Head coach Ange Postecoglou admitted he can not wave a magic wand to revive Tottenham’s bid to complete within the Premier League’s high 4.
Postecoglou’s facet crashed to a harmful 2-1 dwelling defeat towards Wolves on Saturday to go away them two factors behind fourth-placed Aston Villa.
Villa’s 2-1 win at Fulham lifted them above Tottenham, who struggled within the absence of injured full-backs Pedro Porro and Future Udogie.
Tottenham had returned to fourth place with a last-gasp victory over Brighton final weekend, however their first defeat in six league video games was a significant setback.
Joao Gomes headed Wolves right into a deserved lead after 42 minutes.
Dejan Kulusevski levelled 34 seconds after the restart for Tottenham, just for Gomes to seize his second after a superb solo run by Pedro Neto within the 63rd minute.
Tottenham have failed to attain within the first half of their final 5 dwelling matches and Postecoglou stated the one answer to their points was to knuckle down on the coaching floor.
“We’ll work exhausting, we’ve acquired two weeks to organize for our subsequent recreation (towards Crystal Palace) and there’s no level feeling sorry for ourselves,” he stated.
“You are taking the blows and also you’ve acquired to maneuver on regardless of what’s occurred previously. You’ve acquired to be sure to’re prepared for the subsequent recreation.
“There’s no tips, it’s exhausting work. I’m not a magician, I’m a soccer supervisor. It’s exhausting work which these guys have carried out all 12 months.
“Like I stated, we’ve acquired so far which is fairly respectable on the again of some exhausting work and that’s what we’ll maintain doing.”
AFP
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