Ange Postecoglou has said ‘there will be urgency’ at Tottenham to bring in new signings before the January transfer window deadline.
Spurs were beaten for the fifth time in six Premier League games after losing 3-2 at Everton on Sunday. The North Londoners were three goals down before half-time after a torrid first-half performance that saw Spurs struggle to contain their hosts.
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Everton headed into the contest as the second-lowest scorers in the Premier League but cut apart the visitor’s depleted defence.
The result leaves Spurs 15th in the Premier League table and Postecoglou admits his side gave themselves ‘a mountain to climb’ after a poor performance in the opening 45 minutes.
“It is a difficult result. We struggled to really get in the game in the first half and that gave Everton and momentum. We gave ourselves a mountain to climb but the players certainly tried to claw the game back but we just fell short,” the Australian said to Sky Sports.
“We couldn’t really take control of the game. We struggled to get any traction in terms of with and without the ball and that allowed to get in behind us. We had some chances where we probably should have capitalised early on, but in the end it wasn’t enough.
“We are pretty stretched. We literally had 11 players fit enough to start the game. We weren’t in total control of our organisation and Everton capitalised on that and we paid the price for it. Radu [Dragusin] had to come off because of the deep cut and restructure.
“Second half we had the fair share of the game. We started strongly and I thought Richarlison made a difference and a presence and Mikey Moore gave us something on the left.”
Postecoglou has said Spurs are working hard to bring in reinforcements this month, as the club combat the absences of Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven and Guglielmo Vicario, among others.
He said ‘there will be urgency’ at Spurs in the coming days after their winless run extended to six league games.
“There will be urgency but it doesn’t need me to say it, everybody can see that. I have no issues with how the club are going about it, they are working hard and trying to find solutions. These players need help that is for sure and hopefully over the next 10 days or so we’ll find a solution. It is really tricky, we’re not the only ones in the market. The club are trying hard.”
