Presser points | Spurs 1-1 Eintracht Frankfurt | Ange Postecoglou

Ange Postecoglou spoke to the media at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium after our 1-1 draw against Eintracht Frankfurt in the first leg of our UEFA Europa League quarter-final on Thursday night.

Here's what he had to say...

Ange on if he was disappointed not to win after our second half display...

"A little bit frustrated by the result, obviously, but I thought the performance in general was really good from the boys. We conceded early which was not ideal and it was a fair strike by the lad but I thought our response to that was really good. We stayed in control, we scored a good equaliser, we made them work hard in the first half so we knew in the second half, with our ability to break teams open, we would put them under pressure. It is exactly what happened and the boys did everything right. I couldn't ask for anything more from them. We hit the crossbar three times, their keeper has made some amazing saves. We had a couple of other good opportunities as well. On any other night we would have a comfortable victory. If we can perform like that over there, and there is no reason why we can't, then we still give ourselves a good chance."

Ange on having options from the bench...

"I think the guys coming on today made a difference and injected some energy. It could be tight next week, it could go into extra time and we are going to need everyone ready to go and the beauty of things at the moment is we have a squad ready to go and that will be important next week."

Ange's update on Destiny Udogie...

"He just got cramp. He was unbelievable today. I thought it was incredible the amount of running he did. His effectiveness. It was incredible. He was just cramping up. He will be fine."

Ange on Lucas Bergvall's display...

"He was great, but the whole team was. I thought Rodri was outstanding. Both full-backs defensively and with the ball were really causing problems. Cuti and Micky handled their front threats really well apart from the goal we conceded which was the only disappointing bit. The front three were working with Madders and were really creative. You can’t ask any more from the lads than what they did, especially in that second half, to create that many chances. We don’t get the win, but I can’t ask any more from the players."

Ange on Pedro Porro's goal...

"That's something we work on, getting into those areas in the box in terms of the half-spaces. Madders we know is really creative and obviously Dom was the one who received it, so there was a gap there at the near post. We've always said that we need the next person in line to attack that area and Pedro happened to be that and it was an outstanding finish. If you look at it, Brennan is where he's meant to be, at the far post if the ball goes through, and Lucas on the edge of the box. It was a well worked goal and I think one we deserved, definitely, but we had some fantastic moves in the second half. It's just that we weren't able to capitalise on them."

Ange on taking that attacking display into the second leg next week...

"If we can repeat that next week, and there's no reason we can't, we'll give ourselves a good chance. I really felt like we overwhelmed them with our football, with our running and with our press. It wasn't just the chances we created, but the chances we almost created. It's going to be that sort of season. Nothing is going to come to us easy. We're going to have to go there and fight now to get what I thought we deserved tonight and that's what we'll try to do."

Ange on his substitutions...

"I thought we were well in control, well on top and we were creating chances. It was in the back of my mind that on that left-hand side, I knew the boys had worked really hard, with guys like Mathys, Djed and Pape coming on, we could really go at them. They almost pulled off an unbelievable move again when Mathys played it to Djed and Djed to Brennan and it was a carbon copy of the weekend but it went over the bar."

Ange on Richarlison's return...

"I think with Richy and a couple of others, it was good to get them out there. Obviously we've got a game at the weekend, Richy and others will get more game time there and hopefully that'll get them into a position... next week, you don't know, it may go into extra time and we may need some pretty big efforts from guys so we it was good to get them some minutes today."