Tottenham’s head coach, Ange Postecoglou, has expressed regret and acknowledged that his team fell short after their loss to Bournemouth on Thursday.
This defeat marks Spurs’ sixth of the season, matching the total of Crystal Palace and Everton.
The visitors could only manage an expected goals (xG) total of 0.58 at the Vitality Stadium while allowing Bournemouth to take 21 shots on goal.
At times, their performance appeared disorganized and chaotic, with players seeming out of sync during the match.
Postecoglou reflected on the match, stating: “It is not good enough. We again fell into the trap of starting the game really well, we were in control and then we conceded a really poor goal.
“Then we kind of lost our way a little bit and allowed Bournemouth to play the game that they wanted to. We had our moments in the second half but we could not get a goal.
“I don’t know if they had more urgency but we have this sort of propensity to shoot ourselves in the foot when we should be controlling games.
“I got some pretty direct feedback…”
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“They are hard to beat here and what you should not do is give them a goal that gives them the momentum they need.
“We started to play with a bit more conviction at the beginning of the second half and made some good chances.
“Again we made things difficult for ourselves by allowing the opposition to take the game in the direction that they want.
“The fans have every right to be disappointed with the way it went tonight. I got some pretty direct feedback [on the pitch at the end] with the way that we are going at the moment and that is rightly so.
“They are all big games coming up. We have to get ourselves out of the space we are in at the minute where we can’t get a real grip on the season.”
After the final whistle, Postecoglou approached the away supporters but was met with boos and hostility.
He appeared visibly frustrated as some fans called for his resignation.
A defeat to Chelsea on Sunday could place significant pressure on the Australian manager, with Spurs potentially slipping into the bottom half of the table.
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