Ange Postecoglou has hit a brand new low as Tottenham boss following their defeat to Chelsea.
Spurs fell to a 1-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge, a disappointing end result in opposition to their fierce London rivals.
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To make issues worse, Postecoglou did one thing that no different Tottenham supervisor has executed whereas within the job.
Defeat to Chelsea signifies that the Australian is the primary ever Tottenham boss to lose every of his first 4 league video games in opposition to the Blues whereas in control of the membership.
Postecoglou had already misplaced his three Premier League conferences with the west Londoners earlier than the conflict on Thursday evening.
They’re the one aspect that he has confronted with out but choosing up a single level within the competitors.
With that run now stretching to 4 video games, Chelsea have turn out to be the last word bogey membership for large Ange.
The Blues dominated from the beginning with Nicolas Jackson going shut, earlier than Guglielmo Vicario denied Jadon Sancho earlier than half-time.
Enzo Fernandez put Chelsea forward early within the second half with an amazing header, getting on the tip of a pinpoint cross from the left by Cole Palmer.
Moises Caicedo then appeared to have doubled their lead, just for a prolonged VAR stoppage to rule out his objective for offside.
This was after Levi Colwill strayed into an offside place earlier than the midfielder let fly with a shot from the sting of the realm.
Pape Matar Sarr thought he’d levelled the sport for Spurs, however noticed his long-range effort dominated out after VAR dominated he had fouled Caicedo within the build-up.
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It was a bitter blow for Tottenham who struggled to get again into the sport from that time on.
Defeat signifies that Tottenham stay in 14th place within the Premier League desk with 34 factors from 30 video games.
In the meantime Chelsea have leapfrogged each Newcastle United and Manchester Metropolis to maneuver as much as fourth.
On 52 factors, the Blues are actually 18 factors forward of Spurs within the desk.
Subsequent up for Postecoglou’s aspect is a house conflict with Southampton on Sunday earlier than they return to Europa League motion.
They host Eintracht Frankfurt on subsequent Thursday with the away leg scheduled for Thursday April 17.
Success within the Europa League is Spurs’ solely remaining probability of profitable silverware and in the end, qualifying for Europe subsequent time period.