Harry Kane and Son Heung-min both missed chances, while Erik Lamela gave away possession in the lead-up to Monaco’s first goal before Jan Vertonghen and Ben Davies failed to clear the cross for the second.
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Mauricio Pochettino (Tottenham coach): “We can not concede how we did and we need to be more aggressive when we have the chances to score”. 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. And before Spurs could make any further headway, substitute Thomas Lemar lashed high into the net, doubling the Monaco lead, and again asking questions of the home side’s back line.
“Silva played a very good match”.
“First and foremost about Diral we will have a look at him tonight and see how he is tomorrow”, the Portuguese coach stated. “In the second half I think we started good, but not good enough”.
He said: “We usually bounce back quite well from a defeat and we’ve got the next game against Sunderland”.
However, the England worldwide has made a habit of silencing his doubters – he scored one in nine at the start of last season before winning the Premier League Golden Boot – and says he is ready to do so again. “He worked hard defensively, and made some great runs”. The slow start killed us. I think Radamel (Falcao) had a super match.
Pochettino sent on Mousa Dembele for Son at half-time and the Premier League side nearly had an instant equaliser as Dele Alli’s dipping half-volley from 25 yards drew an agile tip-over from Subasic.
New boy Moussa Sissoko was just revelling at playing in the competition, the reason the Frenchman snubbed Everton for Spurs in a club record equalling £30million move from Newcastle.
‘He’s a fantastic player.
“Will we get more comfortable here?” Monaco found their defensive stability and Spurs knew that they had to go more direct.
Wednesday’s attendance of 85,011 people at Wembley Stadium, Spurs’ home for European fixtures this season, is the largest ever for an England club’s home game.
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino has questioned his player’s hunger after they fell 2-1 to Monaco in their first game of the Champions League.
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Bruno Génésio (Lyon coach): “It is a ideal start, because we won well I think against a Zagreb team who are a direct rival for third place if we want to talk about that”.
