Presser points | Fulham 2-0 Spurs | Ange Postecoglou

Ange Postecoglou spoke to the media at Craven Cottage after our 2-0 loss against Fulham in the Premier League on Sunday.

Here's what he had to say...

Ange on the result...

"It was a tight game and we knew it would be - it always is here. It’s a tight ground and you know it's not going to be open. First half, defensively we were pretty solid and they didn’t really create anything. We weren’t great with the ball and didn’t create much ourselves but I thought in the second half we started really positively and had a couple of really good chances to get in front. We were definitely in much better control. Like we have done a lot of times this year we concede a soft goal. That just gives the opposition everything to gain from and get momentum out of it and the game gets away from us."

Ange on substituting Brennan Johnson and Yves Bissouma at half-time...

"I felt we needed more going forward and I thought we started the second half a lot more positively. I felt it was going to be a kind of a game where there wasn’t going to be a lot of openings but even within that in the first half I thought we could have been a lot more positive with our play on the ball. I think that happened in the second half but again, irrespective of that, if you concede soft goals like we do then you make the game really difficult."

Ange on motivating the players for league games...

"I made a lot of changes today because when we get back this is going to be our schedule. We have already seen we can’t do that with 11 players. We need to make sure we have as many up and running and in good condition. I thought Mathys, Archie, Bentancur, Bissouma, Brennan they needed to play today to make sure we are topping them up. We had to rest a couple as well but I said to the players I’m not going to allow anyone to think about Europa and nothing else. We can’t let this league season go the way it has. We have lost way too many games - unacceptable. Today was another day where it's not like the opposition have blown us off the park. We should have got something out of the game. We have had too many games this year where the opportunity to get something out of the game was there and we haven’t done that. I don’t want there to be an acceptance of us just losing games like that."

Ange on any fears that losing has become a habit...

"I don’t know if it has become a habit, but I think if you accept it just becomes a lot more easier to not deal with adversity and I don’t want us to be that kind of team. I thought we showed last week against Bournemouth, we knuckled down and got something out of the game and we didn’t allow it to get away from us. We won the last two away games. We showed some resilience but today for 75 minutes I thought we were kind of where we wanted to be and the fact we have come out of that game with nothing is disappointing."

Ange on Yves Bissouma...

"I just feel Biss can sometimes let the game drift by him. He needs to be a little bit more dominant in the way he gets on the ball. At times I think the game gets away from him and today we needed more in that position. I needed him to play though, because he hasn't played a lot. At the same time you've got to perform. It's fair to say, Biss and a few others are probably lacking a bit of confidence. That's affecting him but we're at the point of the season now where we need guys to get out there and put those things to one side and perform."

Ange on 15 league defeats and what he can say to the fans...

"I get their disappointment. It's unacceptable to see 15 league defeats. It's nowhere near good enough, nowhere near the level we need to be and I understand the supporters' frustrations with that. Today wasn't so much about performance, it was just another day when we let a game get away from us that we shouldn't have. We weren't played off the park and I felt that up until the point they scored, we were the team that was getting on top. We had a couple of good chances to go 1-0 up and that would have put the pressure on them, but it's happened too many times this year. We've given the opposition a lift into the game by conceding soft goals."