2-0 down was really hard.
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A header from Toby Alderweireld just before the break set up an enthralling second-half but the French outfit managed to hold on for three crucial points in Group E.
“We started the game a little passively”, Ronaldo told BeIN Sports.
“We conceded a goal after 16 minutes that, at this level and in football, you can not concede”, Pochettino told BT Sport. “It’s hard to accept”.
“When you concede like this it is very hard”. It’s a shame because it was a good chance to give the fans a very good victory.
Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Dele Alli has admitted that he and his teammates have only themselves to blame following their disappointing 2-1 defeat to AS Monaco in the Champions League.
Pochettino said afterwards: “I was speaking with my players at half-time. We need to finish strongly as well and be a lot more clinical”.
“It is not new. Hopefully we’ll get a win there”. We love that pressure and we know if we play 100 per cent with can come away with a positive result.
“We need to learn as quick as possible from this game because we still have a chance to through as there’s still five games, but we need to learn quickly”. We use different pitches on different days during the week.
“I think it helped us more than them”.
Monaco represent familiar foes for Spurs, the two clubs having met in the Europa League last season, while Dier played under opposition boss Leonardo Jardim during his time at Sporting.
“First and foremost about Diral we will have a look at him tonight and see how he is tomorrow”, the Portuguese coach stated. I think it can be a benefit for us.
Alli indicated he did not mind being moved around the pitch, saying: “I’ll play wherever the manager wants me to, it’s not a problem”.
The England global impressed during the 2015 defeat by Chelsea but he said of the occasion: “It wasn’t a good day because we’d have liked to have won it, so I’m not sure (it was good for me)”. Tactically it did upset us.
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“We wanted to keep our substitutions until later but it was a happy substitution in the end because he scored the second goal, so it all worked out well for us”.
