Tottenham took the lead against West Ham but ultimately slipped to another Premier League defeat (Picture: Getty)
Tottenham slipped to another damaging defeat last night and in doing so set an unwanted Premier League record.
It looked like being a morale-boosting night for Ange Postecoglou’s injury ravaged team when the returning Cristian Romero headed them in front after just 11 minutes.
Spurs failed to capitalise on that bright start, however, and two defensive errors turned a typically feisty London derby on its head in the second half with Jarrod Bowen and James Ward-Prowse doing the damage.
Losing in such circumstances meant that Spurs are now the first side in Premier League history to have failed to win five consecutive games despite going 1-0 up in all of them, while they are also the first team to lose three games in a row at home having opened the scoring.
Things are unlikely to get any easier for the north London club whose bright start to life under their new manager is quickly becoming a distant memory, but Postecoglou issued a rallying cry ahead of Sunday’s daunting trip to Newcastle.
Destiny Udogie was at fault for West Ham’s opening goal (Picture: Getty)
‘There’s no point in feeling sorry for ourselves, looking for a cuddle anywhere,’ Postecoglou insisted.
‘There’s only one way to change our circumstances and that is to come here on Sunday and put in a performance. Not just play good football but go out there and show some conviction about ourselves as a team.
‘Sometimes we can disguise how we’re going by playing some nice stuff but like I said from day one, that’s not what I’m about.
Spurs captain Son Heung-min blasted his side and called them soft after another collapse (Picture: Getty)
‘I want to win and that’s why I came to this football club and that’s the message.
‘We’ve still got a long way to go, I’ve said that from the start. We’re still right at the beginning of what we need to create and days like today just give me further evidence and fuel of how much we need to do.’
He added: ‘I think it’s another game where we’ve dominated a game of football and haven’t turned our dominance into something more tangible and kept the opposition in the game.
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‘I thought we were really poor in both boxes tonight – both with our finishing and both goals were terrible to concede.
‘Us being good means us being 3-0 up. This isn’t about us playing good football, it’s about us winning games of football. That’s what I’ve said from the start.
‘1-0 at half-time was not a good performance. A good performance would have been 3-0 or 4-0 up, as was the case against Villa, and when you don’t, and give up goals you shouldn’t like today, then you get what you deserve.’
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