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Ange Postecoglou vowed to fight on but admits his beleaguered Tottenham players will need some help and support to get through this difficult spell.
‘I just feel that at some point we’ll get a relatively healthy squad and when we do that we’ll be able to perform at a high level consistently,’ said the Spurs boss after his team conceded a late equaliser in a 2-2 draw at home to Wolves.
‘We’ve already shown this year we can beat anyone. There’s a chance there you can go on a run. But at the moment that’s secondary to the first bit, we have to try to get some support for the players – both mentally and physically and in terms of numbers to give them the opportunity to play at their best.’
Postecoglou will give his players two days off to recharge and reset while he works towards finding reinforcements in the transfer market which opens on Wednesday.
He said: ‘It was always planned. This is the first week where we don’t have a midweek game, so the whole group probably needs a couple of days just to get away from everything and recover, because it’s been fairly intense for a real small core group of players, particularly over the last four or five weeks.
‘I think it’ll do them good to have a couple of days to themselves with their families and give them a chance to recover mentally as much as physically.
Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou insists he will fight on following his side’s draw with Wolves
Postecoglou’s side were left frustrated as they conceded a late equaliser against Wolves
There was more disappointment for Tottenham as Destiny Udogie suffered an injury
‘I’ll just keep going. We’ve got work to do and try to get some help for these players and our role is to try and give them everything we can, the support we can, to perform at their best.’
Richarlison and Mikey Moore are expected to return to training this week and Djed Spence will return from suspension, but Destiny Udogie was injured against Wolves and Rodrigo Bentancur picked up a yellow card that will rule him out against Newcastle on Saturday.
As for results, Postecoglou added: ‘It hurts me because I’m responsible ultimately. I’m the person in charge. So of course it hurts.
‘When I see how hard they are trying, it hurts even more because you want them to get a reward and I think they deserved a reward for their efforts even though they were dipping into their reserves of energy.
‘I wanted them to get a reward for their efforts. So of course it hurts. It hurts immensely. At the same time it’s my responsibility for where we’re at right now and it’s my responsibility to try to get us out of it.’
