Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou reacts to losing the North London Derby to Arsenal from a set piece, a lot of criticism for which he received last season
15/09/2024
Tottenham Hotspurs Stadium, London, UK
15/09/2024
Tottenham Hotspurs Stadium, London, UK
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00:00Yeah, to a certain extent. I still think we had some good opportunities, but yeah, we could have had so many more.
00:14We just wasted some of our good play, similar to the other games where we just haven't really had that sort of conviction in the front third to take advantage of whether it's us winning the ball back
00:29or getting into that front third and nothing coming of it. So, you know, you kind of keep opposition teams in the game when you do that.
00:43Yes, like I said, we handled them well for the most part. We switched off for one and you pay a price and that's what happens.
00:51Like I said, it's always going to be a tight game, fine margins in these kind of games. And yeah, they took their key moment and we didn't.
01:00How do you feel about a lot of the major set-pieces that you lost in set-pieces? Do you feel overall you've improved in set-pieces? Is it particularly Romero switching off for that one?
01:30Yeah, I thought Dom worked hard, but like I said, he hasn't played for over a month, only his second game of the year.
01:51So I just thought there was a lot of times where we just had a bit more, like I said, belief, conviction in that front third that we could have made so much more of our play to create really good opportunities.
02:05And even the ones we did, we didn't. Again, like I said, we lacked some real conviction in our execution to really make the most of them.
02:47I know for some reason people think I don't care about set-pieces and it's a narrative that you can keep going on for ages and ages. I understand that. Like I said, we work on them all the time, like we do with every other team. You know they're a threat.
03:13As I said, for the most part we handled them really well today, but we switched off for one and we paid a price and you learn from that and you move on. But it is what it is, Matt. It's my burden to carry, Matt, and I'm happy to do that.
03:28Like I've always said, for me, there's a bigger picture that's at play here that's much more important than the finer details of us getting to where we want to. For us, the way forward is to, as I said, try and turn the football we're playing into now into something meaningful.
03:58Do you see a bit more of that when you've got a game today?
04:29Our football's probably been more consistent and more compelling than it was in our first four games last year, but obviously the results don't reflect that. I think we've made progress in certain areas, but there's other areas, like I said, we still need to improve on and that's my job to fill those gaps as quickly as possible.