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Son Heung-min bemoaned Tottenham Hotspur’s lack of concentration after 2-1 Premier League loss to Leicester City.
Premier League: Tottenham Hotspur’s Son Heung-min against Leicester City (AP)
Son Heung-min slammed Tottenham’s lack of focus after Sunday’s “painful” 2-1 defeat against lowly Leicester increased the pressure on under-fire boss Ange Postecoglou.
Postecoglou’s side blew the lead given to them by Richarlison’s first-half goal as Jamie Vardy equalised before Bilal El Khannouss bagged Leicester’s winner in north London.
Tottenham are languishing in 15th place in the Premier League, just eight points clear of the relegation zone, after a sixth defeat in their last seven top-flight matches.
Postecoglou’s decision to substitute Richarlison was jeered by angry fans, who also called for Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy to quit as the atmosphere grew increasingly toxic.
Whether Postecoglou can survive much longer in a dismal second season in charge remains to be seen, but the Australian’s cause wasn’t helped by a scathing assessment of their performance from South Korea forward Son.
Spurs have won just once in 11 Premier League matches and sit 15th of 20 teams.
“It is very painful. What can I say? Especially when you’re winning at half-time and conceding two goals in a short period of time. It let us down and is a very frustrating afternoon,” Son told the BBC.
“We can’t just say tiredness because we just came out of the second half. Maybe it was a little bit sloppy, it is not individual mistakes … It is just a lack of concentration and a bit of sloppiness and in the Premier League table any team can punish us.
“We try to block any outside noise out of the squad and group. We just want to get as many points as possible. There is still a lot of games to play, we want to get players back and experienced players and that will be very helpful.”
The prospect of Tottenham dropping into the second tier is unthinkable for fans who last saw their club play at that level in 1977-78.
Asked if Tottenham could be dragged into a relegation battle, Son said: “It is definitely not good enough. We’ve had way too many losses, but there are still a lot of games remaining and we’ll have a lot of players back.”
(With inputs from Agencies)
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