Mauricio Pochettino apologised to fans for what he described as his worst result as a manager after Tottenhams 5-1 defeat by Newcastle. Spurs ended the season in third place, behind rivals Arsenal for the 21st consecutive season, drawing two and losing two of their final four games of the season.Pochettino, who signed a new five-year deal with Spurs in midweek, could not hide his disappointment at the performance, and insists his players mentality was to blame. Report: Newcastle 5-1 Tottenham Newcastle thrashed Tottenham 5-1 with 10 men to leave Spurs third in the Premier League He told Sky Sports: Im very disappointed; it was my worse game as a manager. We spoke weeks before about never giving up, we need to learn and improve our mentality.Firstly I want to apologise to our fans, our supporters, it was a shame what happened on the pitch. Georginio Wijnaldum celebrates scoring for Newcastle in the romp I apologise to our families, the families who have suffered behind us, it is difficult now to arrive home and explain what has happened here.When you watch the game it wasnt a tactical problem, a skill or technical problem, it was a mental problem. When you go on the pitch you need to give 100 per cent. We need to show more character. Spurs were poor at St James Park on Sunday Tottenham were Leicesters nearest challengers for the title for the majority of the season, but after their 2-2 draw with Chelsea at the beginning of the month, Pochettinos side have faltered.The Argentine says he challenged his players to keep their mental edge after that disappointing result, and added that these types of performances cannot be repeated.Yes [the Chelsea result was difficult to take], this was our challenge, to keep the mentality. After Chelsea we showed a lot of weakness, against Southampton and today. This cannot repeat again. Arsenal finished second after their 4-0 win over Aston Villa First of all, it is my responsibility, but I am disappointed. I think we need to analyse now, we are third in the table.But its not about the result, today the first 45 minutes was bad, and in the second we conceded three goals against 10 players. Rafa Benitez confirmed that he is happy at Newcastle and wants to stay at the club, but needs assurances that they have the same ambitions as him Also See: As it happened Newcastle 5-1 Spurs Table Live on Sky Mets Jerseys 2019 . Supported by three-run homers from Jayson Werth and Wilson Ramos, the young right-hander went seven strong innings in the Washington Nationals 8-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night. Custom New York Mets Jerseys . -- Former San Diego Chargers safety Paul Oliver was found dead at his Atlanta-area home Tuesday night, and a medical examiner said Wednesday that the ex-player committed suicide. https://www.cheapmetsjerseys.us/ . 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The Saltires were in confident mood as they jetted out for India ahead of the tournament opener on March 8.They open their campaign in Nagpur against Afghanistan and also face Zimbabwe and Hong Kong in the preliminary round as they bid to battle through to the second phase, where among the big guns await England and South Africa. Mommsen knows a positive display could not only help see the Scots through, but potentially put their players on course for lucrative deals in county cricket and perhaps even money-rich competitions like the IPL.The batsman - who has previously featured for Leicestershire - said: It is absolutely a shop window for us. We are all one innings, one outstanding performance away from changing our lives. Mommsen says Scotland will use the pain of losing to Afghanistan to their advantage I know its a cliche but the sky is the limit for our guys. If we can put on a stand-out display it could open a whole host of opportunities up from country cricket to playing T20 in tournaments right around the world. Those are real opportunities for most of us.Weve spoken about that as a group and its very exciting for us. Hopefully it inspires us to play even better cricket.Scotland have never won a match at at T20 or 50-over World Cup in 18 attempts and know three victories are likely required against their fellow minnow nations this time if they are to fight their way past round one.ddddddddddddGrant Bradburns team hope to use the experience of playing at last years 50-over World Cup to their benefit in the sub-continent. Afghanistans Shapoor Zadran celebrates a wicket against Scotland There they faced the likes of joint hosts New Zealand and Australia as well as the English - suffering some comprehensive defeats.But they also managed to let slip a precious win despite having the Afghans on the rack at 97-7, with Samiullah Shenwaris 96 helping their rivals eventually snatch victory with just three balls remaining.Mommsen, though, insists that crushing loss can help motivate his side for next months rematch.We will use the pain of losing to Afghanistan as inspiration for this tournament a lot, he said. I still have sleepless nights about that one.But that is what sport is about. Weve got another opportunity in game one to take them on, head on. We will be really fired up for it.Watch the ICC World T20, live on Sky Sports from March 8. Also See: ICC World T20 fixtures ICC World T20 squads WATCH: Best of 2014 World T20 Pick your Ultimate World T20 XI ' ' '