00:00You must be delighted with the conviction of your team to come back with character.
00:18Yeah, I'm very happy with that.
00:21I spoke about mentality before the game to the players,
00:25that to go down here against a good Brighton side away from home,
00:30on the back end of our first Champions League game,
00:34it's all about mentality.
00:36Of course, we need structure and tactic and game plan and all that.
00:41We like to praise ourselves as coaches,
00:43but in the end of the day, it's mentality to stay in there when it's tough.
00:48And I love the way we started the game.
00:50Away from home, just boom, on top of it.
00:53I don't think Brighton were over the halfway line, the first,
00:56whatever, I can't remember when they scored, 10-12 minutes or when it was.
01:01Then they score a goal where praise to Brighton,
01:05although we can do better and it's like this offside.
01:10We keep going, keep on it, and then great goal, but Vic can do better.
01:17I'm very happy with him, spoke to him.
01:19I think he had a great season for us and, you know, it happens.
01:23But we keep going.
01:24We stayed in the game, stick to the game plan,
01:27and I thought we looked physically strong.
01:29I thought that players looked strong and were intense throughout the game,
01:32even though we had a mid-week game,
01:34and we were very happy with the physical preparation during preseason
01:37and everything the team have done with big help from the performance staff at Tottenham.
01:43So the mentality, the physical aspect, I thought was key.
01:48And coming here, where we last year, we came here and we tuned up, lost 3-2.
01:53Now we tuned down and come back 2-2, I think it's good.
01:56And if there should have been a winner in my eyes, maybe slightly biased,
01:59I think it should have been us.
02:00I think the amount of crosses, the amount of touches in the opponent's box,
02:04the amount of nearby and also chances was more than enough to win the game.
02:08How many for destiny doubles in terms of stopping you?
02:11Exceptional.
02:12He was exceptional today.
02:14He was unstoppable almost going forward.
02:19And I think also it was a bit unfortunate.
02:23It was Wilson that had to track him on the situation
02:25because a little bit of a high-pressure situation.
02:27The Bryson won the goal, but he just completely took him out going forward very good.
02:34Just top.
02:35Yeah, I'm very, very pleased with that.
02:38I think Xavi came in and did exactly what we thought he could do in that 10th position.
02:43And I think he, of course, he had a good preseason
02:47and he played two games in Germany and all that,
02:49but he's still coming into a team and all that.
02:51And I think on any other day, he scored a goal.
02:53He got a great finish on the first one.
02:55Great save from Verbrücken.
02:56And the other one, he missed times.
02:58And I think actually maybe he could have got an assist to Ritchie,
03:01where Lukas takes the ball, he doesn't see him.
03:04Do you need a more natural position?
03:06I think he can play both.
03:08I think he can easily play the left winger.
03:13That can go more inside.
03:15I also think he'd have the wide position too.
03:17Sometimes the playmakers, they drift to the side
03:19because there's no space in the middle.
03:21So I think he can do that.
03:22But obviously he can play that as well.
03:24I'm very, very pleased with it.
03:45I think there was also a situation in the first half,
03:49the way we sprinted back on recovery runs.
03:52You know, that's goosebumps, that's bread and butter,
03:54but you want to be a resilient team because we play against good teams
03:57and it will be difficult sometimes.
03:59But it's a good group of players.
04:04They want to perform.
04:06They are disappointed after the game.
04:08You know, even if they come back, they wanted to win, of course.
04:11I also think the overall performance played in.
04:14I think maybe this was our most complete performance so far in the season.
04:19I know we made, you can say, we conceded two goals,
04:23but I think actually there were so many positive overall in the game.
04:26Also the high pressure, the man-man, very aggressive.
04:29But as you say, that resilience in the group, that mentality is good.
04:33I think two things.
04:48One, his work ethic has been really good.
04:50It's big for me, how hard he worked in the counter pressure,
04:53high pressure, defensive side of it.
04:55But he has treated him.
04:58His hold-up play when it goes into him is just stick.
05:01He can't get it off him, so he just keeps it.
05:03He doesn't lose a 50-50 ball.
05:07And then the third thing is one-on-one ability is crazy.
05:12He's so strong.
05:13He's so explosive.
05:14He just dominated that right-hand side.
05:23I think it's never as similar as Luke.
05:26I think that's a big thing.
05:28I think it's a great strike,
05:29but he will be kicking himself.
05:32He wants to save that.
05:33Thomas, what about Sam Brantford?
05:35Part of your success was through coaching improvement.
05:38Do you look at a lot of your team
05:41and think you can get 10, 20, 30% improvement
05:44in the number of players?
05:46Hopefully.
05:48We try to put a good structure in place.
05:53Offensively, defensively, clear principles.
05:56Keep reinforcing the right messages.
05:57For example, today we put so many crosses in.
06:00That's a big part of what we want to do.
06:02It could be a little bit more quality.
06:03We could also have a little bit more runs.
06:05And then we keep coaching them running in the right gaps, for example.
06:07I think if Richie have run in the right gaps,
06:10it's called maybe two goals more today, for example.
06:15So I think a lot of the players,
06:17I think I believe any player can keep developing.
06:19So that's a big part of what I believe in
06:21and my coaching staff believe in as well.
06:24I just want to ask you to expand a little bit more
06:26on why you think it's been the most complete performance.
06:29Yeah, because I think, I know we conceded two goals
06:32and it's never that black and white.
06:33So one where we will say, I should take it.
06:37The second one is, okay, we conceded a goal.
06:41That can happen. We play this.
06:42Premier League is good.
06:43But besides that, I thought we defended well.
06:45Overall, I think the high pressure was very aggressive
06:48and we were winning the ball back more or less all the time,
06:50which we would like to do.
06:52I think in phase one, we got out every time more or less.
06:55We controlled it up there.
06:57We created so many good opportunities
06:59and had to counter press and rest defending crosses.
07:01So it was a lot of the bit we would like to do.
07:03So because of that.
07:04And then on top of that, the mentality to come back
07:07from 2-0 downwards is so important.
07:11What can you achieve when you've got Randall,
07:13Colin, Moan and Dominic, and Anki back
07:15and you've got those extra attacking options?
07:17That's a good question. I don't know.
07:21Right now, I think it's about that consistency.
07:24So we played five Premier League games.
07:27I think we had four good performances and one bad.
07:31So can we stick with, I don't want that bad.
07:35I think it was a bad performance.
07:36So can we just get all bad performance out
07:38and consistently produce good performances?
07:40Then on a day where whatever, there's a mistake
07:43and you need to come back, you still get a point.
07:44Or you maybe turn it around and win 2-1 or win 3-2.
07:48Final, can I just ask your perspective on who's not the best first start this season?
07:52Happy with it, I must admit.
07:54I thought he looked lively.
07:55Clearly it looked like they were a little bit afraid of him.
07:58So he got time to turn and run forward.
08:00And I think he produced some crosses, some good opportunities.
08:02He's also involved in the goal.
08:04Worked hard.
08:06So, a good first start.
08:13Hopefully, it was a dead leg.
08:14So, I've actually been struggling with it for four or five days.
08:17It was just not settling as we hoped for.
08:20So hopefully for Wednesday.
08:29Yeah, but I must admit, I got three extremely good fullbacks.
08:33I think Jet Spence has been fantastic for us.
08:36So, when another player is doing so well,
08:38then there's no reason to throw Destiny in too early.
08:42And I'm pretty sure we need all three throughout the season.
08:46That is crucial.
08:49We are playing, hopefully, as Kustin is saying, around 60 games this season.
08:56That's a lot.
08:57If you see, I think Liverpool, they changed both their fullbacks from midweek to today.
09:02So, it's a big thing.
09:03We want fullbacks to come from barring up and down.
09:05So, we need everyone.
09:06But, very happy with this.
09:07I think you always want to control if you can.
09:11But, what I liked, I liked how aggressive we were, and there were some very good opportunities going forward.
09:16And, I like that we look very dangerous.
09:17That I liked a lot.
09:18I was doing it.
09:22Thank you guys.
09:36Thank you for your time, I'm sorry.
09:41that we look very dangerous, that I liked a lot.
09:45Thank you, guys.
