Vincent Kompany wasn't naive into thinking life in the Premier League would be easy but has vowed to make his defence more solid following the 5-2 loss at Turf Moor to Tottenham Hotspur.
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00:00 We started well and obviously these teams at Premier League level, they tweak little
00:04 things and then they change bits in the game where you've got to then be able to either
00:09 adapt yourself or a little bit control the game until you've got the time to adapt.
00:16 We were not able to do that.
00:17 The moment we lost a little bit of control over the game, then it became very difficult
00:23 for us to stop them from having chances.
00:24 The moment we got control again of the game, or control, or we were back into the game
00:29 and put it this way, because it's hard to control the game against these teams, then
00:35 we looked like we were able to defend and we looked like we were able again to create
00:39 some more chances.
00:40 It's just difficult.
00:41 It's a high level of opponent that you face, of course.
00:44 For it to be a reality check, it would have been something that...
00:47 I've spent 11 years of my life in the Premier League, so I have a pretty good understanding
00:52 of what the level is and I don't think anyone is naive going into this division.
00:57 We know it's a challenge and if you look at the total amount of points that the promoted
01:02 teams have got so far this season, you realise obviously that every game is going to be tough.
01:09 This one was no different.
01:10 Quality side, lots of attacking threat.
01:16 At times, especially in the second half, more than the first half, the second half, at times
01:19 we had a period of time where we weren't able to compete.
01:24 Obviously either side of that period, there's some positives, but not enough to compete
01:29 with that level of teams at the moment.
01:32 It's easier to solve the defensive side and to solve the fact that you have a lack of
01:36 chances in the team.
01:38 I think we create chances at a very high level, so against teams like Villar, City and now
01:43 today against Tottenham.
01:45 That's something we have to keep in our game and obviously we need to become more solid,
01:51 but that's something that you can work on, you can really work on that and our team has
01:57 still got a lot of improvement in it.