Tottenham's Ange Postecoglu on their shock UEL last 16 first leg defeat to AZ

Tottenham's Ange Postecoglu on their shock UEFA Europa League last 16 first leg defeat to AZ Alkmaar AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar, Netherlands

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00:00It wasn't great for us tonight, pretty much all facets of the game.

00:04We didn't really get to grips with any part of the game.

00:08We struggled to gain any momentum with the ball.

00:12We weren't as aggressive as we needed to be without the ball.

00:16It was a tricky surface, but having said that, we knew that from yesterday.

00:20We just didn't really tackle the challenges we had out there

00:25in a real positive way,

00:28and that just allowed us to get into a rhythm,

00:31which when you're playing away from home,

00:35it's difficult to stem the tide.

00:42It's probably a combination of things, but we'll analyse it.

00:47We'll have a look at the areas where we struggled with tonight,

00:52but it's fair to say that it was nowhere near the level it needs to be.

00:58It looks like a knock, but I haven't really seen him,

01:01but hopefully nothing too bad.

01:14I don't think it's a matter of effort or attitude.

01:17They're not going out there not trying.

01:19Like I said, we didn't really come to grips

01:22and have the right mindset to tackle an away fixture in Europe.

01:27It's always tough.

01:28We obviously conceded the goal, which was just a disappointing set of events,

01:33but even after that we didn't really kind of settle down into the game at all.

01:38Like I said, it's a matter of you're going to have to face some pressure

01:42when you're playing away from home in Europe,

01:44weathering the storm and then getting to grips with it,

01:47but we never really did, so that was a disappointing bit.

01:58I don't have any doubt about our ability to break them down,

02:03but we obviously have to play a little bit differently than what we did tonight.

02:07Not just with the ball, but without the ball too.

02:10We've just got to be a lot more aggressive.

02:12While we were tonight, we were just lacking a little bit of aggressiveness

02:19in everything we did.

02:20We were a little bit hesitant with the ball.

02:22We were hesitant with our pressing.

02:25We can't be that way if we address those things.

02:28I'm sure we'll be in a position to at least cause more problems than we did tonight.

02:35It's only 1-0, so I guess that's a positive for us

02:39that we didn't let the game get away from us.