“The way the Reds are set up and with the players they have got, I think they are going to win quite a few games easily but, when teams score against them first, it is going to be hard for them. It wasn’t easy. We played a team that played ideal counter-attack and the draw is a fair result”.
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“For us, everything could have been better, but it could have been worse”.
“It is very hard”, Pochettino said afterwards, “we need time, maybe a few months, to put all the players on the same level”.
Sky Sports cameras caught him on the sidelines warming up, and based on this facial expression, it’s fair to say he wasn’t too happy with what he was seeing… “Sitting here with four points after three games is not what I wanted but this is our base and we will build on this base”. I am very pleased.
Indeed, Jurgen Klopp has now had a full summer to bring in his own players and there have been signs of positivity in the early weeks of the season – winning two of their three games in all competitions.
The supremacy of the Merseysiders was evident in the first half, as they controlled large swatches of play and dominated both in and out of possession.
Kane looked sluggish against Liverpool and was replaced by Josh Onomah in the 83rd minute, but Pochettino joked: “I think it’s a good sign that he didn’t score yet, because last season he didn’t score until game 10 and was the top scorer in the league!”
“He had one good save, one brilliant save today – and Vorm (saved their life) a few times”.
Eventually the Reds would score in the 43rd minute but it was less about Spurs’ awful defense (even though it was quite bad) and more about referee Bobby Madley calling a soft foul on Érik Lamela.
Rose echoed the thoughts of his manager regarding the merits of the result, the goalscorer revealing his reluctance to get forward due to the threat posed by the speed of Liverpool forward Sadio Mane.
“I think there was a good connection between them and especially with Vincent, he’s something different”.
“But then we had the problem with Walker and we had to take more risks in the second half”.
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The Argentinian also spoke about another England worldwide, Harry Kane, and said he is not anxious by his lack of goals, pointing out last season he only scored for the first time in the tenth game, and turned out to be the top scorer. It wasn’t easy. We played a team that played ideal counter-attack and the draw is a fair result.
