Frank: Manchester City has an advantage in the first 35 minutes, but I firmly believe that active pressing can give opportunities

Hupu, August 23, Tottenham Hotspur head coach Thomas Frank attended the post-match press conference to defeat Manchester City 2-0.

Another clean sheet of opponent and scored another three-pointer. You must be very happy, right?

Thank you, yes, very happy. I am very proud of the players' performance. I think it was a very good match. I think we knew something in the first 35 minutes and we knew it was always tough to play against Manchester City. In Etihad, the situation is even more difficult.

The first 35 minutes, I think both sides are evenly matched, but Manchester City has the advantage, and I think they have an advantage over us. Our mentality has changed a lot in keeping in shape and continuing to do what we want to do, and we scored a great goal.

Maybe this changed the momentum of some games, but we did maintain the lead and ended up winning 2-0.

The second half, I think we performed very well. At a critical moment when we think they will put pressure on us, I think we are very active under high pressure, we are aggressive in offense, always maintaining the mentality of hope to get into another one.

I must say that I am very happy about the clean seal. This is the focus we have been working on, not a clean block, because a clean block is easier said than done, but an improvement in the defensive end, including high-pressure pressing, mid-lane defense, low-post defense, defensive penalty area, blocking shots, etc.

Many players have excellent personal performances, but Palinia also scored his first goal for the club. How important is his combination with Bentancur?

I think yesterday we received some questions about the transfer market, a lot of them are about "why not transfer", "what if transfer", etc.

We have 100% confirmed that we have brought in two top players, Kudus and Palinia, and they both performed very well and I am very satisfied with it. As for Palinia, yes, wow, you know, sometimes players need to be confident and need to be in the best shape. I don't think he's fully recovered, not getting to the same level I want him to reach, but I'm very happy with his performance and he's definitely helping the team.

was also the leader in the Super Cup and was turned over, but today did it, what lessons did you learn?

I mentioned during the halftime break that if you are tired, you will continue to persevere. This is the first point. Second, we must continue to control the ball bravely. Third, we must continue to maintain a good condition under high pressure, but this is easier said than done.

But you can learn something in every game, and you may learn more from those games that don't get the desired result. And then I think to some extent, there is another thing, of course, fouls, which is a away game in Etihad. This is one of the hardest away games to play. But the defensive principle is becoming more and more important, and I think mentality is the key. You need a mindset to win such a game.

You mentioned yesterday that you will summarize three key themes or principles for each game. What are the three today?

The defensive aspect of the game, be brave in the first and second stages and in the set pieces.

Did you use Eze’s failure to join as an incentive this week, or did you not mention it at all?

I think this question is easy to answer. I never use any words to describe a player who does not belong to Tottenham.

I remember Klopp said that the best organizational core on the football field is effective oppression. What do you think of this sentence?

oh, did he really say it? That's so smart, I have to text him and say, "Hey, this is so smart!" I absolutely believe in the kind of active pressing you see today, like you saw at Brentford today, you know, I believe in high pressure pressing.

I believe we can take the initiative. I like this mentality. I think it's offensive, you know, it's a more offensive way of defending, and it's more fun to defend in the opponent's half, and of course, we're also very successful today and we scored goals.

Sal at that position, did he bring effective pressing in the midfield position?

Yes, of course, you said there are many factors. It depends on each game, the players in different positions, the different systems, but today he is as good as the rest of the team. I think it's hard to choose which player today. I think everyone is doing very well.

The first goal was scored, and you successfully broke through Manchester City's offside trap, which seemed to make the opponent doubt and changed the logic of the goal. Is this what you are trying to use?

Yes, we talked about the position of the line of defense, one of the things is to discuss it and train it hard. It's never been that easy.

So to be fair, I think we had 6 offsides before that. So of course, that goal seems to be very successful, which is also the focus of our attention. Of course, there were a few times we didn’t do well enough, but of course, we worked hard.

You said that before preparing for this game, you had many questions about the transfer market, but will your performance remind us in time that the success of a season and the success of a team depends not only on your performance in the transfer market and the players you can introduce?

Yes, I think it's very important that we understand that we have a good group of players, a talented group of players, a high-quality group of players, and I'm very satisfied with them.

So, we brought in two great players to help us. Can we improve? Perfect. If we can't, you know, we have very good players, and we prove that today, so yes, very happy about it.