Ange Postecoglou reacts to a 2 - 1 defeat in the NLD - video Dailymotion

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Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou reacts to a 2 - 1 defeat in the North London Derby  15/01/2025  Emirates Stadium, London, UK

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00:00Yeah, no, not good enough. Especially the first half. We were just way too passive.

00:09Allowed Arsenal to take control of the game.

00:13Yeah, just really disappointed with the way we, both with and without the ball,

00:19sort of allowed them to dictate the tempo and paid a price for it.

00:25Yeah, the second half was a little bit better, but now we're near good enough.

00:29Was that a change at times about trying to gain control?

00:32Yeah, well it wasn't about gaining control.

00:34Just having a sort of different, I said different intent in our football.

00:37It's just not who we are. It's not the way I set the team up.

00:40It's not the way we want to play.

00:42To be sitting in there and allowing Arsenal to play, like I said, to their tempo,

00:50just wasn't good enough.

00:52And reading what you said on TV, you said too many games getting away from you,

00:56it needs to stop. How do you go about stopping that?

00:59Well, you've got no choice. There's no magic cure here.

01:03You've got to get up tomorrow and work hard and go into Sunday

01:08and prepare to go into battle and turn around our fortunes in our season.

01:17There's nothing that's magical that's going to change this.

01:22There's always reasons for all these things to happen,

01:26but the reality of it is that our results and our form in the league

01:33has been nowhere near good enough, and that needs to change.

01:36Is it a bit like you're looking for excuses tonight?

01:38The first goal means score.

01:41Well, it did, it did.

01:43Look, I don't want to talk about referees,

01:45and I think I've got to take responsibility for my team.

01:48I'll let the referees take responsibility for theirs.

01:50It was in the corner, but it's how things are going for us at the moment.

01:55That aside, we weren't anywhere near the level we needed to be

01:58in that first half in such a big game,

02:01and we've got to understand that what we can control

02:07is the first thing we need to focus on.

02:11You spoke yesterday about the defence

02:13and that moment that let you down this season.

02:16I guess without a mind, how frustrating is that second goal,

02:18and what can you do with these lapses you've had?

02:21Well, like I said, I think that second goal

02:26was just endemic of the whole first half.

02:28Irrespective of everything else, like I said,

02:31we just didn't play anywhere near the identity I want us to be.

02:35We're an aggressive team with and without the ball.

02:37We showed that seven days ago against Liverpool,

02:40and tonight, especially in that first 45,

02:43we were way too passive, and that's not acceptable.

02:49When you do that, then these kind of things creep in.

02:52It was a disappointing second goal to concede as well,

02:55but it's not like we were playing anywhere near the level we needed to.

03:00Like I said, the second half was a little bit better,

03:03and we certainly caused some more problems with and without the ball,

03:06but it wasn't enough.

03:09It's difficult to take no positives from Dalvish,

03:11but two 18-year-olds tonight, can you take anything from their performance?

03:14I hope not. I want them disappointed.

03:18This can't be accepted by anyone at the club.

03:21Us losing so many games in a league season is not right.

03:25I know we're going through a tough trot,

03:27and yes, we are asking for big jobs,

03:29but I hope they're hurting the 18-year-olds as much as anyone else

03:34in terms of us not being able to deliver on a big day, big night.

03:40Okay, thank you.

03:41Thanks.

Ange Postecoglou reacts to a 2 - 1 defeat in the NLD

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