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Presser points | Leicester 1-1 Spurs | Ange Postecoglou

Ange Postecoglou faced the media after the 1-1 draw against Leicester City in our Premier League opener on Monday evening.

Here's what he had to say at the KP Stadium...

Rodrigo Bentancur

First up, Ange was asked for the latest on Rodrigo Bentancur, who was stretchered off following a clash of heads in the second half...

Ange: "I don't have a lot of information, but I know he is up and he's communicating, so he's fine from that point of view. Obviously, it's a head injury and I'll leave it in the hands of the medical team now. The key thing is that he's definitely conscious and communicating."

Match verdict

What did Ange make of the match?

Ange: "Yeah, look disappointing outcome. Very dominant first half, really wasteful in front of goal. We started the second half similar, first 15-20 minutes very dominant, wasteful, but you know at 1-0 there is always an opportunity for the opposition to come back into the game. That's what happened and we lost our way for 15 or 20 minutes. We lost our composure and the crowd got behind them, but again we finished strong. Just really disappointed we lacked a little cutting edge in the front third, made some poor decisions, lacked some composure and didn't get the reward our football deserved."

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Dominic Solanke

What did Ange make of new signing Dominic Solanke's debut?

Ange: "Yeah, he was good. He worked hard for the team. He had a couple of chances he will be disappointed he didn't do better with, and the overall performance of everyone was okay, but it doesn't mean anything if we don't turn that performance into outcomes. We had similar issues last year and if we're going to get to the next level as a team and bridge the gap to the top sides, it is an area of the game we need to improve."

Back to Bentancur...

Ange was asked if Rodrigo had been knocked out in the incident and it was put to the manager that the midfielder had performed well until then...

Ange: "Mate, I don't know. Whenever it's a head injury and you see a player go down, I think nowadays we're always cautious in that moment and I don't know the actual circumstances, but I know it was a head collision. Like I said, performance-wise everyone performed well. Ultimately, it defeats the purpose of what we're trying to do and that's win games of football, bridge the gap with the top teams and the performance of the players in general was very, very good, but we need to turn those good performances into outcomes."

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