Mauricio Pochettino has admitted a half-time dressing down of his Tottenham players had the desired effect as they salvaged a 1-1 draw at Everton on Saturday.
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“You have to put stuff like that behind you”, said the 23-year-old striker.
Spurs will probably want to re-examine their midfield before next weekend’s home opener against Crystal Palace (we’ll have a more detailed look at this later). “That has got to go to the back of the mind and focus on this season”. “But I felt good and was ready to play 90 minutes”. When you’re away on holiday, it’s all you think about, wishing it went better and what you could have done better, ‘ he told the Mirror.
“There are highs and lows along your career and how you deal with that makes you the player you are”. I had one preseason game and today.
“I did not really have a chance on goal today which is always disappointing as a striker”, Kane added.
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino: “The first half was hard for us and we did not play well”.
Everton went ahead in the fifth minute at Goodison Park when Ross Barkley’s free kick, which he may have meant as a cross, bounced straight in. They tied the game with a Erik Lamela header midway through the half, and were on the front foot after that.
“They scored early and they believed they could win the game”.
He also had good things to say about three players who were all making their Everton full team debuts – Gueye, Stekelenburg and defender Mason Holgate. “We wanted to start fast but we did not do that”.
It would not have flattered Everton’s dominance, but it was a different story in the second half, with Pochettino giving Janssen a chance to show his worth.
“We came very close to winning the game in the end”.
“His saves were very important in that stage of the second half”. Overall it is an alright result but there is plenty to work on for next week.
“But we will work on it, and you saw Ross in the second half working hard for the team”.
Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino said he wanted to “kill” his players and himself after Spurs picked up two points from their final four matches of last term, culminating in a humiliating 5-1 defeat at relegated Newcastle, to slip behind rivals Arsenal for the 19th consecutive campaign.
“We want to be better and improve”, Kane added.
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“But we have brought in a couple of really good signings who are going to make a difference this year”. We are a team who have stuck together. It carried on the same line as the shot and I got my fingertips on it to push it over the crossbar. We had a big, big chance close to half-time, and then it is a different game and we knew it would be hard up until the end because they have really good players.
