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LONDON (Reuters) – Tottenham Hotspur’s players held a ‘clear the air’ meeting with chairman Daniel Levy after the 6-1 hammering at Newcastle United last weekend, according to striker Harry Kane.<\/p>\n

The debacle at Newcastle, which more or less put paid to Tottenham’s top-four hopes, resulted in the players reimbursing fans’ costs for the trip to Tyneside.<\/p>\n

It also cost stand-in manager Cristian Stellini his job, with former midfielder Ryan Mason taking charge of Thursday’s battling 2-2 home draw against Manchester United.<\/p>\n

After the United game, Kane said talks were held with the under-fire Levy, who many Tottenham fans blame for the club not winning any silverware since 2008.<\/p>\n

“The chairman asked for a meeting,” Kane, the club’s record scorer said. “Obviously I won’t go into what was said but I think it was important (for him) to understand where the players’ heads were at in that moment.<\/p>\n

“Obviously coming off the back of that (Newcastle) result and it wasn’t just that result, it had been building up since the international break when we conceded twice against Southampton.<\/p>\n

“It was an honest conversation of where everyone is at and what we need to try to do to give us the best possible chance to finish the season with something.”<\/p>\n

Tottenham responded well to going 2-0 down at home to United with goals by Pedro Porro and Son Heung-min lifting the mood of gloom hanging over the north London club.<\/p>\n

Mason, who had a previous spell in charge following the sacking of Jose Mourinho, said the comeback had created some ‘good energy’ ahead of Sunday’s trip to seventh-placed Liverpool — a fixture vital to the club’s hopes of at least qualifying for next season’s Europa League.<\/p>\n

“In football, negativity can spread very quickly but at the same time so can positivity, if you create the right feeling,” the 31-year-old Mason, forced to end his career after a head injury, told reporters on Friday.<\/p>\n

“That can accelerate a process so hopefully we can continue with what we saw in the second half (against Manchester United).<\/p>\n

“We were together and had belief in what we were doing.”<\/p>\n

Mason said anger had fuelled Tottenham’s improved performance against United.<\/p>\n

“Naturally when you have a result like last Sunday there should be anger, I wanted to see an angry team,” he said.<\/p>\n

Tottenham’s draw put them back in fifth place but they are only a point ahead of Liverpool, who have a game in hand, and are level on points with sixth-placed Aston Villa.<\/p>\n

The clubs finishing fifth and sixth are almost certain to qualify for the Europa League.<\/p>\n

“The game on Sunday will not determine the outcome of season. Tottenham and Liverpool in any season is a big game,” Mason said.<\/p>\n

Tottenham will again be without keeper Hugo Lloris who went off injured at halftime in the defeat at Newcastle with his side already losing 5-0. <\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Martyn Herman, editing by Pritha Sarkar)<\/p>\n

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