Presser points | Palace 1-0 Spurs | Ange Postecoglou

Ange Postecoglou spoke to the media after our 1-0 loss against Crystal Palace in the Premier League at Selhurst Park on Sunday.

Here's what he had to say...

Summary

First up, Ange was asked, 'what went wrong today?'

Ange: "It was a game which turned into, and it didn’t surprise me, a bit of a battle. Lots of stop, starting and standing around. We didn’t deal with that really well at all. We didn’t get to grips with just the nature of what was transpiring out there. It turned into a bit of a battle. They dealt with it better than we did.

Battling and basics

Ange was asked a number of questions about the physical and stop-start nature of the game - it was put to him that after Brighton, he spoke about the team not doing the basics - did he feel that was an issue against Palace?

Ange: "No it was a different game. It was a game we needed to stay composed and not sort of fall into the trap of trying to play the game ultimately Palace wanted to play. It turned into a game that was battle after battle, duels, stop starts, waiting around. We need to be a lot more clear-headed about how we deal with that rather than fall into the trap of doing what we did today."

Did the players have to physically match Palace?

Ange: "If you want to play that sort of game, but there's another way of dealing with it as well. By staying more composed and not falling into the trap of it turning into that sort of game."

Ange was asked, 'you want to play Palace at their own game?'

Ange: "No, I don't want to play them at their own game. What I want to try to do is get people to adjust to playing our game. Some of it is out of control because they're obviously going to be pretty aggressive in their approach, which is not a surprise. And how the referee deals with that, not so much in terms of the challenges but in terms of stoppages and taking their time, all of that is out of our control. But I just felt when we had control of things, we could have dealt with it better. We ended up doing silly things, giving away silly fouls and losing our composure, which just adds to that sort of game when you can't get any traction. So, I think we directed our frustration in the wrong way rather than dealing with like we should have."

Mikey Moore

Ange was asked how he felt Mikey Moore performed on his first start in the Premier League...

Ange: "Like I said, it wasn't really a great game for anybody out there from our perspective. Mikey every time he's out there he'll be a better player and the more we can get him out there in the right sort of environment then he'll keep thriving. I'm sure he'll learn a lot today. The kind of team we want to be or the way we want to play we need to be a lot more composed in the way we deal with certain things out there to not let the game get out of control."