Dejan Kulusevski has defended under-fire head coach Ange Postecoglou and stated Spurs are “paying the price” for not having sufficient out there gamers.
Spurs sit fifteenth within the Premier League desk after Sunday’s 2-1 loss to Leicester prolonged their winless run to seven video games, however Kulusevski insists their damage disaster is the rationale for his or her poor outcomes.
Tottenham’s damage checklist has stretched into double figures in latest weeks, leaving them with a threadbare squad for a busy run of fixtures as they compete on 4 fronts.
Micky van de Ven is in line to return from a hamstring downside in Thursday’s Europa League assembly with Elfsborg, however James Maddison is the newest title on the damage checklist with a calf pressure.
Talking forward of the Elfsborg sport, throughout which Spurs will look to seal their passage to the final 16, Kulusevski acknowledged their Premier League kind has been “very bad” however insisted the context of their absentee checklist is essential.
“Opinions change,” he stated when requested about latest criticism of supervisor and gamers.
“I do not take heed to nobody as a result of I do know the reality and I see the reality from my aspect. It isn’t essential what folks say. It has by no means been, truly.
“The league is very bad and the game on Sunday was tough to lose but you have to stay clear-minded and focus on the goals.
“We now have made errors, do not get me mistaken. We now have made a whole lot of errors.
“But we are 11 fit players, or 10 fit players, in four competitions. That’s not OK and that’s why the team is paying the price, in the league especially.
“You’ll be able to have a look at the supervisor, you possibly can have a look at the gamers. However I believe it is greater than that. It is all the things concerned.”
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He continued: “We play three games a week with nine or 10 players. That’s all I need to say, it’s nothing more than that.
“I believe everyone has acquired to look at the image and ask themselves how we got here this far. That is it.
“Yeah, that’s what I’m saying,” he added when requested if the squad will not be large enough.
“We are 11 players playing three games a week for a long period. I don’t see any other team doing that. That’s the only thing we should look at.”
‘Ange is the suitable man for Spurs’
Kulusevski added that Postecoglou is the suitable man to guide Tottenham via this tough interval and agreed together with his supervisor’s assertion that Spurs might nonetheless obtain “something special” this season.
“Yeah I agree with him,” he stated. “Three cups, we’re doing really well in the cups. I think we can do big things in these last four months.”
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Sky Sports activities’ Paul Merson has urged Spurs to stay with Ange Postecoglou
Requested why Postecoglou was the suitable man, Kulusevski added: “Because we had games where we showed perfect football and football not many teams can play in the world.
“We performed stunning in opposition to (Manchester) United, Metropolis away 4-0 and yeah we’re behind him.
“I have to fight for him because I believe in that football too. Yeah, he is the right man.”
Ange: Stress would not have an effect on me
Postecoglou, in the meantime, insisted he’s unaffected by the latest scrutiny surrounding his future, saying he’s as an alternative targeted on turning their kind round within the Premier League and persevering with their pursuit of silverware within the cup competitions.
“It doesn’t affect me,” he stated. “It never has and it never will. My view on my role has never been about self-preservation, it’s about trying to achieve.
“I am nonetheless able the place we will try this. You counsel there is a operating commentary on me in the mean time which isn’t stunning given our league place, however I haven’t got to reply to that or get entangled in that.
“It would not curiosity me, it would not have an effect on me. What’s essential to me is making ready for tomorrow’s sport.
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The Tremendous Sunday panel replicate on Tottenham Hotspur’s horrible kind and whether or not sacking boss Ange Postecoglou could be the suitable factor to do, given they’re nonetheless within the hunt for the Carabao Cup and the Europa League
“We’re in a great position to still achieve something really special this year. I’m going to push everyone at the club to not lose sight of the fact that the possibilities of us doing something special are still there if we work our way through it.”
Postecoglou revealed Van de Ven will play some half in opposition to Elfsborg having not featured since December 8 however Maddison is going through two to a few weeks out with a calf pressure.
Pape Matar Sarr and Yves Bissouma are additionally out there to face Elfsborg however Cristian Romero will solely come again into competition following Sunday’s Premier League assembly with Brentford, stay on Sky Sports activities.
Goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario is again in coaching as he works in direction of a return from an ankle damage, however Dominic Solanke, Brennan Johnson, Future Udogie, Timo Werner, Djed Spence and Wilson Odobert stay unavailable.
