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Tottenham striker Llorente: We must have aggressive start at Ajax

Tottenham striker Fernando Llorente says they need an aggressive start at Ajax this week.

Spurs need to overturn a 1-0 deficit to reach the Champions League final.

"It's 90 minutes and we have to be willing to die on the pitch, to make sure we leave it all out there, and do our best," Llorente said. "We have a lot of options to win the game and get to the final.

"The mentality is that we need to be aggressive, we have to be confident in ourselves. We are in the semi-finals because we're doing really well, playing with confidence.

"We won against Manchester City because we did something well and we have to keep trying in the same way as that game. We have to be ready to fight.

"We didn't start very well in the first game, but Ajax started very well and it was difficult to recover the ball. We ran a lot behind the ball and maybe that's why we were in our half and suffering a little, because they were playing well.

"We want to start the second leg differently, be aggressive and try to keep the ball and play."

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