Very, very important. A strong team, a top team must have great character, great personality, be strong mentally because during the game you know that you can have a period that you have to suffer because your opponent puts a lot of pressure on you. Today the first half was difficult, but we knew it because when you play against Aston Villa away at this stadium, in this fantastic atmosphere, I do not think there is a team that comes here and wins easily. That’s why I appreciate the effort of my players. The composure and the desire to stay strong and then in the second half I think we won the game in a significant way. We definitely have to be better when there is pressure and we have to keep having the personality to try and play because every time we played we created an opportunity to score. If you are a pushing opponent and you take the risk to play then you have room to attack. I think we need to keep doing this and improve. We were much better in the second half, also because the tension at Aston Villa dropped and the pressure was less than in the first half. It was a great victory for us, it was not easy. But a big win, especially when you play a game after your opponents play in the Champions League and they lose. Wolverhampton, Manchester United and Arsenal. We had to show at this moment that you are starting to feel your opponent’s blood and it is important not to fail. That’s why we work a lot on the mentality. The players give me great satisfaction in many ways. READ MORE: Spurs player ratings: Son sublime, Lloris brilliant, Hojbjerg battles, Kane & Kulusevski create Were you angry at half time? I like to see my team play at all times. In the first half we suffered a little from the pressure, the intensity of the pressure. We work to try to tackle this kind of situation and overcome it in the best possible way. Today we did that, a big improvement. The game was not easy, but we made it easy. That’s eight goals in eight games for Sean, how important is it to keep scoring if Kane doesn’t? First of all the most important thing is to win. Perfect. It does not matter to me who scores. We definitely score a lot of goals because there is a great connection, a great connection between these three players in attack. Do not forget that we have two good players behind them, Lucas Moura and Steven Bergwijn, but they are the whole team I work with very well. We create opportunities with the whole team. We work a lot on a regular basis. You will definitely have more time to have more days to work to prepare the game. Six days or seven days was very, very important for me because do not forget that I arrived at Tottenham in November and I arrived during the season where you have to bring your idea of football and at the same time you have to play for three points. Then give the rest to the players, do not put too much pressure on the players because they have to play. Lots of difficulty. Not having six, seven days to prepare our game is very important and that is the big difference from the past. Arsenal lost, could you use it as an incentive for your players to get into the game? I said it before Arsenal, United and then Wolverhampton and West Ham are with us in the same match for a place in the Champions League. Know that your opponent is losing his games and he must definitely give you the right desire, the right will to get three points because on the one hand you know that our opponents lose the game if we lose, but we are always in fourth place. A small to medium group may think this. A top, strong team believes that it is the right time to improve the distance from your opponents and take advantage of this situation. We did this despite the difficulty of the game. I repeat that we did not play with a team that was not good, we played with Aston Villa in this stadium, it is not easy for anyone to win here. How is Matt Doherty? I hope nothing serious, I hope. The doctors will check him tomorrow. I hope nothing serious because he wanted to try to keep playing, but in the end he preferred to leave. I hope so because Matthew is an important player for us and I hope this injury is not serious. How satisfying is it to see now this mental strength that you come here and win the game despite the difficult first half? Definitely to see the kind of improvement it makes me proud of, give me great satisfaction. At the same time, I know very well that we must continue to work on this aspect. The players themselves know very well that they have to keep going for this kind of improvement because there is not just a tactical or technical or physical aspect during the game. There is a mentality. The mentality that they know we have a lot of room for improvement. Today they showed me the desire to improve this aspect as well. Do not forget in the past there was a game that I was very upset but with the players we have an honest relationship. They know that I like to tell them everything that is true and not a good lie because I want to improve my players. I think there is a good relationship, a good relationship with me and the players because the players trust me, but especially me and their staff we trust a lot. Now we have to continue this way. Rest but at the same time we have to prepare the game with Brighton. Brighton beat Arsenal, they are a very good team and if we win here and then we do not win on Saturday, you cancel a little bit the positive you did. That’s why we rest one day and then we have to focus on the next game. Read more related articles Read more related articles
