Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou admitted that individual mistakes had cost his side during their 4-2 defeat by Wolves on Sunday.
Spurs were hit on the road for the 10th time this season in the Premier League, after he had entered Molineux.
The visitors admitted to Rayan Ait-Nouri after just 85 seconds after they had not dealt with a corner, while Djed Spence's own goal was left 2-0 before the break.
Wolves then bounced on a Cristian Romero error when Jorgen Strand Larsen scored their third, and after Richarlison made it 3-2, Matheus Cunha Lucas Bergvall's Loose Pas to score the fourth of his side.
Postecoglou, however, refused to point out the guilty finger of one of his players, and insisted that he would otherwise be impressed by their achievements.
“I thought we played pretty well, to be honest, but we admitted some pretty bad goals,” he said BBC Sport.
“Unfortunately, individual mistakes cost us today, and it is very disappointing to lose.
“There were only moments in the game that we are usually pretty good at checking. We don't have it today and that made the game very difficult for us.
“Mistakes are part of football. I will not call anyone to account. The only person being held in the account is me. We are punished for our mistakes today.”
The Spurs main coach also confirmed that son Heung-Min, who was absent with a foot injury, should be good for the seasonal abnormality of the quarterfinals of the Europa League on Thursday against Eintracht Frankfurt.
Mathys Tel – the scorer of Tottenham's first goal in Molineux – urged his teammates to dust off and be ready to be ready for their journey to Germany.
“We can't give up. We have to learn from this situation and just go again and show who we are,” he said Spursplay. “We have to concentrate from the first minute to the last minute.
“Today we had bad luck for us. We showed some good things, but we have made many mistakes, and that's why we have lost. We have a big game next week and we have to be ready.”
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In the meantime, the revival of Wolves continues, while for the first time they recorded four consecutive Premier League victories, while moving 14 points from the relegation zone with six more games.
Head coach Vorror Pereira emphasized the importance of togetherness in their run, while defender Toti Gomes spoke about the increased belief in the camp.
“I can say that I am very happy; very happy with the team, the personality, the dedication, the organization and the confidence to play,” said Pereira. “We have confronted with a strong team, but in my opinion we deserve the result.
“We are together. We are dedicated. Together we can be stronger and stronger.”
“It's a great feeling,” Toti added. “It's good to conquer this, it's not easy in the Premier League. This is just [a result of] The work we did on the training field.
“It's all about the team spirit. Even when we gave a goal, we didn't go back, we kept fighting and scored again. We know that we are a strong team and believe in ourselves.
“Not a clean leaf, but sometimes games are like that. We keep score and in the end it is important to leave with the three points. We just have to keep believing.”
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