00:15Yeah, start with Ali, please.
00:25Ali, yeah, just, please.
00:28Roberto, it felt like another one of those games where dominant in the first half but
00:33don't score your goals and that kind of puts pressure on the team and they don't react well.
00:38Yeah, but I don't want to speak about the first half when we don't dominate the game,
00:47we create more chance to score, we play well.
00:52I want to speak why or better.
00:57I don't want to speak, but my focus is why we concede the first goal in 10 minutes,
01:02in 10 players just for one minute in that situation.
01:07We can stay stronger, we can communicate more and more and more.
01:12We can defend in a compact way.
01:17I put Betancourt as a centre-back in that moment, in that minute and Mateus Fernandes as a midfielder.
01:28So, if we bring a red card, we can play 40 minutes, 70 minutes, 60 minutes in 10 players.
01:36And what is the problem?
01:37And then, in the second half, we scored the goal with Kudus offside.
01:44I don't know if some players lost energy, but we conceded an unacceptable goal from a long goal kick,
01:56with a long ball, and we knew before the game, because this season Aston Villa are playing 86% more
02:06long balls than last season.
02:10And we spoke many, many meetings yesterday and two days ago, and then we have to explain another game, like
02:21Newcastle,
02:24where we played the first half well, 60 minutes, okay, and then we lose.
02:34Which, for sure, is an aspect, is my responsibility.
02:39I don't want to leave and I take my responsibility.
02:46But in that moment of the game, when the game is different than ball possession,
02:51than playing in the last third, because we can't play 90 minutes in the last third, like the first half.
02:58Because there is an opponent, Aston Villa.
03:02It's not a so bad team.
03:05It's a good team, good players.
03:08And the moment when we have to defend, we have to defend compact.
03:14The leaders have to be leaders and to lead the team.
03:23Can I ask you about the substitution for Kudus coming on for Fernandes for the second half?
03:27It felt like Kudus took a while to get into the game.
03:30Kudus was one doubt.
03:32I had a doubt before the game yesterday between Kudus, Gallagher, and Mateus Fernandes.
03:42Kudus, starting in the first 11, maybe as a 10, especially as a 10.
03:47I thought he couldn't have the intensity like Mateus or Gallagher.
03:54And Mateus Gallagher, I decided for Mateus to give more control, more technique on the midfield position.
04:10Mateus is younger and Kudus, when he played, I think we lost balance, no?
04:23Roberto, do you think you could maybe have seen that coming given how different Kudus and Mateus are in terms
04:28of profiles when you bring off a midfielder like that?
04:31Is it maybe understandable why Aston Villa were able to come through?
04:48I think, yes, but explain, because I didn't understand the question.
04:54Do you want to ask me if in the second half we played worse than the first half because there
05:04was Kudus?
05:07I think Kudus probably added something to your attack, but maybe having Fernandes off the pitch lost something from your
05:13midfield potentially, would you agree with that?
05:15Could it have been foreseen?
05:18No, I think, no, I think no. It's not this the problem. The problem is in the second half we
05:27lost balance because we were losing just for it.
05:35And we forced the pass, we forced the situation, we lost the ball and they winning, Aston Villa winning.
05:45They played more in contra-attack. No, because, okay, Mateus is different than Kudus, but I have a big confidence
05:59of Mateus, but I didn't like the performance of Mateus today.
06:03Otherwise, I couldn't change. But he knows, but it can be normal. It's not an attack of Mateus. I love
06:13Mateus, it's not a problem.
06:15But I think from Mateus, we need more from Mateus because he can even be in that position.
06:27And you would have been pleased to score the two goals later on, but how important is it that Tottenham
06:31are managing to score earlier on in games when they're still there to be won?
06:40Today I am very disappointed, very sad, very frustrated for the performance because we can't lose this game in this
06:53way, absolutely.
06:54We can't concede the second goal. We can't lose balance just because in the first half we are losing.
07:04In the beginning of the second half, I spoke with the four attackers to use the head, calm.
07:12It was a minute 51. All second half, calm, play, enjoy and don't take risks and we take space.
07:24Or when we go in the last third with more attention, but the goal we conceded, the second goal was
07:36incredible.
07:40Roberto, in my opinion, Nicholas Jackson looked like everything Tottenham need at the moment, the way he performed for Aston
07:50Villa.
07:51Do you think the club have made a big mistake not signing an out-and-out number nine?
07:58Well, listen, the transfer market is long to explain because I'm happy for the squad, first of all, otherwise we
08:11create polemic.
08:12The transfer market was long. The situation changed many times. There was also the financial fair play at the end
08:28of the transfer market and we had to respect the financial fair play.
08:33We didn't sell the players who we thought at the beginning there was the possibility and the chance to sell.
08:43There are a lot of reasons.
08:46I think the club and the coach, we are not sleeping. We know the characteristics of the players, we know
08:55everything.
08:57And if we didn't make any different decisions, it was because we couldn't.
09:05And just more generally, in terms of the start, because you now have this break, how worried are you?
09:12And how can you fix it when so many of your players are now not going to be with you
09:16for three weeks?
09:18Maybe it's better. I didn't speak with the players today because I didn't want to say nothing.
09:27I'm not in the... No, I'm not. I have nothing with them. But the players who they go with national
09:41team, they have to play and they have to work.
09:44And the other players, Medison, Gallagher, Solanke, Tosin, Senesi, Savio, for sure we have to work more.
09:59Because also the physical condition, I didn't like even this game.
10:07Roberto, two questions in one. Where was Mati Tell today and how much more do you need from...?
10:13I think the technical decision was understood because I think during the game, Medison and Kudus, they had more chance
10:22to change the game.
10:26And then two central backs, important. Also the two full backs.
10:34Have a look for Pedro Porro with Archie Gray and the two central midfielder. But I explained why to Matisse
10:47yesterday. He was very nice and he understood the reason but nothing more. And also he played more than the
11:00others.
11:01And just with Dom Solanke, it feels like you've backed him this summer, you've put your confidence in him. Do
11:07you need more from him?
11:09We need more from him, for sure. But he's my player. I like Domi as a player. And I stay
11:24with him until the end.
11:28He needs to stay better, to feel better. The physical condition is not good enough, for sure. But it's normal
11:37for him.
11:39Maybe he's not good enough in the confidence of himself in this moment, because he's much better than this Dom
11:47Solanke.
11:48But maybe many, many, many things can be better than this moment.
11:56I think we can't, we can't say everything is bad, but it's not enough.
12:07MR PRICE, Jr.: Okay, thank you.
12:09MR PRICE, Jr.: Thank you.
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