Tottenham Hotspur boss Ange Postecoglou has rued his aspect’s lack of composure in a 1-0 defeat at Crystal Palace, saying the guests conceded a poor aim after shedding the ball close to their very own field.
Palace claimed its first win of the season when Spurs defender Micky van de Ven slipped in possession whereas seeking to play the ball out from the again, with the house aspect capitalising to attain by Jean-Philippe Mateta.
“We may have handled these conditions higher however it was a poor aim and we should always do higher at that and never concede like that,” Postecoglou advised reporters.
“There have been different options on the market and once more even in that second we did not need to lose our composure. It simply appears we form of wished every thing to run easily and we all know it does not, particularly in a sport like in the present day.
“There are nonetheless methods you may overcome that however it was a poor aim to concede as a result of the sport was all the time an arm-wrestle. It was by no means going to be one with baggage of possibilities … so to concede like that was disappointing.”
Postecoglou stated he didn’t need Spurs to play Palace at their very own sport and stated the stop-start nature of the match didn’t permit his gamers to calm down.
Jean-Philippe Mateta (proper) scored the one aim of the sport. (Getty Photos: PA Photos/Steven Paston)
“What I need to attempt to do is get folks to regulate to enjoying our sport. A few of it’s uncontrolled as a result of they’re clearly going to be fairly aggressive of their strategy,” he added.
“How the referee offers with that, not a lot when it comes to the challenges however when it comes to stoppages and taking their time, all of that’s out of our management. However I simply felt once we had management of issues, we may have handled it higher.
“We ended up doing foolish issues, freely giving foolish fouls and shedding our composure, which simply provides to that form of sport when you may’t get any traction.
“We directed our frustration within the incorrect manner quite than coping with it like we should always have.”
Spurs goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario stored Palace at bay with some essential saves and the Italian stated the house aspect confirmed extra combat within the London derby.
“They combat and I believe we lacked that in the present day,” Vicario advised Sky Sports activities.
“We’re disillusioned as a result of we’ve got to combat. We play good soccer however perhaps generally we lack the need to combat. They present an actual want to combat for one thing.”
“I believe we lacked a little bit of vitality to be higher than them.
“We have now to take this personally and it has to harm us quite a bit.”
Spurs sit in eighth place within the Premier League, with a 4 wins, 4 defeats and a draw from their 9 matches this season.
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