Ange Postecoglou rant in full as Tottenham boss furious over 'terrible' Brighton defeat

Ange Postecoglou was near furious with his Tottenham players aft they fell to decision astatine Brighton connected Sunday evening, contempt having taken a two-goal pb against the Seagulls

Ange Postecoglou launched a furious rant astatine his shell-shocked Tottenham stars aft watching them throw distant a 2 extremity pb to suffer astatine Brighton.

Goals from Brennan Johnson and James Maddison ensured Spurs held a commanding pb astatine the half-time break. But the visitors fell isolated successful the second-half, conceding 3 unanswered goals to autumn to their 3rd decision of the season.

It has been a disappointing run for Postecoglou's men, who beryllium 4 points adrift of the apical four. And the Australian was successful nary temper to fell his choler pursuing his side's shocking decision astatine the AMEX Stadium.

Instead, helium branded it the 'worst defeat' of his reign astatine Tottenham, insisting the second-half show was 'unacceptable'. Postecoglou besides admitted that his broadside had got carried distant aft claiming a two-goal lead.

"Disappointing. Frustrated and perfectly gutted with that. Worst decision since I've been here. Unacceptable 2nd half. Nowhere adjacent wherever we should be. We got carried distant with however were were going," helium told Sky Sports.

"We benignant of accepted our destiny and it is hard to recognize arsenic we've not done that portion I've been here. We paid the price. The occupation is we are travelling on excessively smoothly, shot and beingness volition travel you up if you get excessively acold up of yourself.

"There is nary message. It is simply a unspeakable nonaccomplishment for america - arsenic atrocious arsenic it gets. Only 1 mode to hole it and that's my responsibility. We mislaid each our duels and if you're not competitory it is not going to work. They volition process it individually and I volition process it erstwhile everyone gets back."

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He added to Match of the Day: "We astir apt should person enactment it to furniture successful the archetypal half. What we did successful that 2nd fractional is unacceptable and we got what we deserved. It’s a atrocious time for america and erstwhile it’s a atrocious time the work falls astatine my feet."

Goalscorer Maddison was astatine a nonaccomplishment to pinpoint what had gone incorrect for his broadside successful that 2nd period. The Englishman admitted that Sunday's show felt similar his broadside had gone backwards.

"Not 100 percent definite [what went wrong]. We couldn't woody with the momentum shift. We mislaid power of the crippled erstwhile the archetypal extremity went in. We dealt with momentum poorly and couldn't get immoderate power of the game," Maddison told Sky Sports.

"It felt similar onslaught aft attack. They are a bully broadside and person bully players. Adversity successful the Premier League - you person got to enactment beardown and upwind the tempest - we decidedly didn't bash that.

"We person been connected a bully run, but it feels similar a mates of steps backmost today. We were saying each the close things to not get complacent, but words mean thing if you don't spell retired and amusement it."

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