A disappointing North London Derby loss for Spurs

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Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou reacts to a disappointing North London Derby 3-2  loss for Spurs against Arsenal  Tottenham Hotspurs Stadium, London, UK

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00:00 Disappointing.

00:02 Disappointing day for us.

00:04 It was a big game.

00:06 Big game for the club, for our fans.

00:08 We didn't get the outcome we wanted.

00:12 Obviously, it's very disappointing.

00:26 It's understanding where you are as a football team.

00:32 If I thought fixing defensive set-pieces was the answer to us bridging the gap,

00:38 then I'd put all my time and effort into that.

00:41 But that's not where we're at.

00:43 For us, it's about...

00:45 When I was focused on the details of not just set-pieces,

00:49 a lot of moments in games where we don't sense that

00:53 you give the good opposition the time and the space to do things,

00:59 then they're going to hurt you.

01:01 I think they maybe had four attempts on goal in the first half.

01:04 They scored three.

01:06 I don't think it's just about one part of it.

01:09 I think it's a bigger, broader picture than that.

01:12 But our defensive set-pieces for those first two were very poor.

01:18 But there's a lot more than that to fix.

01:23 Like I said, it's disappointing.

01:30 The outcome is disappointing.

01:32 We wanted to win today for our supporters, for the club,

01:35 but we didn't do that.

01:37 Whatever I think about the performance,

01:39 it's still the outcome that sits on you.

01:43 I think our general football was good, it was decent.

01:46 I think we controlled the game for the most part.

01:49 But we know we're a team that can do that.

01:52 It's about us now, not now, but over the course of time,

01:56 trying to get from where we are to where we want to get to.

01:59 And to do that, we're still not...

02:03 As we laser-focused on the details,

02:06 the small things that get you from where we are

02:09 to becoming a team that contends.

02:11 And credit to Arsenal, they're there now.

02:14 They're a team that does deal with the details well.

02:19 What are those kind of details?

02:21 Mate, they're thousands. I'm not going to sit here and...

02:23 It's just the little things that...

02:25 Like I said, you can't give time and space to good opposition.

02:28 You can't make decisions or lose focus on any given moment.

02:35 Even the transition goal, we were sort of focused on a decision

02:38 at the other end when we should have been thinking about

02:41 the danger that was at the other...potentially the other side.

02:44 One positive, what did you make of Cristiano Romeu?

02:49 Yeah, he was outstanding.

02:54 He's a World Cup winner.

02:57 And, you know, I've just got to get some of what's in him

03:01 into some of the others.

03:03 And can I ask you about that decision

03:06 before the foundation goal in their box?

03:08 You've seen it and what you made of it.

03:11 It doesn't matter if I saw it.

03:13 What matters is that, as I've said all along,

03:15 games are not refereed at the stadium anymore.

03:17 They're refereed somewhere else.

03:19 And no-one will convince me otherwise.

03:21 It's not even re-referee, it's refereed somewhere else.

03:23 It's why I don't celebrate goals anymore.

03:25 I've got to wait for somebody down the road.

03:27 So I just don't think referees in the stadium anymore

03:30 have that authority they used to to make decisions.

03:33 They just go, "You know what?

03:35 I'll just wait till see what the bloke down the road thinks."

03:39 It's a shame. I don't like it.

03:41 But it's here to stay.

03:43 And I've got to accept it like everyone else.

03:45 Thanks, guys. Thank you.

03:47 [clears throat]

03:50 [indistinct chatter]

03:52 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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