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Tottenham captain Son Heung Min has apologized for Sunday’s shock 2-1 loss at home to Ipswich and called for his team-mates to be better disciplined to cut out their inconsistency.
Ange Postecoglou’s side slumped to a fifth Premier League defeat of the campaign after they conceded first-half goals to Sammie Szmodics and Liam Delap.
Both goals could have been avoided with better defending and while Rodrigo Bentancur pulled one back in the 69th minute, no comeback win occurred like in recent league victories at home to West Ham and Aston Villa.
A win would have meant Tottenham headed into the international break in third position, but they are instead 10th.
“It was a very disappointing afternoon and the result of course, but the performance we have to be better,” Son said.
“Before they score two goals or even first goal, we had a couple of chances where we can score the goal and go ahead. We didn’t and concede two very silly goals, which is also very painful because of how much we work and how important it is inside the box to defend the goal at home.
“We didn’t and look, we have to all take a big, big responsibility and I want to say sorry about the result.”
This loss continued a season of one step forward followed by a step back for Spurs, who managed to recently earn excellent wins over Manchester City and Villa but have now slipped to consecutive defeats to Galatasaray and Ipswich.
Spurs boss Postecoglou accepted it was his responsibility to “help the players” and fix the inconsistency they are experiencing in his second season.
Captain Son told SpursPlay: “You have to have belief even more. I think we could be a bright team, we could be a really strong team.
