Mauricio Pochettino’s side are playing at Wembley while White Hart Lane is redeveloped and midfielder Dier says the bigger pitch and more fans can only be an advantage. “They are in good form and they beat PSG just before the worldwide break”, he said. They are organised and are playing well.
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Jenas also believes Tottenham are in a strong position because the players understand what Pochettino demands, with the Argentine now in his third season in charge.
“I think they will be, like us, very excited to start the competition”. There is little question White Hart Lane’s has so far suited them: the manager’s high-intensity and pressing tactics have flourished on the smaller pitch.
“We trust ourselves and the way we play”.
Dembele has missed the first four games of Tottenham’s Premier League campaign because of a domestic suspension for violent conduct at the end of last season against Chelsea. We need to play and try to beat Monaco. The team are in a good place at the moment and our form is good in Ligue 1.
Now we want to see him do it in front of a packed stadium. Afterwards, it’s about football.
‘Teams that build from the back, like us, have more space, more possibility to play and it’s more hard for the opponent to press you. They are coming off an excellent 2015-16 season that saw them fall short of the title, yet still lead the league in goal difference. Don’t worry though. I’m going to help you along. The pitch was bigger, the ground was different and for the English players it was something completely unusual. “We change between the pitches to keep the grass at a good level”. Lloris suffered a hamstring injury in the opening game at Everton, while the final days of the transfer window affected squad selection and provided distractions.
“We need to go to Wembley and play, behave naturally and not try to find an excuse, that’s never good”, Pochettino said today. “We need to carry on and focus on ourselves”. “Hopefully we’ll put in a good performance that will get us on the right path to qualification”.
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“Jardim was my manager for one season at Sporting”.
“For him it was important because it’s important for all strikers to feel the net”.
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“We designed a pitch with the same dimensions as Wembley”, he said.
