Ange Postecoglou launched a staunch defence of his Tottenham gamers after they suffered their ninth Premier League defeat of the season at in-form Nottingham Forest.
Anthony Elanga’s strike on the half-hour mark earned Forest a fourth consecutive top-flight victory for the primary time since 1995, whereas condemning Spurs to a fourth defeat in 5.
Postecoglou’s aspect are languishing in eleventh, six factors adrift of fifth-placed Newcastle with strain mounting on the Australian.
“It’s clearly disappointing the defeat, tight recreation, it was by no means going to be the form of recreation the place there can be too many probabilities,” he mentioned.
“I nonetheless thought we had a good chunk of it the place we may have gotten one thing out of the sport, nevertheless it was all the time going to be a good recreation right here.
“It was a disappointing objective we conceded, however apart from that the boys labored exhausting and we tried to generate as many alternatives as we may contemplating the context of the sport and the way Forest play, however we simply couldn’t get excessive of them.
Yeah, however look we’re asking loads of this group of gamers, loads of these guys are taking part in each three days. It’s solely logical they aren’t going to be at their sharpest however they’re making an attempt and that’s all I can ask if them.”