Cristian Romero has backed Ange Postecoglou to survive the pressure at Tottenham after their heavy defeat to Chelsea in the Premier League on Sunday.
Spurs lost 4-3 after taking a two-goal lead against the Blues thanks to goals from Dominic Solanke and Dejan Kulusevski inside 11 minutes, but Chelsea then scored four goals without reply before Son Heung-min's late strike.
It was the eleventh time that Tottenham had lost a Premier League match after being more than two goals ahead – at least four more such defeats than any other side in the competition's history.
Spurs have won just one of their last seven games in all competitions – a 4-0 win over reigning champions Manchester City – and sit 11th in the table, having lost their last two top-flight games.
Postecoglou is the fifth manager, including caretakers, under whom Romero has played since taking over in August 2021, and he has confidence in the Australian.
“He is a great coach. We saw that in the first season. In this second season we suffered a lot of injuries,” Romero told Telemundo.
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“Players are the first to be criticized, and if we lose ten games the staff can be changed, but no one talks about what actually happens.
“We are very happy with this staff, me and my colleagues. We like the way they work and the football they try to play. We will try to move on quickly.”
Postecoglou has a 49.06% win rate for Spurs in the Premier League, winning 26 of his 53 games in charge of the club and averaging 1.62 points per game.
In the 59-year-old's first season in charge, Spurs finished fifth after an impressive start to that season. However, the North London club are still yet to win a trophy since their EFL Cup success in 2008.
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