“I used to be extra involved about Alejo as a result of, aside from me occurring the sector and bodily dragging him off, he wasn’t going to go down.
“I feel the Bournemouth employees thought we have been attempting to make a substitution however we had none.”
Ange Postecoglou clashed with Bournemouth employees.Credit score: Getty
Bournemouth head coach Andoni Iraola made it clear his beef was with Tottenham not getting Veliz off the pitch shortly sufficient.
“If he’s injured, he has to go to the bench,” he mentioned. “He was injured for positive, in any other case he would proceed to play and run … however simply stroll to the bench. It was regular to waste time within the recreation. We’d have achieved the identical.”
Veliz needed to go off and Spurs held on with 10 males to win, because of objectives earlier from Pape Sarr, Son and Richarlison.
Bournemouth, who missed a bunch of possibilities whereas on prime for big intervals of the sport, pulled one again by Alex Scott, who additionally had a header dominated out for offside in stoppage time.
Sarr, who scored the primary, fears his place in Senegal’s Afcon squad is in jeopardy after struggling a hamstring harm. The midfielder, 21, lined his face along with his fingers and shirt to cover the tears as he left the sector within the thirty second minute.
“It’s onerous to say,” Postecoglou mentioned. “Clearly he’s emotional as he desires to go away along with his nationwide crew, it’s a giant match for him.
“It’s form of the best way our season’s gone, after his aim he will get this harm. It’s disappointing for him however I’m hoping it’s not too critical and he can nonetheless go away and assist his nation.”
Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris made an emotional farewell to the followers at half-time after sealing a transfer to MLS aspect Los Angeles FC.
Postecoglou didn’t decide the World Cup winner, 37, for a single recreation however acknowledged the previous captain’s affect in an 11-year spell.
“My companies are pretty minuscule in comparison with his however within the time I’ve labored with him he’s been an absolute skilled and an absolute gents,” he mentioned.
In the meantime, Declan Rice questioned Arsenal’s mentality and Mikel Arteta mentioned his aspect was “nowhere close to” the required stage because the Gunners ended the yr with a second consecutive defeat.
Arsenal missed the prospect to return to the highest of the Premier League desk and as an alternative completed the weekend in fourth, one level forward of fifth-placed Tottenham, after a shock 2-1 loss at Fulham.
A dejected Arteta described it as a “painful and unhappy” day for his crew as he mentioned his gamers weren’t adequate in opposition to Marco Silva’s spectacular Fulham.
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Arsenal took an early lead at Craven Cottage however conceded objectives both aspect of the break. It was the primary time in 48 matches, relationship again to New Yr’s Day in 2022, they’ve misplaced a Premier League recreation wherein they scored first.
“Whenever you go 1-0 up it is advisable to take extra management, have extra self-belief, extra need and the mentality must be higher,” Rice mentioned. “We have to demand extra from one another.
“As soon as we went 1-0 up we needed to push on once more, go for extra. On this league there isn’t any room to mess up.”