Ange Postecoglou defended his group after Tottenham delivered an underwhelming efficiency in a 1-1 draw in opposition to Fulham.
Spurs aimed to remain near London rivals Arsenal and Chelsea within the Premier League however couldn’t capitalise in opposition to the Cottagers.
Brennan Johnson struck a volley from Timo Werner’s help, marking his tenth purpose of the season and offering a carry for a Spurs facet that was lacking Dominic Solanke because of sickness.
Fulham, nonetheless, equalised when substitute Tom Cairney fired previous Fraser Forster within the 67th minute, though Cairney was later despatched off following a VAR evaluation for a harmful deal with on Kulusevski.
This consequence leaves Tottenham in seventh place, only a week after their spectacular 4-0 victory over Manchester Metropolis.
Regardless of the setback, Postecoglou emphasised the necessity to defend his gamers amid growing harm and availability points.
“We’re going to have to guard our gamers as a result of as I mentioned, we’re inside our numbers and Deki has performed each minute. I’ve not often subbed him off,” Postecoglou mentioned.
“It’s too straightforward to say let’s simply play like we did in opposition to Man Metropolis each recreation!”
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“So, we’ve simply bought to watch out with him and with a couple of others, however in the mean time we simply don’t have too many choices, so we’ve simply bought to try to handle them the perfect we are able to and clearly that impacts efficiency.
“It’s too straightforward to say, nicely, let’s simply play like we did in opposition to Man Metropolis each recreation.
“And it in some way once more appears with this membership that no matter it’s that we do nicely is then used as a millstone to deliver us down at each different alternative.
“I assume from my perspective, as I hold saying, it’s actually vital that we don’t react to any of that and simply keep centered.
“I simply typically really feel like, particularly the gamers we’ve bought in the mean time, they’re simply working actually onerous for this soccer membership to try to progress to the place we wish to be.
“We’re in fine condition, we’re nonetheless in fine condition. We’re nonetheless in a good place within the league.
“We’re nonetheless within the Carabao Cup, we’re in a good place in Europe, so it’s about us sustaining our concentrate on persevering with to develop.”
