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Mohammed Kudus believes it was important that Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven shouted their anger at him on Saturday after his mistake led to a Brentford chance during Tottenham's 2-0 win.

Kudus showboated somewhat in the second half with Spursahead in turning back to his own half and trying to flick the ball to Xavi Simons only to send it out of play, giving Brentford the chance to take a quick throw and break into the hosts' box with Romero sliding in to deny Igor Thiago at the last moment.

Both Romero and Van de Ven turned and shouted their rage at the 25-year-old Ghana international, who had otherwise been excellent in the game.

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"We just want to keep a clean sheet with the back line, I think that's the most important part," said Van de Ven after the victory of that incident. "So every time someone is doing, I wouldn't call it strange things, but you know what I mean, we need to be on them, we need to keep them awake, we need everybody to keep them awake, and make sure we get the three points. Just keep defending like we did the whole game, and I think that's important in these moments."

Here's the full transcript from Kudus' press conference on Monday afternoon ahead of Spurs' Champions League game against Slavia Prague, including football.london's question to him about that moment with the two centre-backs.

You were great on Saturday but there was one moment when you flicked the ball out of play, Brentford had a chance to score and Romero and Van de Ven made their feelings clear, tell us about that moment and how you're comfortable enough as a squad to tell each other when standards need to be kept up?

I think it’s very important to be honest with each other and demand more from each other so it was a moment in the game where there were emotions everywhere, they demanded it from not just me but the whole team. It is just part of the game. I just kept on with it and kept playing.

Have you got the stool you used to celebrate on from West Ham, the wooden one with the elephants?

It was just one time I used that… mostly I use the one from the stewards. The stool from West Ham, I just used it the once and that was it. It should be on the bus but it’s not with me personally.

What kind of Ghana will England face next summer - you're not at AFCON, could they underestimate your quality?

Erm, well, their approach is part of the game. But I think to qualify for the World Cup alone is a big statement from us. It shows what we can do. There's still a bit of time until that so just focus here for now and then definitely we will prepare towards that as well. But it's good to have England in the group.

What are your thoughts on facing England?

Interesting. I'm looking forward to it. I'm playing against most of the players in the country, and some of the other guys that play here. So we are pretty much aware of the side we are facing and the quality they have, but we will definitely be up for it and be ready.

You've spoken about playing on dusty, difficult pitches as a child, did that help your ability to dribble with the ball?

I think in circumstances like that obviously in the sand you don’t really know and expect how the ball is supposed to move or bounce. You have to react towards it quickly. That was the situation back then. It’s something definitely we want to change now because I think playing on good pitches here helps a lot.

Looking at it from a positive point of view it helps your technique in a way because if you can play in the sun where you don’t know where the ball is supposed to move and it changes very quickly and you have to react to it, then when you have a better pitch definitely it’s gonna help.

It’s something we’re all playing a part to change and to improve back home, just where I was, to get better pitches to help their development. But looking at it from a positive point of view, it helps in a way. It’s the close control. In the sun you don’t know where the ball is going so you have to react quickly to that.

What have you made of your start for Spurs?

I think I'm still getting used to everything. Even though the demands are high, and obviously there's no time, you've got to perform immediately during the club because, yeah, that's what the league is about. But with the help of the staff, the coach and the teammates, I think I've been settling smoothly so far, but there's still a lot more to do and to show as a team, individually as well. We just keep taking it game by game and then keep focusing on what's ahead, but I believe we have a lot to offer as a team and individually as well.

What do you need to do to show your best level more consistently?

Win a trophy with the club.

Did the pressure lift after the win over Brentford?

I think home or away there's pressure to win every game, especially playing for a big club like Tottenham. The pressure has always been there but definitely we want to do our best to win more games, whether home or away. But more important especially in front of our home fans as well. Definitely this Saturday was a good boost and thanks to the fans for their support because we are all in this together. We just need to build on that and then kill it tomorrow as well.