Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou gave a no-nonsense post-match interview after their hopes of qualifying for next season's Champions League took a significant blow.
The North London club, who currently sit fifth in the Premier League standings – seven points behind fourth place Aston Villa – suffered a 2-0 defeat to Chelsea on Thursday night.
Mauricio Pochettino's side moved up to eighth in the table after goals from Trevoh Chalobah and Nicolas Jackson sealed all three points at Stamford Bridge.
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Spurs, on the other hand, struggled to build any sort of momentum throughout. In fact, they failed to record a single shot on target in the opening 45 minutes.
After the full-time whistle, a furious Postecoglou made his feelings clear on the performance and result. "It wasn't good enough and I have to take responsibility for that, it is on me," he told Sky Sports.
"I am the manager and I am the one putting them out there and it was not good enough. As I said, I've got to have a look at myself in all of this and see how I can have more of an impact.
"When we put on a performance as we did in the first half, it means my message isn't getting through. That's for me to address."
When the Sky reporter asked what that message was, Postecoglou didn't mince his words. "Come on mate, we didn't play well," he said. "Do you want me to write you a dossier of where it went wrong?"
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Speaking in his press conference, the Australian manager gave a further insight into his team's lacklustre display.
“It wasn’t a great performance, we didn’t play anywhere near the right football or have the mindset I’d expect. And that’s on me," he admitted.
“We were so far off it, we lacked any real sort of conviction and positive mindset on the ball. We had no aggression with our without the ball. And that is nothing like us. If nothing else we’ve tended to be very competitive. We had bigger issues than set-pieces tonight."
The 58-year-old added: “It is my responsibility to prepare the team for every game to reach certain levels, and we did not manage that tonight."
Spurs have now suffered three defeats in a row; something that was also brought up in the press conference.
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"It is what it is. I don’t sort of think in those terms," said Postecoglou. "My responsibility is preparing the team every game to make sure we reach certain levels. We didn’t do it today so that lies at my feet and I’ve got to fix that."
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