Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou praised Timo Werner's performance following the 3-1 victory against Crystal Palace. Eberechi Eze gave the visitors the lead just before the hour mark but Werner scored his first goal for the club shortly afterwards as Spurs mounted a comeback.
Werner, who was guilty of missing a glorious first half chance, tapped home a Brennan Johnson cross to spark a late turnaround by the hosts, with Cristian Romero and captain Son Heung-min also scoring. Following the match, Postecoglou was all praise for the German.
He said: “I thought Timo, he missed the chance in the first half but he was a constant threat to them and was in the right area for the goal. I understand that with attacking players, goals make them feel better and make them more confident.
“I guess it relieves the pressure on them a little bit but just in general I thought he was really aggressive with his running. He kept taking on the full-back and I thought apart from the missed chance his general play was really good. A goal always helps, it was pleasing for us and it was an important time in the game. It was great for him to score.”
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He added: “I was pleased with the whole game. You need that goal to break open a team that is going to sit so deep. I still felt like we were putting enough work into them that at some point we would be able to break them.
“Obviously we conceded which was disappointing. You’re looking for a reaction and I thought the reaction was outstanding. They just had a real belief today in our processes and our football and I’m really
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