Ange Postecoglou has admitted that the goals Tottenham conceded in their 3-2 defeat against West Ham are partly on him. Taking charge of his first Spurs match, the Lilywhites started strongly but found themselves two goals down after 23 minutes following strikes from Danny Ings and Divin Mubama.
Firstly failing to clear a set-piece and close down Jarrod Bowen's cross before Ings nodded home with ease, Mubama nodded home a short corner five minutes later after finding himself in acres of space with Spurs not prepared. Managing to get back on level terms in the second half, the Hammers, who barely threatened after the break, went ahead again as Gianluca Scamacca was played through on goal to slot home.
Yet to strengthen at centre-back this summer despite it topping Tottenham's list of transfer priorities, the goals conceded only highlights that the club need defensive reinforcements ahead of the new season. Speaking in his post-match press conference, Postecoglou admitted that his team need to work on defensive things but that is something they've not spent a lot of time on yet as he has only been in charge of the team for a matter of weeks.
«Partly it's that. The goals we conceded are partly on me — we haven't done loads of work on those kind of defensive areas and structures around set-pieces and stuff. I can't expect the guys to take everything on board,» he said.
«I thought for the most part defensively the pressure was really good and we didn't allow too many chances as you said. But we don't want to be conceding goals with them producing a small number of chances.
»But that's not the sort of stuff worked on. There are still things in our structure where we could have moved the ball quicker and guys aren't in exactly the
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