Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli urges he will certainly not alter his hostile nature in games, however is working to suppress his responses.
Alli made a three-match restriction by UEFA recently for his sending-off offense versus Gent in the Europa League – a high deal with after being irritated to shed ownership.
It is not the very first time Alli has actually been prohibited for responding to a challenger; he was offered a three-match retrospective suspension for a strike on West Brom’s Claudio Yacob last period.
“There’s been a lot said about me and my aggression but I think, to be honest, it’s not something I’m going to look to change,” he said after another successful international break with England.
“That’s the player I am, I’ve always been like that since I was younger. It’s about getting it under control and I think I’ve been doing that. But you have to be prepared to fight, to challenge and to get challenged.
“I’ve got to keep improving and learning; not to play with less aggression but how I react in different situations. It’s something I am looking to improve. I have been working on it, hopefully people can see that.
“Sometimes it can benefit the team if players dive in. If it’s going to help the team and get us free-kicks, I don’t mind it.”
“It was a horrible moment for me; something I’ve learned from straight away,” Alli added. “I felt horrible after the game and I’m just grateful that nothing happened to him [Dejaegere].
“It’s a shame to hear players getting injured like that. I feel sorry for Seamus and I wish him a speedy recovery. Like I say, I’m sure the guy [Taylor] didn’t mean to do that. He definitely wouldn’t have meant to injure the player.
“Like my tackle; I felt I was relieved that nothing bad happened to the player. I didn’t go in to hurt the player, I went in for the ball but sometimes it can look a lot worse than what happened in your head.”
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