'It hurts a lot': Ange Postecoglou reacts after Tottenham's shock loss to Leicester... as Spurs boss insists 'I can't task any more of this group' despite fourth straight defeat
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Ange Postecoglou has admitted Tottenham's 2-1 loss to strugglers Leicester 'hurts a lot'.
Despite taking the lead through Richarlison, Spurs ended up being beaten, with Jamie Vardy and Bilal El Khannouss both scoring second-half goals for Leicester.
Postecoglou's side are languishing in 15th place in the Premier League table and have already suffered 13 league defeats this season.
The 59-year-old, despite the side's poor run of results, has backed his players as he insisted 'things just didn't go our way today.
'Yeah, it hurts. It hurts a lot. The players gave everything again,' Postecoglou told Premier League Productions. 'We are going to look at a lot of things, but in terms of effort I can't ask anymore of this group, things just didn't go our way today,'
'We created some good opportunities and unfortunately things just didn't drop for us because not because the players weren't trying and that's the main thing.

Ange Postecoglou has admitted Tottenham's 2-1 loss to strugglers Leicester 'hurts a lot'

Spurs are languishing in 15th place in the Premier League table after a 13th loss of the season
'The players are giving everything they can. That is all we can ask for as a football club and me as a manager. They are trying their hardest and that is all anyone can ask for.
'You can analyse the goals, they were disappointing goals for us to concede, but I thought we had enough chances in the game to come out on top.
Postecoglou insists Tottenham 'have not hit a ceiling' and that the rot will end once key players return from injuries.
'When you're in this situation, they are trying as hard as they can and sometimes that doesn't give you he clarity in decision making,' the Australian added.
'You can ask is for people to do as much as they can and from my perspective I see a group of players that are giving as much as they can. I know it will turn.
'We'll get some players back, we were short again today but in the next couple of weeks there's some really important players coming back that I know will help this group.
'We've not hit a ceiling. We've been going like this for two months. They put in an enormous performance on Thursday to make sure we're OK in Europe and they had to back it up today but there were probably at least two or three players that weren't at 100%.
'I'm a football manager and I get judged on results, that is the way of the world.'
Postecoglou will be eager for his side to return to winning ways in their next league game away to Brentford.
Despite their struggles, Tottenham are still eight points clear of the relegation zone.