Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou stated their 3-2 loss at Brighton was the “worst defeat” of his tenure and blasted his facet for his or her lack of battle 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 assert his facet “accepted their fate” as their five-game successful run was shockingly ended.
Postecoglou informed Sky Sports activities: “It’s disappointing. Frustrated. I’m absolutely gutted with that.
“That is in all probability the worst defeat we’ve had since I have been right here.
“An unacceptable second half. We weren’t anyplace close to the place we must be. Perhaps we obtained carried away with how we had been going.
“We accepted our destiny which is difficult to grasp as a result of we’ve not carried out that since I have been right here. We have usually fought for all the pieces. When you do not you pay a worth and we paid a worth.
“Maybe that’s part of the problem, maybe things were travelling on too smoothly. Football and life will trip you up if you get too far ahead of yourself and that’s what it looked like to me in the second half.”
The beautiful 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’s no message. It is a terrible loss. As bad as it gets, and there’s only one way to fix it and that’s my responsibility.
“We misplaced all our duels, we weren’t aggressive. Should you lose all of your duels, no matter what you do tactically, it is not going to work. You need to be aggressive.
“They all go on international duty, the players will process it individually. I will deal with it when everyone gets back.”
Ange: We did not should get something out of sport
Postecoglou was ‘pissed off’ and ‘disenchanted’ with their 3-2 defeat at Brighton
Postecoglou lower a very downbeat determine in his post-match press convention.
The 59-year-old stated: “There are certain elements of this team that have been pretty consistent throughout my tenure, and that is, even in our not-so-good days, we’ve always fought and been competitive. I think that’s been sort of non-negotiable.
“As we speak’s the primary day I really 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 much about competition as it is anything else, and if you don’t compete and you allow the opponent to overrun you in that manner, then you’re not going to get anything out of it.”
He added: “We didn’t do the basics of everything we’ve done to get to this point, good, bad, or otherwise.
“So even once we did not win at Newcastle, we performed effectively, and we fought laborious to the final second to attempt to win that sport of soccer. We did not try this right this moment. 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 right this moment.”
Questioned whether he had learned something new about his team, he responded: “I do not know if I discovered one thing new, however I actually skilled one thing new, which with all these items, straight after a sport you are emotional about it.
“That’s probably the most disappointing loss I’ve had since I’ve been here in terms of the way we went about it, and it’s something I need to assess.”
Postecoglou has a lot to ponder over the October worldwide break
Requested whether or not he might have made substitutions earlier than Brighton’s second and third objectives, he replied: “Yeah, I could have, but all these things are totally irrelevant to me, substitutions and all those kind of things.
“Should you’re not aggressive, it does not matter what you do, you are not going to get rewards. You do not should 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.
“But I do think if you do get something out of the game, then you’re falsely rewarded, and I don’t want to get falsely rewarded.”
Maddison: We’ve got 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 “lost complete control” after Yankuba Minteh pulled one again within the forty eighth minute for Brighton.
The England worldwide informed Sky Sports activities: “We couldn’t deal with the mental shift and lost complete control of the game after the first goal went in. We dealt with the momentum very poorly. It just felt like attack after attack and we couldn’t deal with it.
“Brighton are an excellent 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 most effective groups keep robust. We did not try this.
“We’ll need to take big lessons from the second half if we want to make strides forward.”
Berbatov: Spurs are too good
Tottenham gamers look dejected after the collapse at Brighton
Tottenham misplaced a Premier League sport by which that they had led by two or extra objectives for the tenth time, changing into the primary membership to hit double figures for this, and at the least three greater than some other facet within the competitors’s historical past.
Dimitar Berbatov believes his former membership stay a tender contact beneath Postecoglou.
The ex-Spurs striker informed Sky Sports activities: “This type of stuff happened to Spurs before and continues to happen.
“They’ve a few good video games however then all of it comes crashing down due to outcomes like that or one thing else.
“This is where they need to be mentally strong [after conceding the first goal], weather the storm, but it didn’t happen for Spurs. If you don’t have consistency in your performances to stay at the top you are going to suffer.
“Spurs are too good.”
Meanwhile, another ex-Spurs striker, Les Ferdinand, believes the players should be “embarrassed” by their collapse.
“The gamers might be getting on that coach embarrassed,” he told Sky Sports.
“The followers have turned up of their numbers and have been embarrassed by the second-half efficiency.
“That’s what you’re left with as a player, embarrassment and humiliation. That lingers until you play again.”
