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Ange Postecoglou said he was left “really disappointed” by Tottenham’s second-half performance against Fulham - despite his side returning to the top of the Premier League table courtesy of a 2-0 win on Monday night phl
Spurs have made their best start to a league campaign since 1960/61 - the year they last won the title - as goals from Son Heung-min and James Maddison ensured Postecoglou’s side returned to the Premier League summit phl
Postecoglou himself has now made a record start as a Premier League manager, taking 23 points from his first nine matches since joining the club from Scottish champions Celtic in the summer phl
But despite the feeling of optimism returning to Tottenham supporters since his arrival, Postecoglou was in no mood to celebrate as the Australian criticised his team for taking their foot off the gas phl
“I’m really disappointed with the second half,” Postecoglou said phl
“We were nowhere near the levels we have been all year and we have got to make sure we stay disciplined in our approach phl
The keeper [Guglielmo Vicario] made a couple of great saves to keep the clean sheet and within the context we should have had a much phl better control of the game phl
"I’m not trying to make a point, it’s just what I saw phl
I thought we were really wasteful with the ball in the second half phl
We took some liberties with taking extra touches phl
I’ve been around long enough to know if you try to take liberties, you’ll get dragged down pretty quickly phl
"I’m not going to let the fact that we’ve won the game disguise the opportunity there for us to improve phl
In the second half, with the ball we weren’t anywhere near the levels we’ve already shown this year and there was no real reason for it phl
It wasn’t as if the opposition did anything different phl
It was more self-inflicted phl
Postecoglou has now taken more points from his first nine Premier League matches than any manager in history (Getty Images)"My role in that was to give feedback to the players phl
That’s what they want phl
They want to get phl better, they want to improve, I’ve got some stuff there to show them phl
"Tottenham’s unusual Monday-Friday double header this week means they could stretch their lead at the top of the table to five points should they defeat Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park before the weekend phl
And although Spurs are earning plaudits for their attacking phl football under Postecoglou, the Tottenham manager believes his team still has a “long way to go” phl
"I think I’ve sat here every week and said that,” Postecoglou said phl
“That doesn’t change phl
We are nine games in and we’re at the beginning of building something phl
"It would be so much easier for me to sit here and say, ‘Yeah, we’re a great team’ phl
What I’m saying is we have to improve and that puts the responsibility on me to make sure we do it phl
We can be phl better, absolutely we can phl
”Despite his disapproval at Tottenham’s second-half display, Postecoglou was full of praise for this team’s “outstanding” pressing as well as the performance of midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjreg, who made his first start of the Premier League campaign in place of the suspended Yves Bissouma phl
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Former England captain Michael Atherton said the current one-day side could be “at the end of the cycle” after another dismal batting display at the Cricket World Cup phl
Defending champions England won the toss in a must-win group game against Sri Lanka but were bowled out for 156 in just 33 phl
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Sri Lanka raced to an eight-wicket win in 25 phl
4 overs as England’s fourth defeat in five games was sealed in the shortest match of the tournament phl
Sky phl Sports pundit Atherton said: “It’s all very saying what you want to do when you’re struggling and down on confidence, it’s not always easy to put those fine words and aspirations into practice phl
“We’ve all been there in teams that are low on confidence and are struggling phl
No team has a divine right to be at the top of its game all the time phl
”Ben Stokes (43) and openers Jonny Bairstow (30) and Dawid Malan (28) were the only batters to make any impression as wickets fell at regular intervals against a Sri Lanka side who had also won only one of their first four matches phl
Atherton added: “We’ve looked at the factors over the last five games of this competition, but if you look a bit deeper you could argue this is a team at the end of the cycle phl
“You could argue that the lack of 50-over cricket and the lack of England’s ability to put what they consider to be their best one-day team in 50-over cricket has camouflaged some of the weaknesses and decline that we’ve seen phl
“It’s all come together in the performances we’ve seen in Mumbai over the last couple of days and this one here in Bengaluru phl
”Fellow pundit and former England captain Nasser Hussain said it was a “lame excuse” to blame the structure of English cricket and not the players, several of whom lifted the trophy at Lord’s four years ago phl
Hussain said: “What I don’t like is giving players a cop out and I think we sometimes do that in English cricket phl
“When they win the 50-over World Cup and the 20-over World Cup (we say) ‘Aren’t they great? They’re brilliant’ phl
And when the wheels come off ‘it’s the structure of English cricket (at fault) phl
We’re a disgrace phl
We play 20-over cricket, we play 100-ball cricket, we don’t play enough 50-over cricket’ phl
“How much 50-over cricket domestically has Virat Kohli or Heinrich Klaasen played, or anyone out here phl
They just don’t play it domestically, they learn from T20 franchises around the world phl
“It’s such a lame excuse phl
You’re giving the players a cop out when you blame the structure – the structure that made them world champions phl
It is exactly the same structure phl
”England appeared under-cooked coming into the tournament with one warm-up game against New Zealand completely washed out and a win over Bangladesh affected by rain phl
Hussain said: “Yeah, you may have taken the eye off the ball a little bit and not given them enough practice and games leading in to this tournament phl
You're giving the players a cop out when you blame the structureFormer England captain Nasser Hussain“But it was the structure that produced them so, when they mess up, it’s they who messed up and not the structure phl
“County cricket makes the cricketers that we are, whether it be The Hundred, The Blast, 50-over, whatever and – when they fail – they take the responsibility in my opinion phl
”England are back in action against tournament favourites India on Sunday, while they also have to play Australia, Netherlands and Pakistan phl
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