Ange Postecoglou reaffirmed his support for Tottenham captain Heung-Min Son after Spurs drew at home to Fulham in the Premier League.
The South Korea international was not on his best form at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Lining up at centre forward in Dominic Solanke’s absence, he managed just one shot and 38 touches as he struggled to impact the match.
Asked whether his striker was struggling, Postecoglou said: “You could say that about a number of our players. The key to it is is to stay focused and Sonny will.
“It’s not like he dwells on these things. That’s what the best goalscorers do they don’t dwell on it for too long and I don’t sense in him that he is worried about it because you know he has proven himself for year after year at this level.
“We have had different players go through those spells at different times. The key for it is to maintain focus and not dwell too much on what has happened before. I’m sure the goals will flow again for Sonny soon.”
He continued, saying his whole squad could benefit from keeping focus and tuning out external criticism.
“It’s too easy to say, well, let’s just play like we did against Man City every game. And it somehow again, seems with this club that whatever it is that we do well is then used as a millstone to bring us down at every other opportunity.
“As I keep saying, it’s really important that we don’t react to any of that and just stay focused, because I just sometimes feel like, especially the players we’ve got at the moment, they’re just really working really hard for this football club to try and progress as to where we want to be.
“We’re in good shape, we’re still in good shape, we’re still in a decent position in the league. We’re still in the Carabao Cup, we’re in a decent position in Europe, so it’s about us maintaining our focus on continuing to develop.”
Tottenham return to action on Thursday night when they face Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium.
