Tottenham supervisor Ange Postecoglou credited his aspect’s 2-0 win over Fulham to their “outstanding” pressing after they returned to the highest of the Premier League.
Goals from Son Heung-min and James Maddison confirmed the three factors for the hosts at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Postecoglou additionally praised the contribution of Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, who began in place of the suspended Yves Bissouma.
“It was a good win. The boys worked hard, I thought our work without the ball was outstanding as it has been all year….”
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“I thought our pressing was outstanding the whole game and maybe in the first half we could have got one or two more to put the game to bed,” Postecoglou mentioned.
“I believed Pierre was good and he’s been good in each sport he’s performed for us and he’s been put in some troublesome conditions and dealt with them nicely, he’s very skilled.
“I believed in the primary half in explicit we stayed calm on the ball and had some good tempo. Like I mentioned I believed our pressing was excellent all sport and I believed he was an enormous a part of that.
“He made interceptions for both goals and yeah it was important to have him in there, his experience coming in because Bissouma has been very important for us and in such a crucial role but I thought he was excellent.”
Spurs took their foot off the gasoline after their second aim, which invited strain from Fulham, who had their possibilities to attain late on.
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And the previous Australia supervisor was “disappointed” along with his aspect’s second-half efforts.
He added: “I’m actually upset with the second half, we had been nowhere close to the degrees now we have been all yr and now we have acquired to ensure we keep disciplined in our strategy as a result of the keeper made a few nice saves to maintain the clear sheet and throughout the context we must always have had a a lot better management of the sport.
“I’m not making an attempt to make some extent, it’s simply what I noticed. I believed we had been actually wasteful with the ball in the second half. We took some liberties with taking additional touches.
“I’ve been round lengthy sufficient to know if you happen to attempt to take liberties, you’ll get dragged down fairly shortly.
“I’m not going to let the truth that we’ve received the sport disguise the chance there for us to enhance.
“In the second half, with the ball we weren’t wherever close to the degrees we’ve already proven this yr and there was no actual motive for it. It wasn’t as if the opposition did something completely different. It was extra self-inflicted.
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“My role in that was to give feedback to the players. That’s what they want. They want to get better, they want to improve, I’ve got some stuff there to show them.”
Centre-back Calvin Bassey gave the ball away in the 54th minute and Tottenham punished the error via Maddison, doubling his aspect’s lead.
And Marco Silva admitted he was upset with the style in which Fulham conceded the second aim.
He mentioned: “We had been punished by the errors that we made.
“What disappointed me was the second goal. At half-time we spoke and we conceded a similar goal in the second half. We were punished again with the same type of goal.”
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