Ange Postecoglou defended his staff after Tottenham delivered an underwhelming efficiency in a 1-1 draw in opposition to Fulham.
Spurs aimed to remain near London rivals Arsenal and Chelsea within the Premier League however couldn’t capitalise in opposition to the Cottagers.
Brennan Johnson struck a volley from Timo Werner’s help, marking his tenth aim of the season and offering a carry for a Spurs facet that was lacking Dominic Solanke as a result of sickness.
Fulham, nevertheless, equalised when substitute Tom Cairney fired previous Fraser Forster within the 67th minute, though Cairney was later despatched off following a VAR overview for a harmful deal with on Kulusevski.
This outcome leaves Tottenham in seventh place, only a week after their spectacular 4-0 victory over Manchester Metropolis.
Regardless of the setback, Postecoglou emphasised the necessity to protect his gamers amid growing harm and availability points.
“We’re going to have to guard our gamers as a result of as I stated, we’re inside our numbers and Deki has performed each minute. I’ve hardly ever subbed him off,” Postecoglou stated.
“It’s too simple to say let’s simply play like we did in opposition to Man Metropolis each sport!”
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“So, we’ve simply obtained to watch out with him and with a couple of others, however in the intervening time we simply don’t have too many choices, so we’ve simply obtained to attempt to handle them one of the best we are able to and clearly that impacts efficiency.
“It’s too simple to say, effectively, let’s simply play like we did in opposition to Man Metropolis each sport.
“And it in some way once more appears with this membership that no matter it’s that we do effectively is then used as a millstone to deliver us down at each different alternative.
“I suppose from my perspective, as I hold saying, it’s actually essential that we don’t react to any of that and simply keep centered.
“I simply generally really feel like, particularly the gamers we’ve obtained in the intervening time, they’re simply working actually exhausting for this soccer membership to attempt to progress to the place we need to be.
“We’re in fine condition, we’re nonetheless in fine condition. We’re nonetheless in a good place within the league.
“We’re nonetheless within the Carabao Cup, we’re in a good place in Europe, so it’s about us sustaining our give attention to persevering with to develop.”