Postecoglou slams ‘unacceptable’ Spurs after ‘terrible’ loss at Brighton

BRIGHTON: Ange Postecoglou accused his Tottenham flops of producing an “unacceptable” performance after they blew a two-goal lead in their “terrible” 3-2 defeat at Brighton on Sunday.

Postecoglou’s side had raced into a commanding half-time lead thanks to strikes from Brennan Johnson and James Maddison. But Tottenham suffered a second half collapse at the Amex Stadium as Yankuba Minteh, Georginio Rutter and Danny Welbeck scored to hand the visitors their third defeat in seven Premier League games this season.

Postecoglou was fuming after the north Londoners lost a Premier League match they led by two or more goals for just the second time in their last 166 matches. “Disappointing. Frustrated and absolutely gutted with that. Worst defeat since I’ve been here. Unacceptable second half,” the Australian said.

“Nowhere near where we should be. We got carried away with how we were going. “We kind of accepted our fate and it is hard to understand as we’ve not done that while I’ve been here. We paid the price. “The problem is we are travelling along too smoothly, football and life will trip you up if you get too far ahead of yourself.”