Spurs surrender to Chelsea ‘painful’ for Postecoglou

AFP | London

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Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou said his side must show more discipline after blowing an early 2-0 lead to lose 4-3 at home to Chelsea on Sunday.

Spurs have won just once in seven games in all competitions to pile the pressure on Postecoglou’s position.

Cole Palmer scored twice from the penalty spot in the second half to turn the game around, while Jadon Sancho and Enzo Fernandez were also on target for the Blues, who go second in the Premier League.

Tottenham remain down in 11th and defeat was compounded by the loss of influential centre-back Cristian Romero, who had only just returned from injury.

“It is a sore one, a painful one,” said Postecoglou. “We started the game really well but as our season has been going, we lose Romero after 20 minutes and that disrupts us a bit and they score straight after.”

Dominic Solanke and Dejan Kulusevski had given Tottenham a perfect start inside 11 minutes.

And they were left to rue missing a number of other big chances as Pape Sarr hit the bar, while Solanke and Son Heung-min wasted huge opportunities with the game still in the balance.

Yves Bissouma and Sarr were also guilty of reckless challenges to gift Chelsea two spot-kicks.