Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou, speaking to TNT Sports about the early red card: “Not ideal. I wasn’t happy as I felt we started really sloppy.
“We talked about starting with a high-tempo and it was almost like the delay got to us.
“We were passive in our passing and when that happens someone switches off.
“The reaction after that was good, but I’m not happy with the start.”
On Lucas Bergvall being sacrificed: “That’s football. He is 18 and he will get plenty more games. We needed an extra midfielder in there to make sure we had cover.
“An adjustment we needed to make – Lucas will get plenty of opportunities.”
On Brennan Johnson’s goal: “Brennan’s was great.
“With 10 men we still pressed which is what we wanted to do.
“He has some confidence in him which is great – we need him!
“We knew if we win it [the ball] Brennan and Sonny [Son] would have the space.
“I wanted to get Dejan [Kulusevski] on as he runs hard and I felt we would need some legs in the second half, Brennan is fine.”
On Pape Matar Sarr’s goal: “I felt we needed a second. We worked hard on our set-pieces. It’s great for Pape [Sarr] who I thought was great today.
“Pape took his goal well and that’s his first 90 minutes for us this year and he played strong.”
On Dominic Solanke: “He has been great for us Dom. He went through that long drought of two games without a goal!
“He has been fantastic for us not just goals, but his link-up plays. He is a typical striker.
“He is still working his way back to full fitness.”