Carlos Carvalhal

We play against a strong team, they play very well with a lot of players between the lines, on the back of the opponent midfielders.

With the problems that we have at the moment in our hands, we start to play with the three centre-halves to try to block the movements of the offensive players that go deep between the defenders.

They do these movements very well.

Ali and all of them, Son, also go inside.

So we block this situation.

We work hard.

We played three days before and...

make a massive difference also in the way, the attitude, the physical attitude to play.

But our players were brave.

We don't give too many spaces to Tottenham.

Tottenham have a big, big problem to achieve a goal situation.

in the first half.

It's true that we prepared the team to play more with the ball, to try to move more the ball, but in the first half we felt some problems, especially in the offensive transition, so when we're in the ball to try to put the ball out of the pressure, because the defensive transition of Tottenham was very strong, so they react very fast and we felt some problems, even we prepared the team to that.

but we finished first half losing 1-0 with no goal situations to the both teams.

I don't remember that Lucas did, maybe I'm wrong, but I don't remember any defence.

Second half, we started because we decided to push the team to more high.

We put Lucian on the right, we play just with the line-of-four on the back, and we start creating chances.

We create two very, very clear chances in that moment.

Of course, we open a little more the midfield, but we control very well.

After we take more, not more risks, but we put one more player, we put Oliver in the attack and...