Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou was unhappy with his side’s professionalism despite beating Brentford 3-2.
Tottenham came from behind to score three second half goals which sees Postecoglou’s side rise to fourth in the Premier League.
Despite the victory, the Australian was far from happy with how his side conducted themselves for periods of the match, especially in the first half after Neal Maupay opened the scoring for Brentford.
The French forward celebrated by mimicking the darts celebration of James Maddison, which led to the England midfielder and Maupay coming to blows. Postecoglou was disappointed by the lose of concentration by his side:
“I think we started the game well, started with good intensity and good tempo, obviously they score and then we lost our way.
“We lost focus, i was a bit frustrated with our inability to stay disciplined, just too many stops and starts, it kind of plays into their hands, lots of set pieces and throw ins.
“We spent more time talking to the referee than playing the game. I was a bit frustrated we lost our real clear focus.”
Within minutes of the second period starting, Tottenham were ahead in the match after two goals in a minutes from Destiny Udogie and Brennan Johnson.
The Spurs boss was delighted with the response from his team in what the Australian described as ‘great character’ from his young side, but bemoaned a lack of concentration towards the end of the match.
“Second half I think for 25-30 minutes we were outstanding, scored three great goals and probably should have had a couple more.
“Then give a goal away which gives them a little bit of impetus in the game. And again after that it was a lot of stops, free-kicks, throw-ins which we had to deal with, and for the large part we dealt with them ok.
“In the end, from our perspective, great character shown by the lads to get the win.”
