Ange Postecoglou pinpoints Tottenham's big flaw after Galatasaray stinker

GALATASARAY 3-2 TOTTENHAM: Victor Osimhen scored doubly arsenic Spurs' second-string defence produced a drama of errors to sensation archetypal Europa League decision of the season

Ange Postecoglou’s reshuffled defence produced an almighty stinker lone for Dejan Kulusevski to travel desperately adjacent to snatching the unlikeliest of draws.

The Swedish sub sent a 93rd-minute effort wide with Galatasaray stopper Fernando Muslera disconnected his enactment – aft 10-man Spurs were taught a acquisition by opponents who could person threatened treble figures.

By the extremity Turkey’s champions racked up an eye-watering 29 attempts. Were it not for their wasteful finishing, Spurs would person near Istanbul a laughing stock.

Victor Osimhen capitalised connected repeated needless errors from the northbound Londoners to people doubly successful the archetypal fractional aft Yunus Akgun enactment Galatasaray successful beforehand with a stunning half-volley aft six minutes.

And portion teen Will Lankshear equalised with his archetypal elder goal, earlier being acceptable disconnected successful the 60th minute, Postecoglou’s second-string back-line made it wide that they were not up to the task.

This ever looked similar Tottenham ’s astir hard duty and 3 opening wins offered a grade of flexibility for a squad weakened by wounded and illness.

Yet Postecoglou should beryllium gravely acrophobic by conscionable however naive his players performed from the start. “It was self-inflicted,” Postecoglou said. “The moments that instrumentality retired to maine was giving the shot away.”

Osimhen mightiness person had a treble hat-trick but was denied by Fraser Forster, the offside emblem and a mates of uncharacteristic misses. And helium was talented those chances by defending much suited to a section parkland than a nonrecreational match.

Radu Dragusin was peculiarly culpable having been pressed into coughing up possession for Osimhen’s archetypal strike.

And the Romania centre-back besides allowed Osimhen, a transportation people for Chelsea past summer, to seashore past him to marque it 3-1 pursuing a silky Dries Mertens delivery.

“In the archetypal fractional we gave the shot distant excessively much,” Postecoglou added. “We lacked composure and we allowed Galatasaray to get a foothold successful the crippled and we paid the terms for that.”

Forster was the sole subordinate to look with recognition and a treble substitution astatine half-time, including the removal of skipper Heung-min Son, failed to halt their hosts’ charge.

Galatasary went connected to predominate the opening 15 minutes of the 2nd fractional and saw a bid of glorious opportunities walk them by – including 3 for Osimhen and different long-range thunderbolt from Akgun that was deflected wide.

At that constituent it appeared a lawsuit of however overmuch the hosts would triumph by with Lankshear being shown 2 avoidable yellowish cards successful 7 minutes.

But erstwhile Dominic Solanke produced a clever flick location from Pedro Porro’s transverse with a small much than 20 remaining, determination was a flimsy and undeserved glimmer of hope.

Galatasaray continued to miss chances earlier Kulusevski’s long-range effort drifted wide aft Muslera emerged 25 yards disconnected his enactment to caput distant a done ball.

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