that have despatched him messages of support on social media after a “nightmare” show in Tottenham Hotspur’s Champions League defeat at Atletico Madrid on Tuesday.
The Czech goalkeeper was substituted after 17 minutes with Spurs trailing 3-0 in the Spanish capital, having made errors which led to Atletico’s first and third objectives.
The Premier League facet went on to lose the first leg of their last-16 tie 5-2.
Kinsky posted on his Instagram story: “Thanks for the messages. From dream to nightmare to dream again. See you.”
The 22-year-old was consoled by a number of team-mates as he made his approach off the sphere.
Spurs supervisor Igor Tudor, who had chosen him to start out forward of Guglielmo Vicario, didn’t acknowledge Kinsky at the time however stated in his post-match media convention that he had spoken along with his goalkeeper afterwards.
The former Croatia worldwide stated of the substitution: “It was necessary to preserve the guy and preserve the team.
“It was, earlier than the sport, the precise option to do in the second we’re [in] – stress on Vicario, one other competitors and Toni is an excellent goalkeeper.
“So it was, for me, the right decision. After, it’s easy to say it was not the right decision.
“I defined to Toni, talking after, that he’s the precise man and an excellent goalkeeper. Unfortunately, these errors occurred in this huge recreation.”
