Ange Postecoglou after Spurs 18th Premier League defeat: ‘One other sport we’ve misplaced the place we shouldn’t lose’
Ange Postecoglou says he felt Spurs ‘deserved to win the sport’ regardless of their 2-1 loss to Nottingham Forest.
Elliott Anderson fired Forest in entrance inside 5 minutes with a deflected strike from the sting of the field.
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Having been denied by VAR 5 minutes earlier, Chris Wooden doubled the guests’ benefit, rising to fulfill Anthony Elanga’s cross and beating Guglielmo Vicario within the air, heading into an empty internet.
Each Lucas Bergvall and Richarlison had been denied by a aim line clearance from Harry Toffolo and an impressive save from Matz Sels respectively.
Spurs did pull a aim again by means of Richarlison with three minutes to go, however it wasn’t sufficient to mount a late comeback.
“It’s one other sport we’ve misplaced the place we shouldn’t lose,” he mentioned.
“It’s been a giant a part of our season in that we simply make issues actually troublesome for ourselves in key moments. Just a bit little bit of focus and gifting away poor targets.
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“It’s a disgrace as a result of our soccer was excellent. We completely dominated the sport. Even with the 2 targets we conceded, I nonetheless felt like we deserved to win the sport.
“On the similar time, it’s one other unacceptable loss. We had challenges right this moment, having to make modifications to the staff. It’s simply actually irritating, as a result of our soccer was so good that you just’ve misplaced one other sport.”
Postecoglou insisted {that a} lack of motivation was not the explanation for why Spurs had been unable to achieve a consequence from the match, given their dominance.
“It’s not like we misplaced as a result of the gamers chucked it in. If that’s what folks noticed, they’re watching one thing completely different to me,” he mentioned.
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“I don’t assume they lacked motivation right this moment, as a result of I believed our soccer was excellent.
“However once more, we’ve paid the worth for missing focus and focus in key moments. It’s one other sport we’ve let slip. I don’t assume motivation is the difficulty.”
Postecoglou added that errors coming from a lapse of focus should be eradicated in an effort to enhance as a aspect.
“We must always study from these items, however it’s a fixed in our make-up in the meanwhile. It’s one thing we have to eradicate,” he admitted.
“However at completely different occasions this 12 months we’ve proven actual good focus and focus, Frankfurt being a basic case of that.
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“Tonight, firstly, we didn’t actually sense the one menace Forest had been going to have had been on the counter assault, which I believed we dealt with very nicely, and set-pieces. We gave away two poor targets.”