Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou has apologised and admitted his team have not been good enough after losing to Bournemouth on Thursday.
It marked Spurs’ sixth loss of the season, the same as Crystal Palace and Everton.
The visitors only managed 0.58xG at the Vitality and allowed 21 shots on their goal.
At times, their play was ragged and disjointed, with players looking lost on the pitch.
Speaking after the match, Postecoglou said: “It is not good enough. We again fell into the trap of starting the game really well, we were in control and then we conceded a really poor goal.
“Then we kind of lost our way a little bit and allowed Bournemouth to play the game that they wanted to. We had our moments in the second half but we could not get a goal.
“I don’t know if they had more urgency but we have this sort of propensity to shoot ourselves in the foot when we should be controlling games.
“I got some pretty direct feedback…”
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“They are hard to beat here and what you should not do is give them a goal that gives them the momentum they need.
“We started to play w ith a bit more conviction at the beginning of the second half and made some good chances.
“Again we made things difficult for ourselves by allowing the opposition to take the game in the direction that they want.
“The fans have every right to be disappointed with the way it went tonight. I got some pretty direct feedback [on the pitch at the end] with the way that we are going at the moment and that is rightly so.
“They are all big games coming up. We have to get ourselves out of the space we are in at the minute where we can’t get a real grip on the season.”
Postecoglou headed over to the away fans after the match but was met with boos and abuse.
He looked frustrated at the supporters – some of whom were calling for him to be sacked.
A loss to Chelsea on Sunday could put the Australian manager under serious pressure with Spurs at threat of falling into the bottom half.
