I saw Tottenham player completely lose Ange Postecoglou's trust in 4-3 defeat against Chelsea - opinion

Question marks over Tottenham’s mentality remain after Spurs threw away a 2-0 lead to lose against Chelsea on Sunday.

The north Londoners eventually suffered a 4-3 defeat in the London derby, as goals from Jadon Sancho, Enzo Fernandez and a double from Cole Palmer made efforts from Dominic Solanke, Dejan Kulusevski and Heung-min Son redundant.

Aside from Solanke and Kulusevski – who were terrific – Ange Postecoglou will not have been pleased with his side, although there is one player who we believe has well and truly alienated the Australian now.

Yves Bissouma has surely put himself in Ange Postecoglou’s bad books

Yves Bissouma was already up against it at Tottenham.

The Mali international was told by Postecoglou that he needs to work for “redemption” after Spurs opted to suspend him back in August – when a video of the midfielder inhaling laughing gas emerged on social media.

As quoted by the BBC, the man born in Greece said: “You know what it’s like when you punish your child and they do everything right for the next two days? He’s first in the meetings, he’s doing everything right but there’s always temptation down the road, so we’ll see.”

Postecoglou also went “ballistic” at Bissouma back in May – not once, but twice – when the Tottenham No.8 failed to play Brennan Johnson in during a match against, coincidentally, Chelsea.

The nature of that fury suggests the Malian is a player who particularly stresses the 59-year-old out.

Now, we feel it is over for Bissouma at Tottenham after his utterly foolish challenge on Moises Caicedo, which allowed Chelsea to make it 2-2 from the penalty spot and ultimately take control of the London derby.

It was clear for all to see that the Ecuador international was going to reach the ball first, but nonetheless, the 28-year-old stupidly lunged in.

Chelsea then went 3-2 up just 12 minutes later, and Bissouma was promptly replaced by Lucas Bergvall in the 79th minute.

Archie Gray and Lucas Bergvall could benefit at Tottenham

If we are correct, and Bissouma – who Troy Deeney does not rate – really has burned his bridges with Postecoglou now, two bright talents stand to benefit in the aforementioned Bergvall and Archie Gray.

The latter only has one Premier League start to his name this season following a £30m move from Leeds back in July, while the Sweden international is yet to start in the Premier League.

That has been a surprise given how highly rated the Swede is – Bergvall has even been compared to Jude Bellingham due to his power in midfield.

Whatever happens, we doubt Postecoglou will even want to look at Bissouma after his “braindead” – as Jamie Carragher called it – challenge on Caicedo.