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A defiant Ange Postecoglou says he is "not hurting" and is not interested in whether fans back him after the Tottenham boss suffered abuse from supporters in Thursday's defeat at Bournemouth.

Postecoglou confronted a section of angry away fans at full-time after Spurs lost 1-0 at the Vitality Stadium, which leaves Tottenham with just one win from their last six games in all competitions.

The Australian said the fans' insults and frustrations have made him "just as determined" to turn things around, as his side prepare to host London rivals Chelsea on Sunday, live on Sky Sports.

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He said on Friday of the abuse: "I'm the person in charge. I'm the person that has set us off in this direction and I am the person who needs to fix it.

"I'm not hurting, I am determined and that's all. I don't want to say it is unacceptable because it is what it is. I have lived in this world for long enough to know that when people aren't happy, they'll express their opinions and I am never going to hide.

"I am never going to shirk that responsibility, that's fine. I will take it on board. Is it nice? No, because like I said last night I am not just a manager, I am a human being like everyone else and none of us like to hear those sorts of things, but it is what it is.

"It doesn't disappoint me, it doesn't frustrate me, it doesn't make me angry. I am just as determined as ever to get it right, not because of that but because of my resolve to bring success to the football club."

Asked for a message to the fans, he replied: "No messages. I'm here, I'm going to fight to make sure we bring success to this football club. Nothing really changes.

"Where there's doubt, whether that's internally or externally, it just makes my resolve even stronger to make sure we get it right."

The 59-year-old also insisted he is not interested in whether fans back him or not.

"They aren't behind me, they are behind the club. I have got no interest in who is behind me," he said.

"Last night you have to figure the fans who travel to Bournemouth are fairly hardcore supporters. They weren't happy with what they saw and they felt like they needed to give some feedback. I took the feedback onboard and we move on."

Postecoglou also played down the need for support from the club board or supporters during a tough period of form.

"I don't need support. I don't worry about contracts or support, I just want to make sure that what I set out to do I accomplish and that is bring success to this football club," he said.

"I'll work my backside off to make sure that happens. I'm not going to be deterred in my ambitions or endeavour to do that, and that's what I'll keep doing."

Postecoglou defends 'right decision' to sign youngsters

Postecoglou has defended the club's summer transfer policy and insisted the decision to sign a number of teenagers will eventually bear fruit.

Spurs are in the middle of a difficult period with eight players now unavailable after losing Ben Davies to a hamstring injury in the loss at Bournemouth.

Sunday's opponents Chelsea are already eight points clear of Spurs, who signed Dominic Solanke for £65m in the summer, but spent the rest of their budget on teenage prospects in Archie Gray, Lucas Bergvall and Wilson Odobert. Min-Hyuk Yang, an 18-year-old from South Korea, will also join in January.

While Postecoglou has watched his depleted team lose three of their last six matches in all competitions and drop to 10th in the Premier League, he is positive the club's long-term approach will pay off.

"We needed to do that because it was a team that was coming towards the end of its cycle, and we were rebuilding not just the squad but the playing style, and you couldn't replace experience with experience because that is not a rebuild," Postecoglou said.

"It is still the right decision and I own them [transfers] because I believe they are the right decisions for this club. I have said numerous times, I make these decisions with the kind of background that I'm going to be here for a while to see this through.

"To be honest, if I was worried about my own existence, I would have fought tooth and nail to block Harry Kane leaving [for Bayern Munich] but it wasn't the right decision for the club because he was in the last year of his contract. That is not what drives me.

"The decisions we made around signing young players are the right decisions for this club for where we are at right now, and they will bear fruit."

Spurs' next six games

Sunday: Chelsea (h) - live on Sky Sports

Thursday: Rangers (a) - Europa League

December 15: Southampton (a)

December 19: Manchester United (h) - live on Sky Sports, Carabao Cup quarter-final

December 22: Liverpool (h) - live on Sky Sports

Boxing Day: Nottingham Forest (a)

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Bournemouth leapfrogged an increasingly out-of-sorts Tottenham in the Premier League after Dean Huijsen's header secured a deserved 1-0 victory at the Vitality Stadium.

Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou was confronted by angry supporters at the final whistle, later revealing he received "pretty direct feedback" following a seventh loss in 11 Premier League away games.

At 19 years and 235 days, Huijsen became the Cherries' youngest-ever Premier League goalscorer when he met Marcus Tavernier's corner after 17 minutes.

Ryan Christie struck the frame of the goal while Evanilson had his effort chalked off for offside by VAR in what could so easily have been a heavier defeat for Spurs, who slip to 10th in the standings following a sixth loss of the campaign.

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The results means it is one win in six games for Postecoglou, less than a fortnight since he witnessed his side's 4-0 victory at champions Manchester City.

Spurs have now lost nine of their last 13 away games in the Premier League but such inconsistency is not something Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola needs to concern himself with at present, with his side rising to ninth on 21 points.

Bournemouth earn another home scalp

Iraola told Amazon Prime: "We didn't kill the game in the second half when we were having the clear chances and luckily for us we could finish the job but it was a moment during the game where you say if we don't kill them they are going to punish us.

"I don't trust too much in this momentum thing or confidence. I think the league is so tight, the details are so small from a win to a loss, so we have to reset. Now we have a difficult game, Ipswich away with just two days of recovery and we have to not think in the standings, the points - just compete in every game.

"The end of the season is too far away still to be setting a points target."

Iraola's side had upset title hopefuls Arsenal and Manchester City in two of their previous three fixtures on home soil. Spain U21 international Huijsen secured a further scalp for the south coast as Spurs suffered another setback in a patchy season so far.

This was a deserved success which should have been more comfortable. Christie struck the woodwork and the impressive hosts failed to capitalise on a host of chances, while toothless Tottenham created little going forward.

Spurs hammered champions Manchester City 4-0 in their previous away fixture but that was their only win in five games in all competitions ahead of the trip to Dorset.

The north London club started in the ascendancy and, after the recalled Dejan Kulusevski shot straight at Cherries goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga, Dominic Solanke fired wastefully over, having been released by stand-in skipper James Maddison.

Ange: I got some pretty direct feedback

While Tottenham continued to dominate possession, the Cherries remained the greater threat after breaking the deadlock.

Tavernier had the ball in the net 14 minutes after the opener but was clearly offside, before later seeing a close-range header from Milos Kerkez's cross clawed away by Fraser Forster.

Despite Tottenham's shortcomings, Postecoglou opted against changes at the break - but apart from a Heung-Min Son disallowed strike for offside, Spurs produced an even more insipid second-half display.

"We weren't good enough," said Postecoglou. "We conceded a really poor goal and we lost our way a little bit and allowed Bournemouth to play the game they wanted to. We had our moments in the second half but we weren't able to get a goal.

"We just have this sort of propensity to shoot ourselves in the foot when really we should be taking control of games.

"We know they're hard to beat here and what you don't want to do is give them a goal that gives them that sort of momentum they need."

On approaching fans at the final whistle, Postecoglou added: "I wasn't having a word... they're pretty disappointed - rightly so - and I've got some pretty direct feedback as to how we're going.

"I've got no issue with it [fan reaction]. I didn't like what was being said because I'm a human being but you've got to cop it.

"I've been around long enough to know that if things don't go well, you've got to understand the frustration and disappointment. They're disappointed tonight because again we've let a game of football get away from us. That's OK, I'm OK with all of that."

Huijsen: My first goal gave me goosebumps

Bournemouth defender Dean Huijsen told Amazon Prime:

"We know we make it hard for teams coming here.

"It's a really exciting win. Every little boy dreams of playing in the Premier League. I'm just so happy to get my first goal. It's definitely a special memory. The goal is all due to our trainer. We scored a few set-piece goals because of him.

"How do you say it in English? I see, goosebumps. It was a goosebumps moment, definitely.

"We all worked really hard to get this win. We also know Tottenham's a very physical team. And I think it was a great match-up and a great match to watch for anyone watching at home or in the stadium. First of all, we need to avoid relegation.

"But I think we have a little bit more in us. So maybe, who knows, maybe we can get a Conference League place or something if we keep pushing like this."

Opta stats - Fortress Vitality

Bournemouth have won four of their last five Premier League games at the Vitality Stadium (L1), as many as in their previous 12 such games in the competition (D4 L4).

Tottenham have lost seven of their last 11 Premier League away games (W3 D1), while they haven't won on the road when conceding first in the competition since a 5-2 win at Burnley in September 2023 (D2 L8 since).

Bournemouth have won successive Premier League games for the first time since April, while both their clean sheets in the league this campaign have come in home wins, also beating Arsenal 2-0 in October.

Only Arsenal (8) and Aston Villa (7) have scored more Premier League goals assisted via crosses this season than Bournemouth (6), while only Wolverhampton Wanderers (7) and Everton (6) have conceded more such goals in the competition this term than Tottenham (5).

Story of the match in stats...

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Ange Postecoglou vowed to keep fighting to revive Tottenham's fortunes after receiving "some direct feedback" from disgruntled fans following a limp 1-0 Premier League loss to Bournemouth.

Spurs boss Postecoglou was booed and heckled by a frustrated away end at the Vitality Stadium, having seen his toothless side condemned to defeat by Dean Huijsen's 17th-minute header.

The Australian refused to go into detail about the heated exchange but said he understood the supporters' emotional reaction.

"I didn't like what was being said because I'm a human being but you've got to cop it," said Postecoglou, whose team have won only one of their last six games in all competitions.

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"I've been around long enough to know that when things don't go well you've got to understand the frustration and the disappointment.

"They're rightly disappointed tonight because we've let a game of football get away from us. I'm OK with all that.

"They're disappointed and rightly so. They gave me some direct feedback, which I guess is taken onboard.

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"All I can say is, I'm really disappointed with tonight and I'm determined to get it right and I will keep fighting until we do."

Asked what was said by the travelling support, Postecoglou replied: "Probably not for here, mate."

Tottenham began brightly in Dorset but created little during the 90 minutes and were fortunate not to lose by a bigger margin.

Bournemouth midfielder Ryan Christie struck a post and the impressive hosts failed to capitalise on a host of other chances to put the result beyond doubt.

Spurs dropped below the Cherries, into 10th position, ahead of their London derby at home to high-flying Chelsea, live on Super Sunday, following the latest setback in a patchy season so far.

To compound a miserable evening for the injury-hit north London club, defender Ben Davies limped out of his 300th Premier League appearance and faces a spell on the sidelines.

"It looks like he's done his hamstring," said Postecoglou.

"Him and Radu (Dragusin) have played every game, it's the one sort of position we can't rotate.

"He'll obviously be out for a period of time now, we'll just have to wait and see how long it is.

"It's kind of the consequence of us having the squad we have at the moment."

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Bournemouth leapfrogged an increasingly out-of-sorts Tottenham in the Premier League after Dean Huijsen's header secured a deserved 1-0 victory at the Vitality Stadium.

Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou was confronted by angry supporters at the final whistle, later revealing he received "pretty direct feedback" following a seventh loss in 11 Premier League away games.

At 19 years and 235 days, Huijsen became the Cherries' youngest-ever Premier League goalscorer when he met Marcus Tavernier's corner after 17 minutes.

Ryan Christie struck the frame of the goal while Evanilson had his effort chalked off for offside by VAR in what could so easily have been a heavier defeat for Spurs, who slip to 10th in the standings following a sixth loss of the campaign.

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The results means it is one win in six games for Postecoglou, less than a fortnight since he witnessed his side's 4-0 victory at champions Manchester City.

Spurs have now lost nine of their last 13 away games in the Premier League but such inconsistency is not something Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola needs to concern himself with at present, with his side rising to ninth on 21 points.

Bournemouth earn another home scalp

Iraola told Amazon Prime: "We didn't kill the game in the second half when we were having the clear chances and luckily for us we could finish the job but it was a moment during the game where you say if we don't kill them they are going to punish us.

"I don't trust too much in this momentum thing or confidence. I think the league is so tight, the details are so small from a win to a loss, so we have to reset. Now we have a difficult game, Ipswich away with just two days of recovery and we have to not think in the standings, the points - just compete in every game.

"The end of the season is too far away still to be setting a points target."

Iraola's side had upset title hopefuls Arsenal and Manchester City in two of their previous three fixtures on home soil. Spain U21 international Huijsen secured a further scalp for the south coast as Spurs suffered another setback in a patchy season so far.

This was a deserved success which should have been more comfortable. Christie struck the woodwork and the impressive hosts failed to capitalise on a host of chances, while toothless Tottenham created little going forward.

Spurs hammered champions Manchester City 4-0 in their previous away fixture but that was their only win in five games in all competitions ahead of the trip to Dorset.

The north London club started in the ascendancy and, after the recalled Dejan Kulusevski shot straight at Cherries goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga, Dominic Solanke fired wastefully over, having been released by stand-in skipper James Maddison.

Ange: I got some pretty direct feedback

While Tottenham continued to dominate possession, the Cherries remained the greater threat after breaking the deadlock.

Tavernier had the ball in the net 14 minutes after the opener but was clearly offside, before later seeing a close-range header from Milos Kerkez's cross clawed away by Fraser Forster.

Despite Tottenham's shortcomings, Postecoglou opted against changes at the break - but apart from a Heung-Min Son disallowed strike for offside, Spurs produced an even more insipid second-half display.

"We weren't good enough," said Postecoglou. "We conceded a really poor goal and we lost our way a little bit and allowed Bournemouth to play the game they wanted to. We had our moments in the second half but we weren't able to get a goal.

"We just have this sort of propensity to shoot ourselves in the foot when really we should be taking control of games.

"We know they're hard to beat here and what you don't want to do is give them a goal that gives them that sort of momentum they need."

On approaching fans at the final whistle, Postecoglou added: "I wasn't having a word... they're pretty disappointed - rightly so - and I've got some pretty direct feedback as to how we're going.

"I've got no issue with it [fan reaction]. I didn't like what was being said because I'm a human being but you've got to cop it.

"I've been around long enough to know that if things don't go well, you've got to understand the frustration and disappointment. They're disappointed tonight because again we've let a game of football get away from us. That's OK, I'm OK with all of that."

Huijsen: My first goal gave me goosebumps

Bournemouth defender Dean Huijsen told Amazon Prime:

"We know we make it hard for teams coming here.

"It's a really exciting win. Every little boy dreams of playing in the Premier League. I'm just so happy to get my first goal. It's definitely a special memory. The goal is all due to our trainer. We scored a few set-piece goals because of him.

"How do you say it in English? I see, goosebumps. It was a goosebumps moment, definitely.

"We all worked really hard to get this win. We also know Tottenham's a very physical team. And I think it was a great match-up and a great match to watch for anyone watching at home or in the stadium. First of all, we need to avoid relegation.

"But I think we have a little bit more in us. So maybe, who knows, maybe we can get a Conference League place or something if we keep pushing like this."

Opta stats - Fortress Vitality

Bournemouth have won four of their last five Premier League games at the Vitality Stadium (L1), as many as in their previous 12 such games in the competition (D4 L4).

Tottenham have lost seven of their last 11 Premier League away games (W3 D1), while they haven't won on the road when conceding first in the competition since a 5-2 win at Burnley in September 2023 (D2 L8 since).

Bournemouth have won successive Premier League games for the first time since April, while both their clean sheets in the league this campaign have come in home wins, also beating Arsenal 2-0 in October.

Only Arsenal (8) and Aston Villa (7) have scored more Premier League goals assisted via crosses this season than Bournemouth (6), while only Wolverhampton Wanderers (7) and Everton (6) have conceded more such goals in the competition this term than Tottenham (5).

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Martinez injury blow

Aston Villa goalkeeper Emi Martinez suffered a hairline fracture in his hand during the defeat against Chelsea.

Unai Emery's side lost 3-0 and saw their Argentina shot-stopper forced off at half-time after picking up the knock to his hand.

"He has a fissure (hairline fracture) in his hand (finger), we are going to train this afternoon and I don’t know how he is going to feel," the Villa manager said ahead of the game this evening.

"It depends on the training today. He could be in for tomorrow or not."

Wide open

Sky Sports' Patrick Rowe:

"A game which is wide open for either side to take advantage of. Villa are a team low in confidence and form heading into this one and won't want that win-less streak to stretch to nine games.

"Meanwhile, Brentford's away record - with just one point coming on the road - has stagnated their progress throughout the season so far.

"So, will Villa climb out of their rut or will the Bees secure a rare win away from home? Something has got to give!"

Frank: Brentford fans can dream of targets

Thomas Frank insists he will leave the fans to do the dreaming as expectations rise over Brentford's strong start to the season.

Brentford are just three points below the Premier League's top four thanks to their stunning home form which has produced six wins and a draw in seven matches.

On the road they have struggled, losing five out of six ahead of Wednesday night's visit to Aston Villa, and history has taught Frank to be wary of getting carried away.

"I'm the optimistic guy, always very positive," said Frank, who confirmed that Mathias Jensen will miss the trip to the Midlands because of a minor hamstring injury.

"But I have a few good guys in my coaching team in Claus Norgaard and Kevin O'Connor, who are a little bit more levelled, let's put it that way.

"It's very important for the fans to dream. And of course me and the players always need to dream, but we need to focus on the next game and what's just ahead of us because so many things can change.

"In our third year in the Premier League (last season) we had 16 points after 11 games, which was the same amount of points we had the year before, but everything fell apart with injuries and all that.

"So that was a good example of dream but don't get too far ahead of yourself. Focus, stay in the moment and enjoy it."

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Emery hopes Villa strikers can put them back on track

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery is hoping his side's goalscorers can get them back on track.

Villa have not won in eight games, going back to October 22, and Sunday's 3-0 defeat at Chelsea left them in the bottom half of the Premier League table.

The goals have dried up as Ollie Watkins has bagged just once in those eight games, while Jhon Duran has not found the net for six games.

Emery wants his frontmen to regain their form, starting with Wednesday night's visit of Brentford.

"Sometimes we can score easy, sometimes we are not scoring easy," he said at his pre-match press conference.

"They are points in the way, but of course, when we are creating chances with the players we have, usually they are scoring goals. I am confident, even when they are not being clinical.

"Hopefully, (Wednesday) is a good challenge and a good day to recover scoring or playing well, trying to impose and dominate against the opponent. Stop them better than the last matches we did, maybe.

"This is my work. The solution is [to] try, through our work, to correct things, and try to recover after our work, confidence, playing, dominating, being successful, each one, with their qualities, and then of course at the end, winning.

"We are not thinking to win, we are thinking the process to win."

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