Presser points | Forest 1-0 Spurs | Ange Postecoglou

Ange Postecoglou spoke to the media at the City Ground after our 1-0 defeat against Nottingham Forest on Boxing Day.

Here's what he had to say...

Ange's thoughts on the game...

Ange: "It's obviously disappointing - the defeat, tight game, it was never going to be the kind of game where there would be too many chances. I still thought we had a fair chunk of it where we could have got something out of the game, but it was always going to be a tight game here. It was a disappointing goal we conceded, but aside from that the boys worked hard and we tried to generate as many opportunities as we could, considering the context of the game and how Forest play, but we just couldn't get over the top of them."

On the frustration of controlling large parts of the match without reward...

"Yeah, but look, we're asking a lot of this group of players, a lot of these guys are playing every three days. It's only logical they are not going to be at their sharpest, but they are trying and that's all I can ask if them."

On, unusually for us, not scoring...

"It’s a bit of, like I said, game state. I kind of knew that if they can get a goal up, it was going to get even tighter for us to find space behind them. It was never going to be a game with a lot of opportunities. Having said that, I still thought we created some good ones and we just weren’t able to capitalise on them. The keeper has pulled off a couple of good saves to keep them in the game. We just needed a goal to break them open and we didn’t get it."

On Radu Dragusin's fitness after the defender had to come off with injury towards the end of the game...

"He was a bit sore. He hurt his ankle and said he couldn’t continue, so we'll just have to wait and see."