On Kulusevski moving into the middle
Not a specific moment, I said before, with Decky, the way we get our wingers to play doesn't suit him. Not his skillset, more his personality.
He's better when he's more involved, playing in the middle allows him to do that.
Is there a glut of top strikers at the moment, and is Solanke in that?
We got Lewandowski, we have Harry Kane. There's some pretty good strikers around the place.
To play in that position you have to have the right mindset. You miss your next chance, it's about taking the next one.
We're really happy with Dom. I certainly believe there's more in him, I like to play with strikers and dabbled with false nines because I was bored for a season.
Open Premier League this season?
Yeah its fair to say, apart from Liverpool, anyone has real consistency. Some of the clubs mentioned have significant injuries.
You saw it with us last year, it hurts you, its part of it. Forest have been really good, Brighton have been good.
Ipswich? How much more
Yeah I think every weekend, every league game has its potential to hurt you if youre not at your best. Ipswich will be no different.
They got close last week, close the week before. I think Kieran McKenna has done an unbelievable job.
Heung-min Son? 100% back his best?
Yeah like I said, for Sonny, he obviously had the injury and we brought him back and he had a relapse. We don’t want to put him in that position.
We’re building him up, managing his minutes, hopefully we can build that up. We can’t afford more injuries in that position. We got Wilson, Richy, Mikey, we can’t afford to lose another player.
On Richarlison
Very disappointed. We tried to take a different approach.
He’d really trimmed down in terms of his conditioning. We were doing everything right, trying not to overload him but unfortunately he broke down again. He's disappointed.
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Everyone came through unscathed so no issues there.
Cristian we'll see how he goes in the next couple of days. He has a chance for the weekend.
Mikey, not right for the weekend, Timo too.
Things spotted during Tottenham vs Galatasaray
Tottenham's 100% start to their Europa League campaign came to an end on Thursday evening following a 3-2 defeat against Galatasaray. Fresh from last Sunday's 4-1 win over Aston Villa, Ange Postecoglou made a total of seven changes to his Spurs team as players such as Archie Gray, Lucas Bergvall, Yves Bissouma and James Maddison came in for a start.
Will Lankshear was also named in the team as he led the line in place of first-choice striker Dominic Solanke. Six minutes were on the clock when Yunus Akgun opened the scoring for the hosts with an unstoppable volley from 25 yards that flew into the top corner of Fraser Forster's goal.
Galatasaray would only lead for a total of 12 minutes as Lankshear levelled things up from close range to register his first senior goal for the club. Moments after having a goal chalked off for offside, Victor Osimhen's next attempt counted as he took advantage of some sloppy play from Spurs to put the Turkish giants ahead for the second time in the encounter.
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Tottenham Player Ratings
Tottenham Hotspur fell to a 3-2 defeat at Galatasaray in the Europa League on Thursday night and here are our Spurs player ratings from the game.
Spurs travelled to Turkey for a tough game in a hostile atmosphere at RAMS Park in Istanbul against a Galatasaray side with a host of stars in their squad including striker Victor Osimhen and former Tottenham man Davinson Sanchez. They sit top of the Turkish top flight with an unbeaten record and came into the game fifth in the big Europa League group table.
The visitors were second in that table after three straight wins and Ange Postecoglou made seven changes to his team from the one that beat Aston Villa 4-1 on Sunday, despite having six players unavailable. Spurs welcome Ipswich Town in the Premier League just two-and-a-half days after they land back in the UK on Friday morning and Postecoglou will need fresh legs.
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The latest on team news
Ange Postecoglou has revealed that Timo Werner and Mikey Moore will miss Tottenham's Europa League tie against Galatasaray on Thursday evening. Spurs have suffered some injuries in recent weeks, with Cristian Romero and Richarlison limping off in the second half of last Sunday's 4-1 win over Aston Villa.
Micky van de Ven will not return from his strained hamstring until after this month's international break and Wilson Odobert faces more time on the sidelines after a setback so soon after returning from a hamstring injury. Speaking to the media in Istanbul on Wednesday evening ahead of Spurs' European clash, Postecoglou provided an update on his injured players
"Yeah, so from the weekend obviously Richy unfortunately injured his hamstring so I'm still getting the final information but I think he'll be out for a while," said the 59-year-old when speaking to football.london. "Romero, I think nothing too serious hopefully. So, hopefully still a chance for the weekend.
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Davies reveals Lankshear red reaction
Ben Davies has admitted that Will Lankshear was "devastated" in the Tottenham dressing room following the team's 3-2 Europa League defeat against Galatasaray. It proved to be a night of mixed emotions for the young striker as he marked his second senior start for Spurs with his first goal for the club.
Lankshear, who plundered goals for fun for the club's Under-21s last season, was in the right position in the 18th minute to convert from point-blank range from Brennan Johnson's cross. It was an extremely impressive Tottenham goal as Archie Gray played a delightful ball over the top to Johnson, who then crossed first time for the striker to finish off and silence the fans inside RAMS Park.
Lankshear did have a chance to double his tally early in the second half but experienced goalkeeper Fernando Muslera was on hand to deny him in the area. Not long after that miss, Lankshear saw red after picking up his second bookable offence.
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