“I feel supported. I’ve done that the whole time. And as I said, also after [Forest], that hadn’t changed my mind. This is not a quick fix. This will take time. That’s not to say that we’re not going to do everything we can to beat Liverpool. I believe we have a good chance of doing that. But this is something where we are building. And I’ve said it many times. We, of course, first and foremost, are the most critical of myself. So that’s one thing. But I think it’s fair to say that there are a lot of people in it that need to perform well together. With me in charge, of course, and taking the right decisions.
“I don’t know if there’s one main [problem]. But there’s no doubt that we can’t run away. We need to create a bit more. And that’s both principles and good training. And it’s been nice to have a good training week where we could actually focus a lot on that. So that definitely helps. But also, how can you say? I’ve said it a few times. I think we have a few good players out with a lot of goals and assists in them. And we have a very good, talented group of players that haven’t produced the same numbers yet. So that’s part of it as well.
“I’m very comfortable and confident. That I will, how can I say, fix it. But just to make sure it’s not me. When this club comes out on top, there will be a lot of good people working together, aligned at the same time through the years. I just know one thing I’m pretty good at. I’m good at analyzing things. I know what good looks like and I know where we should get. And one thing is I’m 1000% sure we haven’t seen any club be successful unless they had key people in the right decisions for a long time. And I’ll back myself to be one of those key people to be in that position. So for whatever reason that I was not here, when you said whatever, the number of head coaches were sacked. I don’t know the reason why. I just know that if you want to have success, you need to have the right people aligned and go forward together. And there will be good times and there will be bad times. And that’s part of it.”
“I think there will always be, no matter where you are, I think definitely 10% of the fans will always question the head coach, no matter where they are. And then there will be a big group that are the loyal ones or the ones that can see a little bit bigger perspective.
“But I would say to the Spurs fans, I would say that first and foremost, it’s a privilege to be part of this fantastic club. And I think it’s a fantastic club with a fantastic potential that we haven’t fulfilled yet. So it’s a club with a top potential that we need to fulfil. And to fulfil that, there’s a lot of stages we need to go through. And one thing for sure, I’m working 24-7. I’ve never been thinking so much about football in my entire life. And I think a lot about football to make sure we get everything right.”
“I think [the goals are] two completely different situations. I think one is a missed clearance. So that happens. And the other one is a situation where I think it’s, you know, for me, that’s more on Archie. I’ve spoken to him. He knows next time it’s a one-touch bounce. And there’s no situation there. And it’s a situation that we have seen a thousand times in this league and across Europe. And we see a thousand times after this game where you play that bounce and you get out. So it’s like the same thing. My big philosophy is that you can’t play long and direct all the time or can’t play short all the time. You need to find a good balance. So it’s all about that.
“[Archie’s] been good. Also, when I watched the game back, I think actually he was the one that wanted the ball instant after the mistake. So I like that mentality, wanting to get on the ball. It’s part of it. Everyone who played football at this level or any level made a mistake. You make a mistake in life, you need to go back on it and go again. The beautiful thing about football, especially at this level, and in Tottenham, if you make a mistake, you can be pretty sure there will be a few questions about it. But you, of course, need to be able to manage it and he will do that.”