Ange Postecoglou was pleased with his makeshift Tottenham crew’s effort and dedication towards Wolves regardless of shedding all three factors in stoppage time at Molineux.
The north Londoners went into Saturday’s lunchtime conflict off the again of a 4-1 defeat at residence to Chelsea on Monday evening – their first Premier League defeat of the season – and had been with out a host of key gamers attributable to accidents and suspensions.
Regardless of that, a flowing crew transfer noticed Brennan Johnson faucet residence from shut vary to present the guests a lead inside the primary three minutes.
Wolves responded properly to the setback and, regardless of having much less possession than their opponents, carved out the higher probabilities however lacked a medical edge to seek out an equaliser – no less than till stoppage time.
From a fast throw-in, substitute Pablo Sarabia introduced down the ball with one contact and fired into the underside nook along with his subsequent to web a goal-of-the-season contender, lastly breaking Tottenham’s cussed resolve within the 91st minute.
Out of the blue each side tried to go for the win on the demise and it was Wolves who claimed all three factors after a blistering passage of play, with a fast free-kick releasing Sarabia, who performed a beautiful though-ball in behind the Spurs defence for Mario Lemina to information residence and seal a 2-1 victory.
Regardless of being on the receiving finish of a sucker-punch, Postecoglou was proud of the style by which his facet battled within the contest – even when there may be loads of room for enchancment.
‘Upset clearly, notably after it occurred so late, nevertheless it’s a part of the ache of soccer and when issues occur in these circumstances you’ve simply obtained to take it,’ stated the Australian.
‘Can’t fault the gamers’ effort or dedication. It was all the time going to be a troublesome recreation anyway at Wolves. We simply couldn’t maintain out.’
At one level Postecoglou may very well be heard screaming at his gamers to ‘rise up’ and appeared pissed off along with his facet’s considerably timid play going ahead, however he rejected these solutions afterwards: ‘I don’t learn about that.
‘The primary half I simply felt that we began properly however we may have been a bit extra constructive and be somewhat bit extra aggressive with the ball.
‘I’ve obtained to mood that with the truth that we’ve made so many modifications and we’re not going to get the identical sort of fluency, particularly when notably three of your again 4 are just about beginning for the primary time.
‘We’ve made a few modifications as properly additional up and it’s not going to be as fluent however I simply felt we may have been extra constructive, particularly within the first half. Second half I assumed it wasn’t too unhealthy.
‘I simply thought, and perhaps as a result of we had been profitable the sport, I believe a variety of the blokes at the back of their minds, they haven’t performed shortly and there was somewhat little bit of self preservation there to get us by means of to the top of the sport. It’s all comprehensible stuff due to the lineup we had on the market.’
Requested what positives he took from the sport, Postecoglou added: ‘I’ve already stated the character and the dedication. I don’t dismiss that. There’s an enormous effort to exit towards a robust opponent right here at residence.
‘The blokes are enjoying their first video games of the yr, you’re altering three out of a again 4 so it’s pretty disruptive, particularly when guys haven’t performed in any respect. There’s a variety of positives to take from it, they’ll be higher for the expertise, they’ll be stronger, so loads of positives.’
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