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Ange Postecoglou alarm bells ring as Tottenham ignore warnings and self-destruct

Source: John Walton/PA Wire

Tottenham have been more open and lost by bigger margins this season, but last night’s defeat has to go down as their most alarming display under Ange Postecoglou.

If last month’s grim defeats to Fulham and Newcastle could be explained away as inevitable off-days for a developing team or a consequence of teething problems in Postecoglou’s high-risk approach, the 2-0 loss here felt like something different. Postecoglou’s side were not undone by the pitfalls of his football; they did not play his

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