Spurs led 2-0 after 11 minutes thanks to goals from Dominic Solanke and Dejan Kulusevski. But in the end, they ended the match with a score of 3-4. Chelsea's goals were scored by Jadon Sancho, Cole Palmer (double) and Enzo Fernandez. Tottenham's remaining goal was scored by Son Heung-min in the 90+6 minute.
At the end of the match, many fans expressed their clear disappointment with Tottenham's performance. Many people expressed their frustration when the home team lost their 7th match of the season.
Postecoglou, who took over Tottenham in the summer of 2023 and took the team to the 5th place in his first season, is facing great pressure. The Australian tactician was angered by fans after the team lost to Bournemouth in the middle of last week. With the loss to Chelsea, Spurs are currently 11th in the rankings, 7 points behind the Top 4.
In addition to their ups and downs in form, Tottenham also suffered great damage in terms of force. In the loss to Chelsea, 3 of their important players left the field due to injury: Cristian Romero, Brennan Johnson and Micky van de Ven.
This result is painful for Tottenham. We started very well and then we lost Cristian Romero, which forced the team to rearrange the squad before Chelsea got the goals.
I think Tottenham had great moments to get the third goal. The second half was quite boring and we had a great opportunity for Son to turn the game around in our favor. After that, the team was awarded 2 penalties, which turned things around. We need to be better in the box.
We didn't play well against Bournemouth, but today we played well. Chelsea are a strong team, a top opponent. We were broken in important moments, decisive for the game, said Mr. Postecoglou.
According to the Tottenham coach, with so many injured players, he cannot rotate players. He really wanted to give many pillars strength but could not do so. However, he still believes in the squad he has.
"We have a lot of work to do from now until January. I still feel that Tottenham's squad is still believing in what I have built and if we continue to maintain that, we can turn the season around. Hopefully, at some point, the team will overcome the current difficult moments," Postecoglou added.
Postecoglou also expressed his disappointment at referee Anthony Taylor's decision not to award Chelsea midfielder Moises Caicedo for a rough tackle on Pape Matar Sarr in the 34th minute.
VAR referee Jarred Gillett said that Caicedo did not use excessive force in the tackle, so he did not advise Anthony Taylor to check VAR. However, Postecoglou said: "I think this is the current situation of football, when people just keep quiet to make big decisions. I think the referee doesn't want to make a decision because they will ask VAR and VAR doesn't want to intervene.
Referees are afraid to make decisions because they are afraid they make the wrong decision, VAR doesn't want to intervene and I understand that because they don't want the game to be interrupted. We just accept it.
