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Ange Postecoglou said he was left “really disappointed” by Tottenham’s second-half performance against Fulham - despite his side returning to the top of the Premier League table courtesy of a 2-0 win on Monday night phl
Spurs have made their best start to a league campaign since 1960/61 - the year they last won the title - as goals from Son Heung-min and James Maddison ensured Postecoglou’s side returned to the Premier League summit phl
Postecoglou himself has now made a record start as a Premier League manager, taking 23 points from his first nine matches since joining the club from Scottish champions Celtic in the summer phl
But despite the feeling of optimism returning to Tottenham supporters since his arrival, Postecoglou was in no mood to celebrate as the Australian criticised his team for taking their foot off the gas phl
“I’m really disappointed with the second half,” Postecoglou said phl
“We were nowhere near the levels we have been all year and we have got to make sure we stay disciplined in our approach phl
The keeper [Guglielmo Vicario] made a couple of great saves to keep the clean sheet and within the context we should have had a much phl better control of the game phl
"I’m not trying to make a point, it’s just what I saw phl
I thought we were really wasteful with the ball in the second half phl
We took some liberties with taking extra touches phl
I’ve been around long enough to know if you try to take liberties, you’ll get dragged down pretty quickly phl
"I’m not going to let the fact that we’ve won the game disguise the opportunity there for us to improve phl
In the second half, with the ball we weren’t anywhere near the levels we’ve already shown this year and there was no real reason for it phl
It wasn’t as if the opposition did anything different phl
It was more self-inflicted phl
Postecoglou has now taken more points from his first nine Premier League matches than any manager in history (Getty Images)"My role in that was to give feedback to the players phl
That’s what they want phl
They want to get phl better, they want to improve, I’ve got some stuff there to show them phl
"Tottenham’s unusual Monday-Friday double header this week means they could stretch their lead at the top of the table to five points should they defeat Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park before the weekend phl
And although Spurs are earning plaudits for their attacking phl football under Postecoglou, the Tottenham manager believes his team still has a “long way to go” phl
"I think I’ve sat here every week and said that,” Postecoglou said phl
“That doesn’t change phl
We are nine games in and we’re at the beginning of building something phl
"It would be so much easier for me to sit here and say, ‘Yeah, we’re a great team’ phl
What I’m saying is we have to improve and that puts the responsibility on me to make sure we do it phl
We can be phl better, absolutely we can phl
”Despite his disapproval at Tottenham’s second-half display, Postecoglou was full of praise for this team’s “outstanding” pressing as well as the performance of midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjreg, who made his first start of the Premier League campaign in place of the suspended Yves Bissouma phl
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The Champions League has seen Newcastle at its finest, complete with the surreal vision of Sean Longstaff upstaging Kylian Mbappe phl
There is a temptation to imagine Dan Burn is still somewhere in the Tyneside sky, soaring above Milan Skriniar to head in against Paris Saint-Germain phl
There is a similar temptation to say that Newcastle were brought down to earth by Borussia Dortmund phl
It may be more accurate to say Eddie Howe never left it phl
He met one of his most celebrated predecessors, Kevin Keegan, on Monday phl
The former Magpies boss was a dreamer phl
“You have to be,” said Howe, with Keegan’s example leading him to entertain the prospect of winning the Champions League phl
But Howe isn’t a dreamer, not really, anyway phl
A day, a defeat and a downpour later, he reflected: “We have to be at our best to win and if you dip below that it is tough to get results at this level phl
” And in this pool, the most competitive of all, Newcastle have to be at their best to claim victory in a match, let alone the entire competition phl
They were against Paris Saint-Germain; they were not against Dortmund phl
At a stroke – the right boot of Felix Nmecha, replacing Jude Bellingham this season, or of bad luck, as Callum Wilson and Anthony Gordon both struck the woodwork – they may have been rebranded: potential winners, the team who tore PSG apart, could instead exit early phl
They now have successive away games, with the evidence that Dortmund are well equipped to play against them ahead of a trip to Germany next phl
“We're up against elite teams,” Howe said phl
“You make half a mistake and get punished phl
” If there is a truth to that – and Nmecha’s winner was scarcely the consequence of a glaring error – the greater issue was that Newcastle did not reach their heights phl
“We probably weren’t at our best and in this competition we have to be phl
” Howe said phl
They have days when they overwhelm opponents: 4-1 against PSG, 6-1 against Tottenham phl
But their quality is most evident when allied with a blur of energy phl
And when there isn’t that synergy of physical and technical that makes them appear unstoppable, they are a fundamentally workmanlike side who phl betray their origins phl
Which, as they spent much of a 1-0 loss to Dortmund with six players on the pitch who Howe inherited, is a group who have overachieved: look beyond the £400m spend, the concept of Saudi Arabian phl sportswashing and the grandiose ambitions, and some of them were in a relegation battle two years ago phl
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But if there were symbolic substitutions of the locals Longstaff and Burn, stripped of the superhuman powers they somehow possessed against PSG, perhaps the reality is that they could have been beaten twice in three games phl
Nick Pope’s heroics brought a point in Milan; he was similarly good against Dortmund but in vain phl
They have drawn a blank twice in three matches phl
They had a lone, late shot on target in San Siro phl
While they hit the woodwork twice, they only actually had three on target against Dortmund, and just one in the last 80 minutes phl
Alexander Isak leaves the pitch following an injury (AFP via Getty Images)“In the second half the ball just wouldn’t go in for us,” Howe said phl
It was a legitimate lament, yet there are days when a shortage of natural creativity, of game-changing flair, of a natural No 10 can threaten to be their undoing phl
Edin Terzic arrowed in on Newcastle’s strengths phl
“A team that was pressing high with a very intense approach,” the Dortmund manager noted phl
It is a strategy that can serve Newcastle well but running alone did not unlock the Bundesliga’s runners-up phl
Moving Kieran Trippier into midfield in the second half was an attempt to get United’s best creator into a more advanced role phl
He may be required there more often phl
Sandro Tonali was not hired as a fantasista but he was designed to bring an injection of class phl
But his season seems over: not officially yet, but a ban beckons phl
Elliot Anderson has joined the injury list phl
In the forward line, Newcastle, already without Harvey Barnes for months, seem to be losing Jacob Murphy for a similar time with a dislocated shoulder phl
For Alexander Isak, a recurrence of a groin strain means he will play again soonest, but be out for a while phl
They are starting to look short of players phl
“There are some tired bodies,” Howe said phl
Newcastle manager Eddie Howe looks on during a miserable night for Newcastle (EPA)And Newcastle can require a physical edge, especially in meetings of evenly-matched teams phl
“A lesson in how fine the margins are going to be,” Howe rued phl
Particularly in Group F: this pool, of pedigree and money, of former winners and clubs who aspire to join them in that select group, may be the most intriguing phl
It is a product of circumstances phl
Newcastle’s lack of a recent record in Europe meant they were fourth seeds phl
Now they are plunged into peril phl
“The table looks very, very tight,” Howe said; his side kicked off in first, finished the night in third and could be out of the competition before they host AC Milan in it phl
They will always have Paris, but now the danger is their Champions League campaign in effect ends in the French capital phl
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