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Ange on Spurs knocking out Manchester City to get through to the next round of the Carabao Cup
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30/10/2024
Tottenham Hotspurs manager Ange Postecoglou on Spurs knocking out Manchester City to get through to the next round of the Carabao Cup
30/10/2024
Tottenham Hotspurs Stadium, London, UK
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00:00
Yeah, it was an important win, obviously, in the cup competition, you have to win to
00:05
sort of continue in it, so that's the first thing.
00:09
Look, you're playing against an unbelievable side and they're going to ask you all sorts
00:14
of questions, and they did today, I thought, you know, we defended well because we didn't
00:19
really give away too many clear-cut opportunities, but we did have to defend, but I thought that
00:25
we did that well.
00:26
And then, you know, in our attacking moments, we had some really, you know, top-quality
00:30
moments, you know, we had some really good chances to finish the game off, which we didn't
00:34
take, but, you know, great resilience by the boys to sort of hold out.
00:39
Obviously, when you play City, they're going to ask you every question there is, and for
00:43
the most part, I thought we handled it okay.
00:44
Yeah, I mean, Pape first, I mean, he's done well for us in terms of goal output, you know,
01:06
when he's played, he hasn't played every game, but when he has played, he's made an impact
01:10
for us and, you know, it was a well-worked sort of attacking set-piece for us, but it
01:15
was a hell of a strike, and, you know, against City, like I said, you need to have some quality
01:21
in those moments to score against them, and both goals were outstanding moments for us.
01:26
Great move for the first one, and as you said, great for Timo to finish, obviously he's been
01:30
going through a tough time.
01:33
You know, I think, you know, with attacking players, it kind of weighs on them when they
01:37
don't score or don't sort of finish stuff off, so for him to score tonight, an important
01:42
moment for us in the game, yeah, it was great, and hopefully that sort of helps him sort
01:48
of kick on.
01:49
Just on the injuries, I mean, an update on Mickie, Timo, and then was Romero an injury?
01:55
Yeah, so, I mean, obviously Mickie, you know, fell something in his hamstring, I haven't
01:59
got the sort of full sort of update on him, but he definitely fell something, so we'll
02:05
see how he is.
02:07
Kuti was a bit tight, and I kind of was contemplating changing him at half-time, you know, obviously
02:12
losing Mickie as well, I didn't want to sort of lose another centre-half, and he said he
02:17
felt okay, but, you know, just my gut was telling me it was, you know, no point taking
02:22
the risk, you know, and we had Benny who could come on, and Timo was just, I think, you know,
02:27
he hasn't played a lot, so I think it was more fatigue, hopefully, than anything else.
02:31
What about the Sar attacks at half-time?
02:34
Yeah, it had been booked, and, you know, I just thought the way the game was going, I
02:40
didn't want to take a risk there, and I thought Biss would help us in our build-up, it's probably,
02:45
you know, got a bit sticky for us, sort of the back end of the first half, playing out,
02:51
and I thought having Biss and Rodri in there would give us sort of more of a foothold in
02:56
trying to play out from the back, and I think it helped us in the second half, so it was
02:59
tactical more than anything else.
03:01
Is the City won this competition, I think, six of the last ten years, and now they're
03:05
out a couple of other big sides have gone out tonight, do you feel like it's just kind
03:10
of wide-open for the rest of the squad?
03:13
So you're suggesting the sides left are easy?
03:16
No, but, you know, there's an opportunity there.
03:18
Well, there's always an opportunity if you keep winning, so, you know, but, as I say,
03:23
there's still some decent teams in there, it's not, we're only at the quarter-final
03:27
stage, but, you know, for us, what's important is we're in it, you know, and we've got to,
03:31
you know, as long as we stay in it, then we're a chance.
03:34
And, I know it's only one win, but for the playing group to go toe-to-toe with a really
03:39
good C side, does that feel like a big step forward in the development of the group?
03:44
I'm not going to go for big steps forward or big steps back, you know, I've got kind
03:49
of, with the same team we were, you know, three days ago, you know, we're a side that's
03:55
growing, we're developing, I've seen progress, I'll continue to see progress, but we're going
04:00
to have stumbles along the way, and the same way we kind of, you know, don't lose our nerve
04:07
after having a poor run on the weekend, tonight doesn't mean that we, you know, need to change
04:12
our approach, it's, we've just got to keep working at what we've been doing and keep
04:17
believing in sort of the process of what we're trying to build, and the key thing for tonight
04:22
for us was obviously the victory, because, you know, in a cup competition, ultimately,
04:26
that's the main thing, you know, you've got to win to keep going, and we got that,
04:32
and the fact that it was against a formidable opponent, you know, is great for the whole group.
04:40
Do you think there was a bit of maybe wounded pride in the players today, or that it could
04:44
be the point after what happened with the cup?
04:46
I hope not, I really hope not, that's what I'm talking about, you know, we can't wait
04:50
for these things to, to kind of change our approach, you know, yes, we were disappointed,
04:55
but on the weekend, because we didn't, you know, reach the levels anywhere near the levels
05:01
we needed to, and shouldn't wait for those moments then to react, like I said, but, as
05:08
I said, you know, yesterday, I think it was that this group is still learning a lot of
05:13
these things, they need to have these experiences of difficult times, and, you know, how they
05:20
cope with them, how they react to them is important, for sure, and you don't want difficult
05:25
times to last too long, you know, and, you know, for us this year, we kind of bounce
05:29
back whenever we've had a bit of a stumble, but the idea is not, you know, not to stumble
05:36
too often, as well, so, you know, we should prepare ourselves for, you know, another big
05:41
game on the weekend.
05:43
Mike, final one, please.
05:45
Jeremy, given the opposition, given the loss of van der Meyde after a quarter of an hour,
05:51
is that your, given the...
05:53
A lot of givens.
05:55
It's a lot of givens.
05:57
Yeah, lots of givens. Is that your best win as a manager?
06:01
You know, my last win's always my, my best win. Like I said, I, I continue to see growth
06:10
in this group of players and, and this team, and, you know, I want them to have these moments
06:17
because I know how important it is to accelerate the growth of what we're doing, but, you know,
06:23
for me, personally, nothing really changes. It's, it's about trying to continually, you
06:30
know, push this group to be, to become the team we want to be. We're not there yet, fair
06:35
to say, but as I said yesterday, I'm really, I'm really optimistic and bullish about this
06:41
group of players. I just think that they've got a really high ceiling and we've just got
06:45
to keep focusing on that.
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