BY VOICE SPORTS TEAM
ANGE Postecoglou admits he doesn't know if he will avoid the sack after Tottenham hit a new “low” with a dismal 2-1 defeat against struggling Leicester on Sunday.
Postecoglou’s span crashed to a sixth defeat from their last seven Premier League matches to increase the pressure on the under-fire Australian.
Richarlison’s 33rd-minute header gave Tottenham hope of a first top-flight win since 15 December.
But Jamie Vardy levelled for Leicester less than 60 seconds after half-time before Bilal El Khannouss fired the winner four minutes later.
Furious Tottenham fans called for chairman Daniel Levy to quit throughout the match, while boos greeted full-time whistle after Postecoglou was jeered for substituting Richarlison.
Tottenham are languishing in 15th place, just eight points above the relegation zone.
Postecoglou claimed his injury-hit squad - deprived of 10 players at present - are still behind him, but the former Celtic boss conceded he could not guarantee he would still be around when the walking wounded eventually return.
Postecoglou says: “Who knows? I reckon there is probably a fair chunk that will say ‘no’.
“When you are the manager of a football club, you can be very vulnerable and isolated. I don’t feel that. I feel like this group of players, not for me, are giving everything for the club. I have a group of staff that is really committed. I focus on that.”
A 3-2 win at Hoffenheim in the Europa League on Thursday kept Tottenham on track for the last 16, while they hold a 1-0 lead in the League Cup semi-final against Liverpool ahead of the second leg at Anfield next week.
Postecoglou’s hopes of fulfilling his boast that he always wins a trophy in his second season lie with those competitions and the FA Cup.
But, after a run of one win in 11 league games, climbing away from the relegation zone is essential if Postecoglou is to survive the storm raging around his club.