Ange Postecoglou has blamed “uncommon” particular person errors for Spurs’ 4-2 defeat at Wolves and branded their Europa League decider in opposition to Eintracht Frankfurt “huge”.
Rayan Ait-Nouri put Wolves forward after two minutes after Spurs goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario’s punched clearance, adopted by a farcical personal objective when Vicario’s save from Marshall Munetsi’s header hit defender Djed Spence and went in.
Cristian Romero’s mistake allowed Ait-Nouri to cross for Jorgen Strand Larsen to internet and Matheus Cunha scored the hosts’ fourth after Lucas Bergvall misplaced possession, though Spurs twice diminished the deficit to 2 objectives, Mathys Tel and Richarlison replying for Postecoglou’s aspect.
“For essentially the most half we managed giant elements of [the game], have been a menace going ahead and didn’t give them an excessive amount of,” rued Postecoglou. “We conceded some fairly poor objectives and that made it awfully troublesome to get an end result.”
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Ange Postecoglou reacts to Spurs’ 4-2 defeat in opposition to Wolves 💭 pic.twitter.com/rvYHjREDji
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The Australian stated he has “100% confidence” in Vicario for the journey to Frankfurt on Thursday (20:00 BST), with the tie poised at 1-1 in opposition to the third-placed workforce within the Bundesliga.
Spurs have little to play for domestically after a 17th league defeat of the season, with solely the underside three shedding extra video games.
“We made some particular person errors at present, which was a bit uncommon for us, truthful to say,” stated Postecoglou. “All of them occurred in a single sport and sadly we received punished for it.
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“It’s not just like the gamers are doing it on function… these are the unlucky issues that generally occur in a sport of soccer.
“I’d in all probability be extra pissed off if it was one thing that we did from a tactical or organisational perspective, however they’re particular person errors.
“Lucas and Romero are two incredible footballers. What’s essential now for each of them is that they get better and we deal with the following sport.”
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— Wolves (@Wolves) April 13, 2025
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“[The players] shouldn’t be in a nasty headspace,” added Postecoglou. “The sport on Thursday is huge for us. I assumed we performed properly [in the first leg] and doubtless ought to have gotten a win out of that sport.
“We all know that after we play our soccer like we did on [that occasion], we will definitely make an influence. We rested just a few at present, which I believe will assist us come Thursday, as properly.”
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Tottenham made wholesale modifications to their beginning line-up at Molineux with an important sport of their marketing campaign across the nook.
Pedro Porro, Micky van de Ven, Future Udogie, Rodrigo Bentancur, Lucas Bergvall and Son Heung-min have been changed of their beginning line-up by Djed Spence, Archie Grey, Ben Davies, Yves Bissouma, Pape Sarr and Tel.
“Sonny received a knock on his foot so we’re being a bit cautious with him,” Postecoglou explained of the South Korea celebrity’s absence.
