Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou mentioned their 3-2 loss at Brighton was the “worst defeat” of his Spurs managerial tenure and blasted his facet for his or her lack of combat of their capitulation on the Amex Stadium.
Tottenham suffered a second-half collapse on the south coast as Brighton scored three objectives in 18 minutes to come back from 2-0 all the way down to win 3-2.
Spurs by no means regarded like equalising after Danny Welbeck’s 66th-minute strike, main Postecoglou to say his facet “accepted their destiny” as their five-game successful run was shockingly ended.
Postecoglou instructed Sky Sports activities: “It is disappointing. Annoyed. I am completely gutted with that.
“That is in all probability the worst defeat we now have had since I have been right here.
“An unacceptable second half. We weren’t wherever close to the place we ought to be. Possibly we obtained carried away with how we have been going.
“We accepted our destiny which is difficult to grasp as a result of we’ve not achieved that since I have been right here. We have usually fought for the whole lot. When you do not you pay a worth and we paid a worth.
“Possibly that is a part of the issue, possibly issues have been travelling on too easily. Soccer and life will journey you up in case you get too far forward of your self and that is what it regarded prefer to me within the second half.”
The gorgeous defeat leaves Spurs in ninth and 4 factors off the highest 4 heading into the October worldwide break.
Requested what the message is for the gamers, the Australian responded: “There is not any message. It’s a horrible loss. As dangerous because it will get, and there is just one method to repair it and that is my accountability.
“We misplaced all our duels, we weren’t aggressive. In the event you lose all of your duels, no matter what you do tactically, it isn’t going to work. You must be aggressive.
“All of them go on worldwide obligation, the gamers will course of it individually. I’ll cope with it when everybody will get again.”
Ange: We did not need to get something out of sport
Postecoglou was ‘pissed off’ and ‘upset’ with their 3-2 defeat at Brighton
Postecoglou minimize a very downbeat determine in his post-match press convention.
The 59-year-old mentioned: “There are specific parts of this crew which were fairly constant all through my tenure, and that’s, even in our not-so-good days, we have all the time fought and been aggressive. I feel that is been type of non-negotiable.
“At this time’s the primary day I truly felt like we did not ship in these areas, whether or not that is defensively, whether or not that is with the ball.
“Sport’s as a lot about competitors as it’s the rest, and in case you do not compete and also you permit the opponent to overrun you in that method, then you definitely’re not going to get something out of it.”
He added: “We did not do the fundamentals of the whole lot we have achieved to get thus far, good, dangerous, or in any other case.
“So even once we did not win at Newcastle, we performed nicely, and we fought onerous to the final second to try to win that sport of soccer. We did not do this at present. And each time we have performed, that is been a component of our sport the place I felt that was in. I did not see that at present.”
Questioned whether or not he had discovered one thing new about his crew, he responded: “I do not know if I discovered one thing new, however I actually skilled one thing new, which with all this stuff, straight after a sport you are emotional about it.
“That is in all probability essentially the most disappointing loss I’ve had since I have been right here when it comes to the best way we went about it, and it is one thing I must assess.”
Postecoglou has loads to ponder over the October worldwide break
Requested whether or not he may have made substitutions earlier than Brighton’s second and third objectives, he replied: “Yeah, I may have, however all this stuff are completely irrelevant to me, substitutions and all these form of issues.
“In the event you’re not aggressive, it does not matter what you do, you are not going to get rewards. You do not need to win. So we did not deserve on our second-half efficiency, no matter subs or the rest, to get one thing out of the sport.
“However I do suppose in case you do get one thing out of the sport, then you definitely’re falsely rewarded, and I do not wish to get falsely rewarded.”
Maddison: We now have to cope with adversity higher
Yankuba Minteh sparked Tottenham’s second-half collapse
Tottenham midfielder James Maddison, who put Spurs 2-0 up after Brennan Johnson’s opener, admitted they “misplaced full management” after Yankuba Minteh pulled one again within the forty eighth minute for Brighton.
The England worldwide instructed Sky Sports activities: “We could not cope with the psychological shift and misplaced full management of the sport after the primary purpose went in. We handled the momentum very poorly. It simply felt like assault after assault and we could not cope with it.
“Brighton are a great facet however when the primary purpose went in it’s a must to cope with adversity within the Premier League and keep robust, climate the storm. The very best groups keep robust. We did not do this.
“We’ll must take large classes from the second half if we wish to make strides ahead.”
Berbatov: Spurs are too good
Tottenham gamers look dejected after the collapse at Brighton
Tottenham misplaced a Premier League sport by which they’d led by two or extra objectives for the tenth time, turning into the primary membership to hit double figures for this, and at the least three greater than another facet within the competitors’s historical past.
Dimitar Berbatov believes his former membership stay a comfortable contact below Postecoglou.
The ex-Spurs striker instructed Sky Sports activities: “Such a stuff occurred to Spurs earlier than and continues to occur.
“They’ve a few good video games however then all of it comes crashing down due to outcomes like that or one thing else.
“That is the place they have to be mentally robust [after conceding the first goal], climate the storm, nevertheless it did not occur for Spurs. If you do not have consistency in your performances to remain on the high you will endure.
“Spurs are too good.”
In the meantime, one other ex-Spurs striker, Les Ferdinand, believes the gamers ought to be “embarrassed” by their collapse.
“The gamers will likely be getting on that coach embarrassed,” he instructed Sky Sports activities.
“The followers have turned up of their numbers and have been embarrassed by the second-half efficiency.
“That is what you are left with as a participant, embarrassment and humiliation. That lingers till you play once more.”
