Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou admitted at the moment’s defeat to Chelsea, through which his facet squandered a 2-0 result in lose 4-3, was a “sore one”.
Two slips from Marc Cucurella enabled the hosts to surge right into a commanding early lead by way of objectives from Dominic Solanke and Dejan Kulusevski however then Spurs fell aside.
Jadon Sancho pulled one again and an Enzo Fernandez aim, sandwiched between two Cole Palmer penalties, put Chelsea in management.
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Son Heung-min decreased the arrears late on however it was not sufficient for a Spurs facet who’re eleventh within the desk.
“It’s a sore one for certain, it’s painful,” Postecoglou instructed Match of the Day.
“We began the sport very well however as our season has been going, we lose [Cristian] Romero after 20 minutes and that disrupts us a bit they usually rating straight after.
“We had moments to get our third and at half-time we have been in a good place. The second half is a ding dong, particularly in the beginning, they scored however we had an enormous probability with Son, we didn’t take it after which they go 3-2 up.
“I assumed each penalties have been poor selections by us, we’ve got to point out extra self-discipline. In the long run the important moments obtained us.
“I believe there have been high quality alternatives however I don’t suppose there was an abundance of them. I can’t bear in mind the keepers making a load of top of the range saves.
“We greater than matched a superb facet in that division and when there may be high quality on the market you’re going to have moments.
“There have been issues we might have accomplished higher for certain.”
We performed nicely at the moment – Postecoglou
Postecoglou was barracked by the visiting followers following the 1-0 defeat at Bournemouth in midweek and there was once more muted booing on the closing whistle.
He added: “We didn’t play nicely in midweek however we did at the moment. They’re a high facet, you’ve got to offer credit score to them. We obtained distracted in key moments. We have to realise we’re powerful to cease once we do play our soccer. The 2 penalties have been poor. While you’re enjoying these high groups, the momentum shifts rapidly.”
To compound a depressing afternoon for Spurs, each central defenders Romero and Micky van de Ven failed to finish the 90 minutes.
“Clearly Romero was actually disappointing. He felt one thing in his quad after 20 minutes and couldn’t proceed,” he stated.
“Brennan [Johnson] wasn’t nicely and he tried to type himself out at half time however he simply wasn’t as much as going on the market.
“Micky [van de Ven] was only a little bit of tiredness. The plan at the moment was at all times to try to give him 60 or 70 [minutes].”