Postecoglou set to turn to Lo Celso in a bid to spark Spurs into life

AS Tottenham left Molineux on Saturday after a late sucker-punch, the overwhelming feeling was of a result largely self-inflicted.

- Dan Kilpatrick

Ange Postecoglou said his side lacked their usual "aggression" and "positivity" in the 2-1 defeat at Wolves, their second reverse on the bounce following the damaging 4-1 defeat by Chelsea, while goal-scorer Brennan Johnson described Spurs as "too safe".

In the first game without centre-half Micky van de Ven and playmaker James Maddison - both out until the new year - in came Eric Dier and Ben Davies at centre-half, while Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg was Spurs's most advanced midfielder.

Dier and Davies were solid defensively for 91 minutes before Pablo Sarabia and Mario Lemina burst into the box to score in stoppage time, both making several important interventions to keep Wolves from the door. But the way they played as the clock ticked towards the final whistle would have alarmed Postecoglou.

Spurs dropped deeper and started to hurry their passing, with the Australian suggesting his players had "self-preservation" in mind.