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Ange Postecoglou admitted that not a lot modifications after Tottenham had been dumped out of the FA Cup by Aston Villa.
The two-1 loss marks a second cup exit in three days for the London membership, after shedding to Liverpool within the Carabao Cup on Thursday.
And whereas Postecoglou was dissatisfied with the efficiency, he says it’s been the story of their season and so they merely have to select themselves up and go once more.
He stated: “Clearly dissatisfied we don’t progress. It wasn’t an amazing begin, that’s the very last thing you need, and we actually struggled to get some management. Then we had an infinite probability at 1-0 we didn’t take to equalise.
“We acquired a greater grip of the sport however sadly fell quick. Whenever you go a purpose down it offers the opposition momentum and confidence. You need to wrestle management early and we didn’t do this.
“We had been nonetheless within the recreation [at half-time]. We simply wanted to hold in there. The second half was much more like ourselves. The second purpose type of made it a bit tougher however I all the time felt we had been a menace – sadly simply not sufficient.
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“We nonetheless scored, we had alternatives to create extra probabilities. We had been all the time nonetheless within the recreation however conceding an early purpose and a second makes it arduous.”
“Nothing actually modifications. We have now a few weeks now the place we don’t have midweek video games.
“This group has achieved an unbelievable job for 2 and a half months. I can’t reward them sufficient, enjoying twice per week since November. They’ll get the possibility to reset now and end the season robust.
“Europe remains to be essential to us, we’re nonetheless in an amazing spot there, and we’ll hope to get some gamers again over the following two weeks.
“We’ll get gamers again which can assist, we had 11 first-team gamers out immediately. Take that out of any group for one recreation and they might wrestle – we’ve been doing that for 2 and a half months.
“The gamers are going on the market and giving every little thing they’ll. It will be lots higher if that they had some assist.”
It stays to be seen whether or not chairman Daniel Levy will pull the set off and sack Postecoglou after a dismal week, however with gamers on their manner again from harm, his judgement could also be reserved for the Europa League knockout phases as a substitute.
