What did you think of the result and performance today?
We started the game creating chances and we finished
the game creating chances. We started the game playing well then we had our 28th of
December gift, which is not Boxing Day but it was a gift on the 28th. Then the team until
the end of the first half felt it a little bit. Second half we played even better than
in the first half, really offensive and taking lots of risks and dominating the game. We
scored the equaliser and then we had 30 minutes to win the game and gift number two. Then
a normal team with a normal soul would lose the game, but no the team kept playing and
the boys played even better, more intense, more aggressive, pressing, recovering the
ball and lots of quality going forwards. We scored the second goal and I think we could
have even scored a third. Norwich was time for them to fight for a point and defend hard
which they did."
Why did you abandon three at back?
"Because I was losing. Because I want one more attacking player than we had. I knew
that winning 1-0 they would just try to defend and keep Pukki up. I thought Davinson Sanchez
because he's our fastest defender and would be able to cope with the possible long balls
to the space for Pukki. I knew that in that moment we would have all the creative players
on the pitch with Kane and Alli. We are going to have Lo Celso, Lucas and the two midfielders
for me were phenomenal. Ndombele and Eriksen played very well and gave all this fluid football
to the attacking players, so I think going forward we were very, very good."
What do you put the defensive mistakes down to as they are all international players?
"Yeah, we have to work to try and stop with the mistakes."
Do you feel Tanguy Ndombele is getting close to your expectations and demands?
"He played very well. We played without a positional midfield player. No Winks, no Dier
and we played without them. Ndombele and Eriksen played so, so well. Totally in control and
I was saying so fluid the football, passing, movement, turning, never playing back passes,
always getting the ball and looking forward and go between the lines and looking to the
wingers. Fantastic quality of football I think."
Do you feel like you know your best back line?
"It's normal, no? Do I have doubts that Harry Kane is my number nine? Do I have doubts that
Dele Alli is my number 10 for example. Performances create your doubts or performances kill your
doubts, that's just the way it is."