Ange Postecoglou: 'Injuries not to blame for Wolves defeat'
The Lilywhites suffered three successive league defeats to the West Midlands outfit for the first time ever on Saturday, as Gary O'Neil's men executed another counter-attacking display to perfection.
As was the case in their 4-2 beating of Chelsea two weekends ago, Wolves waited for the right moment to strike and went into half time a goal to the good thanks to a looping Joao Gomes header.
Tottenham's attacking display in the first half left a lot to be desired, but they were level within just one minute of the second period, as Dejan Kulusevski poked the ball through Jose Sa's legs at the Portuguese's near post after Wolves failed to deal with a long throw into the box.
However, Spurs' reprieve was short-lived as Wolves turned defence into attack in the blink of an eye in the 63rd minute, culminating in Pedro Neto teeing up Gomes to side-foot home his second of the afternoon.
Tottenham failed to fashion any meaningful opportunities to equalise for a second time and were evidently harmed by the absences of full-backs Pedro Porro and Destiny Udogie, who missed out due to strain and knee injuries respectively.
Manor Solomon and Ryan Sessegnon's absences also restricted Spurs' wide options, but speaking to the press after the game — as quoted by football.london — Postecoglou insisted that injuries were not to blame for his side's defeat.
«We've had a lot of injuries this year, we've certainly performed better than that when we have had injuries. So I don't think that's the reason. Like I said our general level of performance wasn't where it should be,» the
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