Fiery Ange demands wasteful Spurs ‘show some conviction’ as alarming trend remains

Ange Postecoglou blasted his players for “lacking conviction” as a wasteful Tottenham was made to pay for not taking their chances against a clinical West Ham United side in a 2-1 defeat.

Tottenham fired off a staggering 23 shots with seven on target against the Hammers, but only a header from Cristian Romero off a corner was able to beat West Ham goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski.

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As for West Ham, they seized upon the few openings they had and it was a major brainfade from Tottenham left back Destiny Udogie that sparked James Ward-Prowse’s winning goal.

Remarkably, the result means Tottenham became the first team in Premier League history to lose three consecutive games despite taking a 1-0 lead.

And it has been their inability to kill off teams when they are creating chance after chance that has come back to bite.

When asked in his post-match press conference why Tottenham cannot hold on to a lead, Postecoglou believed the answer was “simple”.

“Like I said, it’s just not having that conviction in front of goal to finish teams off,” Postecoglou said.

“As simple as that.

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“If we weren’t creating chances, if we were out on our feet, those kinds of things, you could factor into it. But I don’t see that.

“Because all our chances, especially in the first half, have nothing to do with fatigue. It’s to do with lacking conviction, at the moment we’re just going