“We need to make sure we learn from our mistakes and start games quicker and brighter”.
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“I think we did do enough to win the game, but unfortunately it wasn’t our night”.
Alli concedes that Spurs were made to pay for a disappointing start but insists they can still match the very best that the continent has to offer.
The visitors raced into a two-goal lead inside half an hour at Wembley through Bernardo Silva and Thomas Lemar before Toby Alderweireld halved the deficit right on half-time.
It’s something of a worry for Tottenham if they can not muster the passion for such a big occasion, it being their first Champions League match in half-a-decade and all.
“We fancy ourselves against anyone”, he said.
He said: “We usually bounce back quite well from a defeat and we’ve got the next game against Sunderland”.
“We’ve got some fantastic fans here at Tottenham and it’s a great club to play for and the whole team are sorry we didn’t win”.
That will need to change, both in the short-term as they bid to qualify from their Champions League group and also in the longer-term – Spurs are due to play all of their home games in every competition at Wembley next season, during their year away from Tottenham High Road.
‘I’ve just got to keep working hard and I know the goals will come’.
Spurs sit bottom of Group E after slipping to a 2-1 opening defeat against Monaco in front of 85,011 fans at Wembley.
“With the right attitude you need to show more than we showed in the first half”, said the France worldwide.
“We need to be more aggressive in possession, when we have the possibility to score, we need to be more, more aggressive”, he told a press conference, via Goal.com.
I definitely hope we’ll learn from a night like this.
With Spurs playing at Wembley in the Champions League yesterday (Wednesday), squad players Son Heung-Min, who struck twice in Saturday’s 4-0 win over Stoke, and Mousa Dembélé are expected to start against the Black Cats. It’s the first loss of the season.
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“That’s what’s important when you’re in the Champions League, with the amount of games we’ve got”.
