Ange Postecoglou takes blame for early Tottenham collapse in Everton defeat
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Tottenham head coach Ange Postecoglou accepted responsibility for their embarrassing first-half performance at Everton which led to a 3-2 defeat and left the club floundering in 15th place. A 12th league defeat of the season was only made to look slightly better by the two goals scored by Dejan Kulusevski and former Toffees forward Richarlison in the final 13 minutes.
Prior to that Spurs, who have now taken just four points from the last 27 available, were made to look second-best by the Premier League’s lowest scorers, who found themselves 3-0 up at home at half-time for the first time in almost eight years courtesy of Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Iliman Ndiaye and an Archie Gray own goal.
“It wasn’t a great first half. I guess the majority of that is down to me. I changed the team and changed the structure (to a three-man defence),” said Postecoglou. “We had a couple of setbacks in terms of player availability and we struggled to get control of the game and allowed Everton to capitalise on that.
“Obviously at half-time we had a mountain to climb. Fair play to the players, they kept going until the end but ultimately fell short. “I have the responsibility of the group of players. I do have to try and get us through this and that’s what I’ve got to focus on.
“For me to focus on anything else is abstaining myself from the responsibility I have. I’m just determined to get us out of this.”. Tottenham’s injury list stood at 10 before kick-off after the latest blow saw Dominic Solanke sustain a knee injury in Saturday’s training session, with Radu Dragusin not emerging for the second half after sustaining a cut to the head.
