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Postecoglou praises ´outstanding´ Tottenham after Villa turnaround

SoccerNews in General Soccer News 3 Nov 2024

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Ange Postecoglou saluted an “outstanding effort” by Tottenham after they came from behind to beat Aston Villa 4-1.

Spurs scored four second-half goals as they got back to winning ways in the Premier League, following last weekend’s 1-0 defeat at lowly Crystal Palace.

Postecoglou’s side notched up an impressive 2-1 victory over Manchester City in the EFL Cup on Wednesday, but fell behind against Villa to Morgan Rogers’ first-half effort.

Nevertheless, the hosts responded well after the break. Dominic Solanke scored twice, while Brennan Johnson and James Maddison were also on target in what was eventually a commanding victory.

And Postecoglou by the positive manner in which his players have responded to their setback at Selhurst Park.

“Seven days is a long time in football,” he said. “Seven days ago, I was a grumpy old so and so. We have to stay true to the course we’re on. We made sure not to feel sorry for ourselves and get back to the team we want to be.

“The first half was a bit of an arm wrestle. [Villa] have a consistent level of performance. We have other gears in us, which we showed in the second half. After the performance in midweek, I thought it was an outstanding effort.

“I felt the momentum was going our way, we knew we would finish strong and if we upped it a couple of gears like we can, we knew we would be hard to stop.”

The head coach also paid tribute to Solanke, who became the first Spurs player to score at least four goals in his first eight Premier League appearances for the club since Rafael van der Vaart in 2010-11.

“The amount of work the guy did for us over the week – goals are great, but his capacity to do everything he can for the team in every area – I can’t speak highly enough of him,” Postecoglou added.

“We stuck with it,” Solanke told Sky Sports. “A few times this season, we’ve gone a goal down. Against Palace, we didn’t react in the right way, but today we did.

“We always believe we can score many goals. It all came together today in the second half. We had to adapt to the way they were playing. At half-time, we had time to regroup and discuss what we had to do.

“We’ve had some great games, but haven’t managed to do it the whole season, but we think we’re capable of it.”

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