Postecoglou: "It's not a couple of positive results. It was five wins, let's just keep things in context here. I understand the extremes of what we do. What I'm saying is that we didn't do the basics of everything we've done to get to this point, good, bad or otherwise. (contd)

"Even when we didn't win at Newcastle, we played well and fought hard to the last second to win that game of football. We didn't do that today and every time we've played that's been an element of our game but I didn't see that today. Why has that happened? (contd)

"The reasons, we can go into a million different aspects and in the cold light of day there may be some logic to it and it may be what you're saying. Again for me that's irrelevant. It's for me to address and fix (contd)

"and the responsibility falls at my feet and that's what I need to do."

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Postecoglou on whether he told his players his thoughts after the game: "Feedback is always what I believe in. I'm sure the players are disappointed. I don't care. They should be. I'm disappointed the fans are disappointed. (contd)

"They need to know what you can lose a game of football but the disappointment comes from not doing the basics you need to play at this level."