Gary Neville: Spurs must keep faith with Postecoglou & support him in transfers

Gary Neville insisted Tottenham must keep faith with under-fire head coach Ange Postecoglou and back him in the transfer market after their 4-2 defeat to Liverpool on Sunday.

Spurs have now lost four consecutive Premier League games for the first time in 20 years, leaving their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League this season in tatters.

The heavy loss at Anfield featured in-fighting among players, with Emerson Royal and Cristian Romero having to be separated while walking towards the tunnel at half-time.

Spurs now sit seven points behind fourth-placed Aston Villa with only three games left, their season at risk of collapsing completely after a positive start following Postecoglou's appointment.

Neville believes the Australian is still the right man for the job, though, and that he needs to be backed to overhaul the squad in order to implement his playing style more effectively.

"I don't know whether there's a little bit of fatigue or a little bit of a disconnect at the end," he said of Tottenham's late-season slump on The Gary Neville Podcast.

"The manager looks - and I say this in a respectful manner - like he has a little less faith in them during this period than he did at the start of season.

"That's natural when they're not quite doing what he wants them to do.

"When Spurs play the way they play under Ange Postecoglou, it's high tempo or nothing, when it looks really bad. There's no in between.

"It's like Liverpool have been in the past seven or eight years. I think when Liverpool are at their best is when they're really electric.

"It's the same with Spurs and when it's not there, it really stands out more than it does with other teams.

"So I think that's what he'll be a little annoyed with in the last couple of weeks