Ange Postecoglou reacts to being booed by Tottenham fans after Bournemouth defeat
Spurs fans appear to be turning on the Australian manager...
Ange Postecoglou says Tottenham fans have ‘every right to be disappointed’ after he was subjected to fervent boos following the defeat to Bournemouth.
‘It is not good enough,’ he told Amazon Prime. ‘We again fell into the trap of starting the game really well, we were in control and then we conceded a really poor goal.
‘Then we kind of lost our way a little bit and allowed Bournemouth to play the game that they wanted to. We had our moments in the second half but we could not get a goal.
‘I don’t know if they had more urgency but we have this sort of propensity to shoot ourselves in the foot when we should be controlling games.
‘They are hard to beat here and what you should not do is give them a goal that gives them the momentum they need.
‘We started to play with a bit more conviction at the beginning of the second half and made some good chances.
‘Again we made things difficult for ourselves by allowing the opposition to take the game in the direction that they want.’
Postecoglou faced intense boos as he went over to applaud the travelling away fans and appeared to exchange a few words with at least one supporter before heading back to the dug-out.
‘The fans have every right to be disappointed with the way it went tonight,’ he said. ‘I got some pretty direct feedback [on the pitch at the end] with the way that we are going at the moment and that is rightly so.
‘They are all big games coming up. We have to get ourselves out of the space we are in at the minute where we can’t get a real grip on the season.’
Asked what the fan said to him, Postecoglou added: ‘Yeah, that’s probably not for here mate.’
The former Celtic boss then reiterated that he was not overly bothered by the negative interaction.
‘I’ve got no issue with it,’ he insisted. ‘I didn’t like what was being said because I’m a human being but you’ve got to cop it.
‘I’ve been around long enough to know that if things don’t go well, you’ve got to understand the frustration and disappointment.
‘They’re right disappointed tonight because again we’ve let a game of football get away from us. That’s ok, I’m ok with all of that.’
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