Ange Postecoglou has mentioned the Tottenham squad nonetheless assist his attacking philosophy and backed them to show their season round after dropping 4-3 to Chelsea on Sunday.
Spurs had been 2-0 up after 11 minutes by means of targets from Dominic Solanke and Dejan Kulusevski however had been unable to halt Chelsea’s stirring comeback as Jadon Sancho‘s first-half strike and Cole Palmer‘s 61st-minute penalty levelled the scores.
Enzo Fernández then put the away facet in entrance earlier than Palmer’s second spot-kick of the night settled the competition.
Though Son Heung-Min scored a comfort aim within the sixth minute of added time, followers greeted the full-time whistle with boos and lots of had left even earlier after feeling resigned to Tottenham’s seventh league defeat of the season.
Postecoglou, who took cost at Tottenham in the summertime of 2023 and guided them to fifth place in his first season, confronted offended Spurs supporters after Thursday’s 1-0 defeat at Bournemouth and stress is mounting on the 59-year-old with the membership eleventh within the desk and now seven factors off the highest 4.
Tottenham have suffered a collection of harm setbacks and misplaced Cristian Romero to a quad harm after solely quarter-hour earlier than Brennan Johnson went off with sickness and Micky van de Ven was solely capable of play 79 minutes following a hamstring drawback.
“It’s a robust second as a result of there are all these instruments you possibly can presumably use as a supervisor when you’re going by means of robust moments to show issues round and our restricted assets from a enjoying perspective in the mean time would not enable us to do this so you must discover different methods,” Postecoglou instructed a information convention.
“It isn’t by means of an absence of effort. The gamers are continuously on the market as a result of we won’t rotate. They’re giving every part they will. It diminishes performances as properly as a result of they most likely want a relaxation however we won’t give them a relaxation.
“I feel it’s one thing we have to sort out head on and hold pushing on. There may be nonetheless a lot to play for us between now and January simply to ensure we hold performing.
“I nonetheless sense inside this squad there’s a actual conviction in what we’re doing and if we keep that we are going to flip our season round and hopefully in some unspecified time in the future we hit some smoother waters by way of a few of the issues which might be occurring in the mean time.”
Postecoglou additionally voiced his frustration at referee Anthony Taylor’s resolution to not punish Chelsea midfielder Moisés Caicedo for a late sort out on Pape Matar Sarr within the thirty fourth minute. VAR official Jarred Gillett deemed Caicedo had not used extreme pressure within the sort out however Postecoglou mentioned: “I feel it is type of the place we’re at with the present state of soccer, the place persons are simply frozen to make large selections. I feel referees do not wish to make them as a result of they will go to VAR and VAR would not wish to intervene, so that you’re type of left in no man’s land.
“I simply do not suppose, I’ve mentioned it earlier than, the know-how has helped our sport. I do not see the way it helps as a result of It means as an alternative of 1 individual being in command of a sport and also you accepting that, it nearly looks like nobody is in management as a result of all people is scared to decide to overturn any individual else.
“Referees are scared to make selections in case they get it unsuitable, VAR do not wish to intervene and I get that as a result of you do not need disruptions to the sport. You simply need to cop it.”
