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Ange Postecoglou was not successful the temper for it arsenic helium faced the property pursuing his Tottenham club’s nightmare derby nonaccomplishment to bitter rivals Arsenal.
The Australian manager admitted helium was frustrated with his players arsenic Spurs slumped to a 2nd consecutive decision that leaves the club’s quest to play successful the Champions League hanging by a thread.
Arsenal’s tense 3-2 triumph astatine Tottenham Hotspur Stadium saw them clasp their spot connected the apical of the table, surviving the tense dying minutes arsenic Tottenham launched a precocious comeback.
Mikel Arteta’s broadside stormed into a three-goal pb successful the archetypal half, earlier Tottenham scored 2 2nd fractional goals to marque it a grandstand finish.
It was each acceptable up by a 23-minute archetypal fractional blitz that enactment Arsenal up 3-0.
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg’s ain extremity enactment Arsenal up aboriginal earlier Bukayo Saka fired location and Kai Havertz headed successful from virtually connected the goalline to enactment Arsenal successful command.
Cristian Romero’s extremity gave Tottenham anticipation arsenic helium punished a wayward walk by Arsenal keeper David Raya, earlier Son Heung-min’s 87th-minute penalty, conceded by Declan Rice’s needless foul connected Ben Davies, acceptable up an anxious finale.
They survived by their digit tips to go the archetypal Arsenal broadside to triumph league games astatine Tottenham successful successive seasons since the precocious 1980s.
With fourth-placed Aston Villa 7 points wide of fifth-placed Tottenham, Postecoglou’s broadside indispensable triumph their 2 games successful manus to person immoderate accidental of staying successful the contention for Champions League qualification.
“Disappointing time for us. We didn’t get the result we wanted from a large game,” helium said.
“There are a batch of moments successful games erstwhile we don’t consciousness that you are giving bully absorption clip and abstraction to bash things. They are going to wounded you.
“I don’t deliberation it’s astir conscionable set-pieces. We were precise mediocre connected those but determination is simply a batch much to fix.”
He was overmuch much terse with reporters during his property conference, which didn’t past long, Sky Sports reported.
“From our perspective, we allowed them mode excessively casual entree to our goal. They got determination 3 oregon 4 times and scored 3 goals successful the archetypal half. It’s not acceptable astatine this level and we paid a terms for it against a precise bully team,” helium said.
“We showed resilience and fought backmost but we had to due to the fact that determination was nary different choice. We couldn’t travel retired successful the 2nd fractional and not springiness our supporters a small spot of hope.
“We’re inactive not arsenic resilient arsenic we tin be, peculiarly successful those kinds of moments [in the archetypal half] wherever determination are transitions oregon set-pieces.”
Spurs skipper Son Heung-min besides admitted it was a “painful” day.
“We could person travel backmost aft 3-2. I deliberation we had a bully accidental and a bully opportunity,” helium said.
“Especially successful those games if you concede goals similar that it’s hard and painful.
“They were objective and beardown successful the air. We had a batch of opportunities, hitting the station and having a disallowed goal.
“As I said earlier erstwhile you concede goals similar this you person to beryllium strong.”
Arteta, meanwhile, believes the Gunners are susceptible of winning the league, holding a 1 constituent pb implicit Manchester City, who person 1 crippled successful hand.
Asked if Arsenal, chasing a archetypal rubric since 2004, had shown they were equipped to beryllium champions, Arteta said: “I deliberation so. 100 per cent. I person seen that each time since the commencement of the season.
“What is up is beautiful. The margins are truthful small. Obviously we expect to person a existent go.
“Don’t get carried distant with yourself. We privation to beryllium better. There are margins for improvement. Go again against Bournemouth adjacent play due to the fact that it’s going to beryllium truly tough.”
Arteta was impressed with the mode his players responded to their self-inflicted wounds and kept Tottenham astatine bay successful the pressure-packed last minutes.
“When you are astatine the highest competitory level it is not ever going to spell for you. It is however you react. How overmuch bash they privation it? It is portion of the journey,” helium said.
“3-0 up you are successful power and dominating. Then thing clicks successful your brain, we made a mistake, they scored and it’s crippled on.
“I person a batch of religion successful the players but I was doubting a spot successful the past fewer minutes. We had to excavation in.
“We person done it 2 years successful a enactment present which is highly difficult. We had to endure successful the 2nd half. Great. It’s bully learning. Something you tin drawback successful the future.” Arteta singled retired Havertz for praise aft the often-criticised German played done unwellness to present an influential display, featuring a superb agelong walk that acceptable up Saka’s extremity anterior to his ain objective header.
“He was sensational successful each section today. He wasn’t 100 percent. He was sick earlier the match,” Arteta said.
— with AFP
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