Ange Postecoglou drops major hint over Tottenham future as sack calls intensify after Leicester defeat
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Ange Postecoglou has hinted he still expects to stay as Tottenham manager, despite woes worsening on Sunday with a 2-1 defeat to Leicester.
Spurs went ahead through Richarlison, with the Brazil international opening the scoring in the 33rd minute.
But quickfire goals from Jamie Vardy and Bilal El Khannouss consigned the hosts to defeat as their wretched form continued.
Postecoglou is under immense pressure in the capital, with his side creeping closer to the relegation zone with each passing week.
Tottenham news: Ange Postecoglou has suggested he expects to keep his job despite his side losing 2-1 to Leicester on Sunday
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Yet the Australian, speaking after the showdown in north London, has now suggested he expects to keep his job despite calls for him to go growing in volume.
"Yeah, it hurts. It hurts a lot. The players gave everything again," he said.
"We are going to look at a lot of things, but in terms of effort I can't ask anymore of this group, things just didn't go our way today.
"We created some good opportunities and unfortunately things just didn't drop for us because not because the players weren't trying and that's the main thing.
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"The players are giving everything they can. That is all we can ask for as a football club and me as a manager. They are trying their hardest and that is all anyone can ask for.
"You can analyse the goals, they were disappointing goals for us to concede, but I thought we had enough chances in the game to come out on top.
"When you're in this situation, they are trying as hard as they can and sometimes that doesn't give you the clarity in decision-making.
"You can ask is for people to do as much as they can and from my perspective I see a group of players that are giving as much as they can.
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"I know it will turn. We'll get some players back, we were short again today but in the next couple of weeks there's some really important players coming back that I know will help this group.
"We've not hit a ceiling. We've been going like this for two months.
"They put in an enormous performance on Thursday to make sure we're OK in Europe and they had to back it up today but there were probably at least two or three players that weren't at 100 per cent.
"I'm a football manager and I get judged on results, that is the way of the world."
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While it was another painful day for Tottenham, it was a huge victory for Leicester that boosts their chances of staying in the Premier League.
Ruud van Nistelrooy, speaking to Premier League Productions, reacted by saying: "The performance was excellent, the shape and the way the players were defending together.
"On the ball we tried to play like we always try. We went behind but the way the team reacted to going 1-0 down, they took the ball and started to play.
"At half time they were calm and the way they came out of the dressing room was tremendous. I think that won us the game in the end.
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"The last 10 minutes we switched to 5-3-2, we had to because Tottenham were going with everyone forward. We managed to survive.
"The effort, the dedication, the blocks and the clearances, the tactics we made it was a joy to watch. It got us a massive three points away from home.
"The players also feel we are improving. They feel the way we want to play suits them. We will keep pushing to do these things.
"The players are buying into it. I can only be very proud of this team."
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