Ange Postecoglou is under fire after Tottenham blew a golden opportunity to move into the Premier League’s top four after slumping to a shock 3-0 defeat at Fulham on Sunday morning.
The Australian’s team would have climbed above Aston Villa into fourth place with a win, but instead they handed the initiative back to their top-four rivals.
Fifth-placed Tottenham were punished for a sloppy performance as the in-form Rodrigo Muniz netted twice either side of Sasa Lukic’s first goal for Fulham.
A 4-0 win at Villa last weekend was expected to act as Tottenham’s springboard to finish above Unai Emery’s team in the battle to qualify for next season’s Champions League.
Instead, the north Londoners crashed to a first league defeat at Craven Cottage since 2008 and failed to score for the first time in 40 games.
The 3-0 result is the equal biggest margin Fulham has ever had against Spurs, having also won 3-0 in 2003 and 4-1 in 1965.
The manner of the defeat has put pressure on Postecoglou.
The most scathing criticism came from Liverpool great Jamie Redknapp.
“I thought those types of performances were a thing of the past, I didn’t think we’d be s...
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