Tottenham may have kickstarted their season away to Stoke at the weekend, but they’ll have had one eye on their huge clash with Monaco on Wednesday night.
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“I think we did do enough to win the game, but unfortunately it wasn’t our night. We are a team, we have a lot of competition and it’s good the players are all available to give me more options”. You see something similar with Liverpool at Anfield, when the home crowd always plays such a big part in European games.
Mauricio Pochettino’s side continued to frantically push for the leveller in game’s dying minutes, but Monaco’s defence and Subasic were resolute in closing out the match. The fans showed great support tonight with the numbers coming out.
“We knew that from the start”.
“I fancy Spurs to do very well in the Champions League and I’d be disappointed if they didn’t get to the quarter-finals”, he added.
“It helps us that we know Monaco having played them last season, but this will be a different match and it’s hard to compare”. “In terms of how we prepared mentally we tried to think back to how we were emotionally when we played Arsenal at The Emirates”. We change between the pitches to keep the grass at a good level.
“We need to look at ourselves and criticise ourselves because it was our mistakes”.
And Alli agreed the performance was not one they had come to expect as a side and insisted they must learn to be more clinical in front of goal in the future.
“He’s [Pochettino] nearly ahead of the game, unlike some other new managers that need to implement their style onto a new group of players”, Jenas added. Today’s game takes place from Wembley Stadium in London, and has a scheduled start time of 7.45 p.m. BST (2.45 p.m. ET).
Alli said: “Maybe we will get more comfortable with the routine there. I can’t imagine the moment when we’re in the tunnel going onto the pitch – it’ll be an emotional moment”.
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The French side have made an excellent start to the season in Ligue 1, with 3 wins and a draw from their first 4 games, including a 3-1 win at home to champions PSG. “I like to play at White Hart Lane and I will enjoy playing at Wembley”.
