25 September 2023 , 19:01
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Tottenham captain Son Heung-Min insists his side will not change their attacking style for anyone.
Spurs went gung-ho at Arsenal in the north London derby on Sunday to get a battling 2-2 draw – and they will stick to their footballing principles for the rest of the campaign. Son said: “That’s what we’re working on. We want to play our football. We showed how we want to play the whole season, it doesn’t matter who we’re playing against.
"It was very important. We made some mistakes and they had chances, but still we want to play in that way. With that young team, it’s very good. It’s credit to the players that they took risks and want to play with that bravery.
“I hope we can continue in this way with a very good attitude. You can’t see our training sessions, but everyone is working really hard to be part of it. This performance wasn’t just random. If you see our training sessions every day, it is not normal. We are working really hard, intense.
“Everyone is pressuring each other to improve, which is good. If you have a young team with good rhythm, we can exploit this situation and that’s what we’re looking for.”
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Spurs keeper Guglielmo Vicario said: “We followed the rules of the gaffer. We have to play from the back. We have to take some risks to play this kind of football, but it’s exciting. We have to keep working to improve that.
“It’s our way to play football so we have to take risks, to play out of defence. Sometimes it’s OK, sometimes you can be wrong. We have to improve and we have to take responsibility to play this way.
“We have to look game by game. We don’t have to think more than that. We just have to work hard because we have the ability. It’s just this – work, work, work. This is our mentality.”
New boss Ange Postecoglou has been behind the clear shift in Spurs' playing style - which is a world away from the football seen under Antonio Conte's reign. Postecoglou has given his players freedom to express themselves on the pitch and it has paid dividends, with Spurs defender Micky Van der Van admitted his manager is more like a father figure to him and the rest of the team.
“He is really clear. He is really straight. We know what he expects from us. We know what we have to do for him," Van der Ven said. “He is bringing us together like a family.
"He is more like a Dad or something. We are like brothers together and we have to do this for each other. You see this on the pitch and we run for each other, we fight for each other and we do everything for each other. He is building that.”