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Alex Howell
BBC Sport shot news newsman astatine Stamford Bridge
Ange Postecoglou said Tottenham lacked "belief and conviction" but promised to find a hole arsenic their Champions League hopes suffered a rustle pinch conclusion astatine Chelsea.
Spurs were beaten 2-0 by Chelsea astatine Stamford Bridge and are now 7 points down fourth-placed Aston Villa, albeit pinch a crippled successful hand.
Tottenham person games against Liverpool and title-chasing Manchester City among their remaining fixtures and person now mislaid 3 successful a statement successful nan Premier League.
"They've mislaid a small spot of belief and condemnation successful their shot and that's for maine to fix," Postecoglou said of his side.
Tottenham made an fantabulous commencement to nan play nether Postecoglou and their free-flowing shot was praised arsenic nan erstwhile Celtic head looked to bring Champions League shot backmost to nan club.
However, Spurs person won conscionable 2 of their latest 7 games and it leaves them needing to sharply find a return to winning ways while hoping that Villa slump.
Chelsea lacking nan correct 'mindset'
Chelsea 2-0 Tottenham: Spurs person 'bigger issues' than set-pieces - Ange Postecoglou
Headed goals from Trevoh Chalobah and Nicolas Jackson gave Chelsea a deserved convention occurrence complete their London rivals.
"It wasn't a awesome nighttime for us. We didn't play astatine nan levels we needed to and didn't merit thing from it," Postecoglou said.
"We lacked belief and condemnation successful our game.
“I don't cognize if it is debased confidence, but we are not playing pinch nan mindset we request to play nan shot we want to, and that is thing I person to look at.
"It is connected maine to hole it. That is what we will beryllium doing."
Asked really he would "fix" Tottenham's failing form, Postecoglou said: "Just difficult work, mate, there's nary awesome formula. We will activity difficult and make judge we get it right."
'It's what we wanted from nan opening of nan season'
Chelsea 2-0 Tottenham: Mauricio Pochettino 'so happy' aft win
As Spurs suffered, it was a affirmative nighttime for Chelsea leader Mauricio Pochettino, taking complaint of his 400th crippled successful English football.
The 52-year-old Argentine, who managed Tottenham from 2014 to 2019 and took them to a Champions League final, has led Chelsea to a double complete Spurs aft Thursday's triumph followed a 4-1 triumph successful November.
This latest triumph intends big-spending Chelsea now beryllium successful eighth place, conscionable 2 points down Newcastle United successful seventh and a imaginable European spot - pinch sixth-placed Manchester United conscionable 1 constituent amended disconnected than nan Magpies.
Pochettino was not convinced it was "the champion game" but said it near him emotion "the astir happy" he could be.
"In nan measurement that we play and nan measurement that we compete, that is what we wanted from nan opening of nan season," Pochettino said.
"Today we were truthful competitive. In this measurement we tin turn and do amended and amended successful each nan areas."
