Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou felt his aspect had sufficient probabilities to win “comfortably” at Newcastle this afternoon after watching their unbeaten begin to the season finish with a 2-1 defeat.
Spurs have been wasteful all through on Tyneside and Alexander Isak’s winner with 12 minutes to go condemned them to defeat.
Postecoglou informed Sky Sports activities: “It bought away from us sadly. We had the possibilities to win the sport most likely comfortably however we stroll away with nothing so it’s a bitter capsule to swallow. It’s what it’s.
“In the event you don’t get the second aim when you’ve gotten momentum… The keeper has pulled off a few good saves however we nonetheless had the possibilities to create one thing extra and we didn’t.
“After we’re creating the quantity of probabilities now we have, we must be getting extra in return than what now we have been in the mean time.
“The positives are that our soccer is nice and has been previously three video games. We simply must get our rewards for our soccer. If we proceed to play like that, I do know we are going to get our rewards.”
Newcastle had simply 34 per cent possession however nonetheless managed to notch their second win of the season to maneuver to seven factors.
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For Isak it was a primary aim of the season and the Sweden worldwide was delighted. He mentioned: “Typically we weren’t anticipating to have an excessive amount of of the ball. We needed to be harmful on the counter-attack. It wasn’t probably the most stunning sport from our aspect however we defended rather well and scored two in order that’s good.
“You all the time must be concentrated. It’s straightforward to get pissed off. It was a tricky sport and hard for me – I wasn’t at my sharpest. Jacob Murphy had an important help, very selfless, so it was simply being in the appropriate place.”