Roberto De Zerbi apologised as Tottenham began the season with a crushing defeat at Brentford.
De Zerbi admitted Spurs didn’t ‘combat in the best method’, ‘misplaced too many duels’ and ‘made plenty of errors’.
He additionally claimed they need to enhance of their ‘bodily situation’ and ‘organisation’ however insisted he believed in his gamers and wanted time for them to grow to be a workforce.
‘I’m sorry for the defeat,’ mentioned De Zerbi. ‘We did not play effectively. We performed very dangerous. We’re not a workforce but for lots of causes. We’re not in the best bodily situation, however these will not be excuses, it is a regular scenario when you’re constructing a brand new venture.
‘It is a part of our journey. Sure, I’m shocked and I’m struggling for this defeat. I anticipated for certain. I did not count on this end result, however I knew the issues we might discover right now.’
Sandro Tonali, Mateus Fernandes, Jan Paul van Hecke, Marcos Senesi and Andrew Robertson all made their debuts for Spurs.
Roberto De Zerbi apologised after Tottenham have been overwhelmed 3-0 on the opening day by Brentford
De Zerbi admitted his new look facet made ‘plenty of errors’ and can want time to grow to be a workforce
‘We try to construct one thing good,’ mentioned De Zerbi. ‘There are steps to grow to be higher. Now, the goal is to grow to be a workforce. You grow to be a workforce when gamers discover a connection, discover the spirit, and the soul.
‘Earlier than this sport, when folks requested me about targets, I mentioned first we have now to combat to grow to be a workforce and the 2 greatest situations are the soul and the type of play.
‘We did not present the soul or the standard of play, with or with out the ball.
‘Once we discover these, we are able to grow to be harmful towards each workforce. Till we attain them, we have now to undergo and right now could be an essential defeat. Perhaps we’ll get up stronger.’
Lucas Bergvall and Conor Gallagher have been changed at half time. Bergvall after shedding an important sort out within the build-up to the second Brentford objective.
‘Lucas did not play badly despite the fact that he was substituted,’ mentioned De Zerbi. ‘In two years’ time he won’t lose that ball in that second of the sport.’
Keane Lewis-Potter, Vitaly Janelt and Michael Kayode scored the targets, and Igor Thiago missed a penalty for Brentford.
Mamadou Sangare starred on his Brentford debut with Keith Andrews praising the membership for securing his signature
‘Fairly spectacular on plenty of fronts,’ mentioned proud Bees boss Keith Andrews. ‘You by no means really know what you are going to get as a result of depth of Premier League is completely different to most friendlies, however I felt we have been in great spot and the cohesion of the workforce was coming collectively properly.’
On Mamadou Sangare’s starring debut, Andrews mentioned: ‘The membership deserve plenty of credit score for getting that deal completed. There have been plenty of golf equipment taking a look at Mamadou and we have been eager to get that completed.
‘He has slotted in very well, tailored very well. You by no means know coming from a special league. He is a humble younger man, and really hungry. You may see his attributes. Nice power and high quality. I loved his efficiency.’
