Postecoglou admits Tottenham need to 'break the cycle' of poor run

Ange Postecoglou admits that Tottenham have "shot themselves in the foot" during their recent dismal run.

Postecoglou was booed by and embroiled in exchanges with fans after Thursday's defeat at Bournemouth marked a return of one win in his side's last six games.

But the Lilywhites' manager is refusing to lean on his stretched squad heading into Sunday's London derby with Chelsea as an excuse for their current downturn.

"I think that is put to one side," insisted Postecoglou.

"For me the disappointment last night, there was a repeat of cycle of us going into games, starting well enough but then allowing the opposition to get a grip on it by either conceding a sloppy goal - like we did last night - or not taking our opportunities.

"We need to break that cycle, irrespective of where we are at at the moment. We know we are really thin on the ground in terms of squad numbers.

"We know there is not a lot of opportunity to rotate and rest players. We paid the price with Benny [Davies] last night.

"Those are known things. what also is known is we repeatedly shot ourselves in the foot in games like last night and we need to change that."

Postecoglou also downplayed the fiery post-match scenes at the Vitality Stadium.

He added: "Last night you have to figure the fans who travel to Bournemouth are fairly hardcore supporters.

"They weren't happy with what they saw and they felt like they needed to give some feedback. I took the feedback onboard and we move on.

"I am here, I am going to fight to make sure we bring success to this football club.

"Nothing really changes. Where there is doubt, whether that is internally or externally, it just gets my resolve stronger to make sure we get it right."

Spurs have won just one of their last 10 games against Chelsea in all competitions.

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