Indeed, the players agreed with Mauricio Pochettino's assessment that allowing West Brom to go 1-0 up so early proved costly.
Salomon Rondon scored that opening goal on four minutes as we started slowly. We started to step up on the half-hour mark and finally broke through on 73 minutes when Harry Kane converted Dele Alli's cross.
We looked all set for a grandstand finish but for all the possession, a series of crosses and efforts from Harry and Dele, it wasn't to be.
Here's what Harry, Heung-Min Son, Eric Dier and Kieran Trippier had to say.