The good feeling around Ange Postecoglou’s arrival in the Premier League has well and truly been washed away with Tottenham limping towards the finish line in dire fashion.
Another hammering — this time, Spurs went 4-0 down to Liverpool before two late consolation goals — has ramped up the pressure on the Australian with pundits starting to call-out the defensive frailty of his team.
Postecoglou was the toast of the Premier League early this season with Tottenham’s exciting, breakneck attacking play dazzling viewers while taking the team to the top of the table.
But the all-out nature of Postecoglou’s attacking philosophy was always going to leave holes at the back. Those holes are now being exploited ruthlessly, and regularly.
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Spurs have lost four-straight league games, conceding three goals or more in three of those defeats.
Tottenham also conceded three goals to Fulham in March, and has only won two of its eight Premier League games since beating Aston Villa nearly two months ago.
Spurs are now officially out of top-five contention, and is even at small risk of being caught by the chasing back of Newcastle, Chelsea and Manchester United, who are four, six and six points behind respectively.
All have two games left to play, except for United, which has three.
Things reached a new low point on Sunday when Liverpool netted four times in 59 minutes, before Spurs scored in the 72nd and 77th.
The goals took
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