Ange Postecoglou: Under-pressure Spurs boss believes 'a fair chunk' will say he should be sacked after Leicester loss

Ange Postecoglou admits a "a fair chunk" of people will think he should be sacked as Tottenham boss but believes his players are giving him everything.

Spurs blew a 1-0 half-time lead against Leicester to suffer a fourth straight league defeat, while their only top-flight win in their last 11 games came at bottom-side Southampton.

Tottenham have suffered back-to-back defeats against struggling sides, having been beaten at Everton - in a game which saw them go 3-0 down at half-time - followed by the defeat by Leicester, who had previously lost seven consecutive league games.

Spurs are still in the mix to win a first trophy in 17 years with the north London side in the Carabao Cup semi-finals, the FA Cup fourth round and on course to reach the last 16 of the Europa League.

But their alarming Premier League form, which has seen them drop closer to the bottom three than the top half of the table, has put Postecoglou under immense pressure after seven league defeats in his last eight matches.

When asked if he should still be in charge once all of his key players return from injury, he said: "Who knows? A fair chunk will say no.

"When you are a manager of a football club, you can feel vulnerable and isolated, I don't feel that. The players are giving everything. I focus on that and try and support the players."

Postecoglou revealed that both Richarlison and Pape Sarr, in an ideal world, would not have started against Leicester but such are their injury issues, he had no choice but to play them.

He said: "It doesn't come into my conscious trying to convince people, I've been around long enough that people will judge where we are at the moment, which hasn't been good enough.

"If people want to put context to that then that's fine. The players are giving everything they can. Two players shouldn't have been out there but they are desperate to turn our fortunes around. In the next 10 days we should get some significant players back which will help. We still have fantastic opportunities to make an impact - I'm sure that will happen."

Despite the defeat and their precarious position in the Premier League, Postecoglou still holds out hope that Spurs can do "something special" this season in the cup competitions.

He added: "The players are committed to what we're doing. That's important to me. I believe in it. This is as low as we've been this year but in the next three months we can do something really special. The players believe that. Right now it's hard to visualise that with our circumstances. Just look at the absences but they will be back. All these things aren't allowing us to get any momentum. When those things change we can make an impact."

Ex-Tottenham midfielder Jamie O'Hara launched an extraordinary rant on Zone Sporty VIP News following the defeat to Leicester, claiming Postecoglou is "out of his depth" and will be sacked soon.

O'Hara said: "Ange Postecoglou is out of his depth. Man management, in-game management, not good enough today. Running out of ideas.

"He tried to change the tactics against Everton last week. We're 3-0 down at half-time. We go 2-1 down against Leicester, and I don't see a change in the way that we play.

"I don't see a change in the way we do things. Miles off it, all of them. And leaders on the football pitch who are meant to be good players, not stepping up to the plate.

"The problem is the fact that you've got players who are available not doing the business. You've got Daniel Levy who doesn't want to put his hand in his pocket and bring in players when the team is decimated with injuries, and he's still not getting a player over the line because he doesn't want to pay the money.

"And you've got a manager in Postecoglou who's so stubborn and won't change the way he plays. He's got no plan B. He's got no plan C. He won't change the way he wants to play.

"And they've run out of ideas. Spurs run out of ideas because they only know one way to play. He hasn't got an idea how to get it done. They're in a relegation fight. Spurs are in a relegation fight. I'm telling you now.

"Teams are picking up underneath them. Every team around them, if you look at it, West Ham sacked their manager. Everton sacked their manager. Man Utd sacked their manager. Wolves sacked their manager. Do you really think they're in danger of relegation? Of course they are.

"The run is unacceptable. Spurs are in a relegation fight and they need to buck up their ideas, sign some good players quickly and make a decision on what you're doing with Ange Postecoglou. Because at the moment, what he's giving out ain't good enough.

"I know there's injuries and I know there's problems, but that is unacceptable. You can't lose 13 games in the Premier League as a Spurs manager. I know you've got the Carabao Cup semi-final second leg against Liverpool, who are by far the best team in Europe at the moment, and you're clinging on to the hope that we might get to a final.

"And Ange gives it all, 'we win a trophy in my second season'. Do me a favour. You're the Spurs manager. You're 15th in the table. You've lost 13 games.

"That's not acceptable. Any other manager, Harry Redknapp, Juande Ramos, all these managers, Pochettino, Conte, Mourinho, if they were 15th in the table as Spurs manager, they would be out the door. Gone.

"See you later. Why is Ange getting a pass? Why? I don't get it. Is it because of Mourinho and Conte and the fact that he plays attacking football, is it? Who cares about attacking football? Seriously, who cares? You've got to be organised."

He added: "I think maybe you give Ange the Carabao Cup game against Liverpool but then you're clutching at straws. I think he will be sacked after that Liverpool second leg. He needs help. Daniel Levy has had the opportunity to sign players. He could have helped him but I just don't understand what he's trying to do and who he is trying to get over the line.

"It is embarrassing. Go and make a statement. West Ham have at least tried to go out and sign Duran. Postecoglou needs help. The more I look at the Bournemouth manager [Andoni Iraola], the more I think I wouldn't mind him at Spurs. Bournemouth are organised, but Spurs are so disorganised.

"Bournemouth have injuries, and they're still doing the business. Don't tell me they haven't got issues. You can't just blame everything on injuries. He's not got the best out of the players he's got.

"I think he will get the sack after the Liverpool game. We will get beat. We'll keep him on until then because maybe he deserves that game. I think Liverpool will be better than us on the night and they will go through, but the problem you then have is, who comes in?'

"There's no point having Ryan Mason until the end of the season - you might as well stick with Ange."

Tottenham captain Heung-Min Son described the loss to Leicester as "painful".

The South Korean, who has been at the club for nearly a decade, told Zone Sporty VIP: "Breaking down or scoring goals is always hard when it's a day that is not happening and you always get more frustrated than you should be.

"We were very frustrated and made the wrong decisions. It's painful."

The 32-year-old added: "Mentally we have to refresh and go again because we have a game in three days. Sometimes it's really tough.

"We came back from the win in Germany and lost an important game in the league. It's very tough."