That’s all for today. I’m off to meet my new flame Millings, so I’ll leave you with David Hytner’s match report. Thanks for your company and emails, goodnight.
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Thomas Tuchel: 'I didn't like our attitude'
We’re not happy with the performance. The first 20-25 minutes is the only part that had the feeling it was a matter of time before we scored. But we lost the momentum and couldn’t get it back for the rest of the first half.
We got a little bit back in the first 15 minutes of the second half, and then ended up in a period that was by far not good enough. There was a lack of urgency, a lack of quality and a lack of energy.
It’s just what it is. We can admit that it’s not what we expect from ourselves and we need to do better.
[On Noni Madueke] He was maybe over the course of the match the most dangerous, the most active. I could feel his hunger and desire to [follow the plan]. Yeah, he was one of the few.
We had a good first 25 minutes, when we played to our plan, but we couldn’t keep it up. The energy, rhythm, the determination was not there any more; also there was a lack of quality in the details.
[What’s your message to the players?] It’s what I’ve said to you just now. I told them I was most worried in the last 20 minutes because I did not like the attitude with which we ended this game. It felt almost like [lets his shoulder sag like Kevin the Teenager when asked to do the washing-up], ‘We have to play it until the 93rd minute.’
It’s still a World Cup qualifier away from home. I didn’t like it at all. The players know all this because I said it in the dressing-room.
It’s also necessary to have a look in detail, watch the match again, and we will let them know tomorrow what we want from them.
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