We’re asking A LOT of these players! Ange Postecoglou after Tottenham suffer NINTH Premier League defeat of the season | OneFootball

Ange Postecoglou launched a staunch defence of his Tottenham players after they suffered their ninth Premier League defeat of the season at in-form Nottingham Forest.

Anthony Elanga’s strike on the half-hour mark earned Forest a fourth consecutive top-flight victory for the first time since 1995, while condemning Spurs to a fourth defeat in five.

Postecoglou’s side are languishing in 11th, six points adrift of fifth-placed Newcastle with pressure mounting on the Australian.

“It’s obviously disappointing the defeat, tight game, it was never going to be the kind of game where there would be too many chances,” he said.

“I still thought we had a fair chunk of it where we could have got something out of the game, but it was always going to be a tight game here.

“It was a disappointing goal we conceded, but aside from that the boys worked hard and we tried to generate as many opportunities as we could considering the context of the game and how Forest play, but we just couldn’t get over the top of them.

Yeah, but look we’re asking a lot of this group of players, a lot of these guys are playing every three days. It’s only logical they are not going to be at their sharpest but they are trying and that’s all I can ask if them.”