Tottenham's Ange Postecoglu on their shock UEFA Europa League last 16 first leg defeat to AZ Alkmaar
AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar, Netherlands
AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar, Netherlands
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00:00It wasn't great for us tonight, pretty much all facets of the game.
00:04We didn't really get to grips with any part of the game.
00:08We struggled to gain any momentum with the ball.
00:12We weren't as aggressive as we needed to be without the ball.
00:16It was a tricky surface, but having said that, we knew that from yesterday.
00:20We just didn't really tackle the challenges we had out there
00:25in a real positive way,
00:28and that just allowed us to get into a rhythm,
00:31which when you're playing away from home,
00:35it's difficult to stem the tide.
00:42It's probably a combination of things, but we'll analyse it.
00:47We'll have a look at the areas where we struggled with tonight,
00:52but it's fair to say that it was nowhere near the level it needs to be.
00:58It looks like a knock, but I haven't really seen him,
01:01but hopefully nothing too bad.
01:14I don't think it's a matter of effort or attitude.
01:17They're not going out there not trying.
01:19Like I said, we didn't really come to grips
01:22and have the right mindset to tackle an away fixture in Europe.
01:27It's always tough.
01:28We obviously conceded the goal, which was just a disappointing set of events,
01:33but even after that we didn't really kind of settle down into the game at all.
01:38Like I said, it's a matter of you're going to have to face some pressure
01:42when you're playing away from home in Europe,
01:44weathering the storm and then getting to grips with it,
01:47but we never really did, so that was a disappointing bit.
01:58I don't have any doubt about our ability to break them down,
02:03but we obviously have to play a little bit differently than what we did tonight.
02:07Not just with the ball, but without the ball too.
02:10We've just got to be a lot more aggressive.
02:12While we were tonight, we were just lacking a little bit of aggressiveness
02:19in everything we did.
02:20We were a little bit hesitant with the ball.
02:22We were hesitant with our pressing.
02:25We can't be that way if we address those things.
02:28I'm sure we'll be in a position to at least cause more problems than we did tonight.
02:35It's only 1-0, so I guess that's a positive for us
02:39that we didn't let the game get away from us.