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'Of Course They Hurt Me': Postecoglou Downbeat As Results Reach Decade Low

'Of Course They Hurt Me': Postecoglou Downbeat As Results Reach Decade Low
Rob O'Halloran
By Rob O'Halloran Updated
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Tottenham Hotspur manager Angle Postecoglou's run of tough performances continued on Wednesday evening when title contenders Arsenal came firing back from Spurs early goal to claim a 2-1 victory and move within just four points of Liverpool.

The result now means Spurs are five games without a Premier League win, having last claimed three points against Manchester United exactly a month ago, losing four and drawing one league game in the interim.

Their eleven league losses this season is the most of any Tottenham team since 2009.

Speaking after today's clash, the results looked to be weighing heavily on the Australian manager, with him telling TNT Sports the 'unacceptable' performances 'hurt'.

Nowhere near good enough, especially in the first half we were way too passive. We hung in there but that's all we were doing, second half was a little bit better but nowhere near good enough.

Ultimately, I guess the responsibility lies with me in how we prepare the players and their mindset going out there certainly wasn't our intent when we started the game.

Speaking about Pedro Porro's late chance to equalise the affair, Postecoglou was in no mood to entertain what-ifs.

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Yeah he did, but that's not what I'm interested in, I'm more interested in how we go about playing our football and it wasn't anywhere near the level today.

Of course they (losses) hurt me, but they're not acceptable

Tottenham the losers as Arteta closes gap on Liverpool

Arsenal largely controlled the encounter but it was the visitors who scored the opener, Son Heung-Min getting on the end of a volley from the edge of the area which deflected and beat David Raya between the posts.

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Spurs tried to hold their lead going into the interval but were undone by a moment of controversy when Pedro Porro did enough in his defensive duties up against Leandro Trossard.

The defender ricocheted the ball of his opponent in an apparently successful effort to win a goal kick, but the match officials saw it differently with Arsenal being awarded a corner.

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Mikel Arteta's men took advantage, as they so often do from the set-piece, with Gabriel's header forcing Spurs' Dominic Solanke into knocking the ball over his own line.

Trossard was involved again just four minutes later, drilling a shot low and into the bottom right corner after Yves Bissouma had been dispossessed to make it 2-1.

Unfortunately for Spurs, VAR is not used to determine whether corners should be overturned, instead being employed to analyse more high-profile debates like offsides and cynical fouls.

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They threatened at times but it was Arsenal who spurned the better second-half opportunities, still holding out for a 2-1 win.

Spurs have now lost eleven of nineteen Premier League games this season and sit 13th in the standings. Eleven losses is the most a Tottenham side has suffered since 2009.

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