De Zerbi: Spurs 'were not ready to fight'
Tottenham Hotspur manager Roberto De Zerbi speaks to the media following his side's rough outing against Brentford to kickoff the season.
Video Transcript
Roberto, from your perspective, what went wrong today with that performance?
Oh, we suffered the physic- physicality, but we knew, eh, before the game.
But, we, we were not, ready to, to fight in the duel.
I think, we made a lot of mistakes in the timing of the pressure, with, Mikey Moore on the left center.
We arrived too many times late.
But at the end, we, we, we lost, too many duels to compete with, Brentford.
And I'm sorry for that.
I'm sorry for the defeat.
I know we, we have to improve, in the physical condition.
We have to improve, in the, in the organizational because, anyway, there were, many new players.
But is the first game, is, is a part of our, journey.
We, we, we know and we knew before the game even too many A lot of, new players to become a team.
We need, two things I said yesterday in a press conference, soul and style of play.
Today, I think, the soul, there was the soul, but at the end, we, we didn't fight in the right way maybe for the difference of the duels because, Brentford is, is maybe one of the most important team in the Premier League in terms of, duel.
But, ah, the first game.
You prepared the team, so what, why do you feel they didn't fight in the duels?
Was that their mentality out on the pitch?
What was it?
No, no, because I, I believe in my players.
I don't know.
The, was a, was a game especially in the, in the first half in, one direction.
We, we were, not, right, the right position to, to make the high pressure, I said with, Mikey Moore.
But at the end, if you, if you analyze the game and you s- you, you can, you can see how many duels we lost, in the first half.
In the first half, the, the, the, the, the way of the game, went, in, in the direction of Bren- Brentford.
Did it surprise you?
Did you expect better?
Yeah, better, for sure.
I didn't expect this result, but I knew the, the problems we, we could, find today, especially in the, in the duels, like I said.
