TOTTENHAM fans were near raging aft a free-kick regular from the grooming crushed failed successful disastrous fashion.
Spurs suffered a shocking 18th decision of the play past night, losing to AZ Alkmaar 1-0 successful their Europa League last-16 archetypal limb tie.
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TNT SPORTSThe Dutch broadside went up via a comical ain extremity by Lucas Bergvall and things soon got worse for Ange Postecoglou’s men arsenic they chased an equaliser.
Towards the extremity of a frustrating first-half, Spurs won a free-kick conscionable extracurricular the box.
Most expected a changeable fixed James Maddison‘s set-piece ability, but helium alternatively passed abbreviated to Son Heung-min.
But the pre-rehearsed regular went horribly incorrect arsenic Son’s laic backmost to Maddison went down him.
AZ players swarmed the skipper and helium passed backmost to Kevin Danso, who past booted the shot retired of play to ironic cheers from the location support.
It near fans fuming, with 1 saying: “Dock them a weeks wages. Now.”
Another added: “This benignant of summed our play up.”
TNT Sports commentator Adam Summerton called it “a existent waste”.
Postecoglou slammed past night’s performance, saying: “It was not a large nighttime for us. We were excessively passive, not assertive capable and obscurity adjacent the level we should beryllium at.
“That’s what we volition person to address. It is a disappointing effect – but a truly disappointing performance.
“We didn’t get to grips with immoderate portion of the game. We struggled to summation immoderate momentum with the ball.
“It was a tricky aboveground but we knew that from yesterday and just didn’t tackle the challenges we had retired there.
“I don’t deliberation it’s a matter of effort oregon attitude. I don’t deliberation it is going retired determination and not trying.
“But we didn’t truly person the close mindset to tackle an distant fixture successful Europe.”
Spurs fable Les Ferdinand said helium would not person utilized the turf arsenic an excuse, telling TNT Sports: “I americium not definite I would person blamed the pitch. AZ played alright connected it.”
Son was besides unhappy with the display, saying: “This was obscurity adjacent the level we should beryllium successful presumption of performance.
“This is precise disappointing, including from myself, and a large wake-up telephone up of the biggest crippled of our play adjacent week.
“It is pugnacious playing distant from location successful the Europa League. We were sloppy and not performing however we should.
“Everyone is disappointed and we person to look astatine ourselves. No excuses and it was obscurity adjacent bully enough. But it is conscionable 1-0 and the necktie is not finished.
“Next week we person to beryllium overmuch amended than tonight.”
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