News and discussion as we build up to the day’s action
The talk has a roundup of the best lines from Premier League managers ahead of the weekend. Enzo Maresca has teased a Cole Palmer cameo against Arsenal after a broken toe delayed his return, David Moyes lamented Everton’s rejected appeal after Idrissa Gueye saw red for slapping his own teammate and Oliver Glasner is optimistic despite Crystal Palace’s poor showing in Europe. All that and more below.
Spurs need to adopt a “front-footed” approach in their games, said Thomas Frank, even if it ends in a loss.
Over all the years I’ve been in charge, no matter if it was when I was with my under-eights team in Frederiksværk 30 years ago to now, I want to play offensive front-footed football. But probably also in those 30 years they could pick games from the under-eights at Frederiksværk to Brentford where it didn’t work for whatever reason.
It didn’t work Sunday against Arsenal. The plan was to be front foot-footed. We weren’t. After Sunday I was angry, painful, hurt. [After PSG] I was irritated, but the feeling in the body was better because we really, really, really competed. There was more of the identity I want to show.
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