Ange Postecoglou has suffered one other setback in his roller-coaster season with Tottenham Hotspur, and has ended up shouldering the blame for his facet’s persistent inconsistency following a second loss in 4 days.
Spurs succumbed 2-1 at house to beforehand winless Ipswich on Monday morning (AEDT), gifting the struggling Tractor Boys their first Premier League victory in 22 years with an insipid show that had social media critics out in power with their criticism of the Australian.
Postecoglou was left reflecting not too long ago {that a} week is a very long time in soccer, after being derided as a grumpy previous so-and-so one week and an all-conquering hero the subsequent.
He could have been considering the identical as per week that had begun with him feeling emotional and humbled whereas being honoured on the Australian Excessive Fee for his contribution to the game ended with one in all his facet’s most deflating shows of the marketing campaign.
4 days after that they had misplaced to Galatasaray within the Europa League, Spurs misplaced for the fifth time in 11 Premier League video games this season, leaving them tenth, a dozen factors behind leaders Liverpool, when a routine win over Ipswich would have catapulted them to 3rd.
Spurs are within the League Cup quarterfinals however they have not been in a position to stretch collectively greater than two league wins in a row this season and have demonstrated wild fluctuations in kind, even inside the identical match.
“It is simply right down to me. I am not getting constant performances from the gamers,” Postecoglou advised the BBC.
“It is one thing I want to handle. I am the particular person in cost in order that’s normally the best way it goes.
“I take accountability when their performances do not meet the degrees that they need to.”
Poor begins in matches have been a continuing thread and so it was once more on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as Spurs fell behind 2-0 by halftime by targets from Sam Szmodics and Liam Delap.
Rodrigo Bentancur’s header pulled one again but it surely was not sufficient, with Postecoglou admitting that enjoying catch-up — this was the thirteenth time Spurs have gone 1-0 down in 15 house Premier League matches in 2024 — was an issue.
“There are completely different causes,” Postecoglou mentioned when requested why it had occurred.
“At the moment was a bit completely different to different occasions. We have been approach too passive.
“When you give the opposition that a lot of a head begin, it takes lots to claw it again.”
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