We designed two pitches (at the training ground), one with the same dimensions as Wembley.
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“Will we get more comfortable here?”
The loss sees Spurs at the bottom of Group E with zero points while Monaco top the standings with three points.
Spurs face Sunderland next at White Hart Lane on Sunday and Alli expects them to bounce back strongly from their Champions League disappointment. They’ve managed to cope with it.
Tottenham have won only once at the redeveloped Wembley since it opened in 2007 and Pochettino’s demand for a high-intensity pressing style may prove more demanding for his players on the stadium’s big pitch.
“Each team has developed since then, ‘ he added. We need to work, to show more hunger, we need to show a different image”.
“It’s not a problem today”. We need to make sure that we learn from our mistakes and start games quicker and brighter. We can not talk about problems when nothing has happened yet. Obviously there are a few of us who have been here a few times before.
“We try not to find an excuse, that’s never good. He worked hard defensively and his movement was good”.
A crowd of 85,000 are expected to cheer Tottenham on against Monaco on Wednesday, as they look to begin their European campaign with a victory. “Playing in the Champions League there is very unique, so those two things are going to be fantastic”.
The England worldwide also assured fans that the squad is good enough to challenge on all fronts – in the Champions League, the Premier League and domestic competition. It’s an historic moment for us to share. “Similar surroundings, a big packed stadium and against a tough side so that is what we drew upon for this game”.
Dembele has been forced to miss Tottenham’s opening four Premier League games due to a suspension that was carried over from last season but he’ll be back in the squad for their Champions League match tomorrow night.
Despite his reservations about the Wembley move, Redknapp still fancies Spurs to match their Champions League run of 2011, when he led the team to a quarter-final defeat against Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid.
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“Tomorrow in Wembley, with almost 90,000 fans, it’ll be fantastic”.
