Was that your best moment at Spurs and does it show what this club can do when you’re all focused?
For sure was a great win for us against a fantastic team like Manchester City. Compliments to Manchester City because also tonight they showed to be the best team, in my opinion, in the world for their organisation, for the players they have, for Pep.
To win a game like this means we had a perfect performance. We were very good defensively. Before the game, during the press conference, I said we prepared for the game very well, we had a plan. For sure, when you play against Manchester City, you know the ball possession will be 70 per cent for them.
But I always say to my players, also in the moments we’re defending, in our minds has to be the target to win the ball and to attack. Then when we had possession of the ball we moved the ball very well. The first goal was outstanding for me. Because we prepared for this type of situation. This type of win has to give us confidence to trust in the work we’re doing. But we know very well there are many, many games in front of us. We have to fight a lot to stay very close for the first positions.
How hard did you have to work on the training ground after three defeats to bring a display like that?
It was two defeats. Because the other league defeat was against Chelsea before the international break and in the FA Cup we won against Brighton – then we lost two games against Southampton and Wolves. For sure, it’s not easy when you lose games because the confidence goes a bit down. We have to trust in the work we’re doing, have to believe in what we’re doing every day. I’m enjoying working with this group of players.
Every day, they show me great availability, the will and desire to improve. They will also to come into my idea of football. We want to give our best until the end of the season. My target is that at the end of the season to see every single one of my players improving. It means at the end of the season we have raised our level.
What did you make of Dejan Kulusevski today?
But today to speak about only one player is very difficult for me because every single player they made a fantastic performance.
For sure, Kulusevski played an amazing game. He’s only 21 years old, but despite this, he has good experience, because when you play with Juventus you have to manage a lot of pressure in Italy.
He’s a good signing for us. He's strong physically, good technically.
It’s very difficult to speak about only one player. Sonny was fantastic today. Harry… I think to speak about Harry’s performance, what can I tell you about him? (Laughs) He was fantastic. But the two midfielders, the defensive line, the keeper, it was good. The people that came in from the bench. For sure when you win against Manchester City it means you played a perfect game.
Is Harry Kane the best striker you've managed when he's playing like that ?
Harry for sure we’re talking about a world class striker. He’s working, he’s working very well. I think that he’s improving also on the physical aspect and I'm working with him also to become a point of reference for us. To become more a striker because sometimes in the past he liked to go outside the box to play. He’s very good also to do this.
Also with Harry we’re working a lot on many aspects. I think that my aspiration, I repeat, is to arrive at the end of the season and to see every single player improve after the work that we’re doing.
It means our team is going in the right direction and is going to be more competitive to try to fight for something important.
