Dele Alli admits Tottenham must be ruthless if they are to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League. We got back in it before half-time with Toby’s goal, but need to be a lot more clinical and finish off our chances.
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The Monaco boss also acknowledged the size of the Wembley pitch affected the Spurs performance.
Jardim further explained that he didn’t change his side’s tactics in the second half despite Alderweireld reducing the deficit with his first-half stoppage time goal. Today was a fantastic day to share with our fans but I feel very disappointed.
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.
Heung-Min Son had an early shot cleared off the line at a packed-out Wembley Stadium, before two defensive lapses allowed the visitors to go 2-0 up just after the half-hour mark.
‘We wanted to stop the transitions of our opponents, who are very strong in this area, ‘ said Jardim.
“We trust in us”.
Of course, the move wasn’t completed as the Portuguese worldwide later went on to join Monaco, who face Spurs in the Champions League at Wembley on Wednesday 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.
‘What was the Tottenham score last night, mate?’ the Arsenal fan brutally asks, obviously knowing full well what the scoreline was.
The England worldwide midfielder agreed a new five-year deal on Tuesday, 24 hours before Spurs take on Monaco in their Group E opener at Wembley. We need to work, to show more hunger.
“I think it helped us more than them”. “We have to make sure we’re ready for that”.
“It is true that we had more chances, our positions, we were better than Monaco but they were more effective”.
He’s a top player to play against so I hope I did handle him okay, yeah.
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After signing the deal, Dier was quoted saying,”There are many reasons I wanted to commit my future to Tottenham”.
