Ange Postecoglou admits 'silly' Tottenham fell into Crystal Palace's 'trap'

Palace battled superbly, pressing Spurs into repeatedly mistakes connected the ball, successful a scrappy crippled which was abbreviated connected quality, peculiarly from the visitors.

Postecoglou says his broadside needed to beryllium much "clear headed" and enforce their crippled connected Palace.

"It was a crippled which turned into -- and it didn’t astonishment maine -- a spot of a battle," the Spurs caput manager said afterwards.

"Lots of stop, starting and lasting around. We didn’t woody with that good astatine all. We didn’t get to grips with conscionable the quality of what was transpiring retired there. It turned into a spot of a battle. They dealt with it amended than we did.

"It was a crippled we needed to enactment composed and not benignant of autumn into the trap of trying to play the crippled yet Palace wanted to play.

"It turned into a crippled that was conflict aft battle, duels, halt starts, waiting around. We request to beryllium a batch much clear-headed astir however we woody with that alternatively than autumn into the trap of doing what we did today.

"It was a large crippled for Palace they were ever going to beryllium hopeless to get a triumph and that happens. I conscionable thought determination was a batch of lasting astir contiguous which I hate, I’ve said that before. But I conjecture it’s conscionable the quality of the mode the crippled went."

Asked if his players needed to beryllium much carnal to lucifer Palace, Postecoglou continued: "If you privation to play that benignant of game, but there's different mode of dealing with it arsenic well. By staying much composed and not falling into the trap of it turning into that benignant of game.

"I don't privation to play them astatine their ain game. What I privation to effort to bash is get radical to set to playing our game.

"Some of it is retired of power due to the fact that they're evidently going to beryllium beauteous assertive successful their approach, which is not a surprise.

"And however the referee deals with that, not truthful overmuch successful presumption of the challenges but successful presumption of stoppages and taking their time, each of that is retired of our control.

"But I conscionable felt erstwhile we had power of things, we could person dealt with it better. We ended up doing silly things, giving distant silly fouls and losing our composure, which conscionable adds to that benignant of crippled erstwhile you can't get immoderate traction.

"So I deliberation we directed our vexation successful the incorrect mode alternatively than dealing with it similar we should have."

Mateta finished astatine the acold station aft a superb flick from man-of-the-match Eberechi Eze but Spurs gave distant possession carelessly successful the build-up, with Cristian Romero playing a risky walk crossed the container to Micky van de Ven who mislaid the shot to Daniel Munoz.

"It was a mediocre extremity to concede due to the fact that the crippled was ever an limb wrestle," added Postecoglou. "It was ne'er going to beryllium 1 with bags of chances oregon truly unfastened truthful to concede similar that was disappointing."

The effect overshadowed the afloat League debut of Spurs' winger Mikey Moore, 17, who played for conscionable implicit an hr earlier being replaced by Timo Werner.

"Every clip he's retired determination he'll beryllium a amended subordinate and the much we tin get him retired determination successful the close benignant of situation past he'll support thriving," Postecoglou said. "I'm definite he'll larn a batch today. The benignant of squad we privation to beryllium oregon the mode we privation to play we request to beryllium a batch much composed successful the mode we woody with definite things retired determination to not fto the crippled get retired of control."