Every word Ange Postecoglou said on Van de Ven and Romero not playing, Liverpool loss and Gray

Ange Postecoglou has spoken to the media following Tottenham's 5-1 Premier League defeat against Liverpool at Anfield. The Spurs boss made a total of eight changes to his team that lost at home to Nottingham Forest at the beginning of the week, with players such as Kevin Danso, James Maddison and Dominic Solanke coming in.

. Spurs would only be in the lead for a matter of minutes as Luis Diaz restored parity and then Alexis Mac Allister found the top corner from the edge of the box.

task was made even harder just before the break as Cody Gakpo scored the team's third of the afternoon. Mohamed Salah got in on the act on 63 minutes and .

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Here is every word the boss had to say to the media during his post-match press conference:

What are your thoughts on today's result and performance?

Credit to Liverpool, worthy champions and they have been the outstanding team all year, consistent and again today obviously. I thought we started the game well and sort of made things difficult for them. Even apart from the goal, I thought just in general we had decent territory but once they got in front with the atmosphere inside the stadium fair to say it was going to be difficult for us to claw them back and that's how it proved.

How much of a concern is it you seem able to produce these performances against Frankfurt and then you change the team in the league and they aren't able to compete in the same way?

It's not easy, it's not easy on the players because if you sort of look at Liverpool's line up you can almost pick it on a weekly basis. I had made a lot of changes but I just felt it was necessary. A lot of our players have missed a lot of this season with injuries and it wasn't just about bringing them back but managing their minutes because obviously we want them ready.

Guys like Micky and Romero today could have played but they've missed so much of the season that we've just got to be really careful about when we use them. Guys like Pedro and Bentancur have played a lot this year. It has been a juggling act for sure and that hasn't helped the team, hasn't helped the players and when you're facing the best you pay that price.

Did you come through today with a clean bill of health?

Yeah everyone is good. The ones who played all got through it ok. So in terms of Thursday, everyone should be fine.

Is any part of your job now lifting the squad before Thursday?

No I don't think so, I think they are well aware of it. Like I said, we had some key players missing today who I think will come in and sort of make sure there isn't any hangover from today. Look, we knew the challenge today was going to be a big one.

We had a really young midfield with Lucas and Archie and you're asking a massive task of them. Change three of the back four, all of these kind of things logically tell you it's going to be a tough day, but when you're facing the best team, and on such a massive occasion, it was always going to be a huge ask for us and it proved too much.