Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou gave a post-match interview after their hopes of qualifying for next season’s Champions League took a major hit
The north London club, currently fifth in the Premier League table – seven points behind fourth-placed Aston Villa – suffered a 2-0 defeat at Chelsea on Thursday night
Mauricio Pochettino’s side move up to eighth in the table after goals from Trevoh Chalobah and Nicolas Jackson sealed all three points at Stamford Bridge
On the other hand, Spurs struggled to generate momentum throughout the match
In fact, they were unable to hit a single shot on target in the first 45 minutes
After the final whistle, an angry Postecoglou made his feelings clear about the performance and the result
“It wasn’t good enough and I have to take responsibility for that, it’s my fault,” he told Sky Sports
“I’m the manager and I’m the one putting them out there, that’s not enough
Like I said, I have to look at myself in all of this and see how much impact I can make “When we act like one, it means my message is not conveyed
I have to answer
” When the Sky reporter asked what the message was, Postecoglou didn’t hesitate
“Come on man, we didn’t play well,” he said
“Do you want me to
no
” write to you” In his press conference, the Australian coach gave further insight into his team’s poor performance “It was not a great performance, We didn’t play well or I wasn’t in a good mood and it was my fault,” he admitted
“We were so far away, we lacked real belief and a positive mindset when in possession of the ball
We were not aggressive with or without the ball
And that’s not like us at all
At least we tend to be very competitive
We had bigger problems than set pieces tonight
” The 58-year-old added: “My responsibility is to prepare the team for every match to reach a certain level, and we didn’t do that tonight
” Spurs have now suffered three consecutive defeats; this was also mentioned in the press conference
“That’s the way it is
I don’t think in those terms,” Postecoglou said
“My responsibility is to prepare the team for every match to make sure we reach certain levels
Today we didn’t do that, so it’s my responsibility and I have to fix it
” overcome that
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Ange Postecoglou was highly critical of himself in brutally honest post-match interview after Chelsea defeat
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