Tottenham manager Pochettino: Newcastle far more aggressive

Football
26 Aug 2019 • 6:35 AM MYT
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Mauricio Pochettino says Newcastle United were more aggressive than his Tottenham side on Sunday.

The Magpies scored a surprise upset in North London, Joelinton scoring in the first-half to clinch a 1-0 victory.

And Pochettino was disappointed with Spurs' determination to get back into the game,

"We need to be better and we should do better," he said. "In this type of game when you have the possession and dominate, you cannot concede this type of goal and then you are going to be close to the win.

"But when you concede you provide the belief to the opponent and then it's difficult because the Premier League is very tough.

"We arrived in the last third dominating the ball but from there we needed more from our individual talent to break down their organisation. Today, we tried, collectively I think we had 37 crosses, but we didn't connect. It's difficult. We need to be more aggressive and we need to keep going.

"That is football. The opponent had a lot of criticism after Norwich, but they came here and they were more aggressive than us, that is true. Not better, but more aggressive, for sure."