Son Heung-min issues Tottenham apology after Ipswich as Ange Postecoglou problem crystal clear

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Son Heung-min has apologised to Tottenham's supporters following his side's shock loss to Ipswich on Sunday.

Goals from Sammie Szmodics and Liam Delap ensured Ipswich came away from north London with all three points, with Rodrigo Bentancur's strike in the end a mere consolation. It means Ange Postecoglou's team have now lost five times in the Premier League this season, with the Lilywhites down in tenth.

Speaking after the match, Son issued an apology and called for his team-mates to be better disciplined to cut out their inconsistency. "It was a very disappointing afternoon and the result of course, but the performance we have to be better," the South Korean 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 Aston 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. Everyone saw it but those type of games [Man City and Aston Villa] you have to think about in a mentally very strong way. A team like Villa, yeah you have to go really strong but next game you play against Ipswich, they are same opponent, same competition.

"Everyone is expecting this game we win but football you never get a free win. You have to earn it, you have got to work hard and we have got to just believe more. And then we have to be more disciplined. That’s for sure.

"Everyone has to be more disciplined. The structure and the plans, you have got to just follow it. This is the main part of where we can be even stronger. I hope we can be stronger when we come back from the international break."

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