Ange Postecoglou says he understands the frustration of Tottenham's travelling supporters following an altercation with fans following the 1-0 defeat at Bournemouth on Thursday.
The Spurs head coach approached the away end after the final whistle and appeared to exchange angry words with supporters in the front rows.
"They’re disappointed and rightly so and they gave me some direct feedback, which is taken on board," Postecoglou said.
Asked about the direct feedback, he said: “Probably not for here.
"I didn’t like what was being said because I’m a human being but you’ve got to cop it.
"I’ve been around long enough to know when things don’t go well you’ve got to understand the frustration and disappointment. And they’re rightly disappointed because we let a game of football get away from us. But that’s OK. I’m OK with all that.
“All I can say is I’m really disappointed and I’m determined to get it right and will keep fighting until we do.”
"I got some pretty direct feedback..."
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Dean Huijsen, 19, headed home the game's only goal from a corner on 17 minutes, ghosting in unmarked at the back post after Destiny Udogie misjudged the flight of the ball.
Bournemouth were much the better side for the rest of the match, with Spurs' stand-in goalkeeper Fraser Forster making a string of saves and the Cherries missing several chances.
Postecoglou felt his depleted side "shot themselves in the foot" after a bright start and says they must "get a real grip" on their season ahead of Sunday's crunch visit of rivals Chelsea.
"It is not good enough," Postecoglou said. "We again fell into the trap of starting the game really well, we were in control and then we conceded a really poor goal.
"Then we kind of lost our way a little bit and allowed Bournemouth to play the game that they wanted to. We had our moments in the second half but we could not get a goal.
"I don't know if they had more urgency but we have this sort of propensity to shoot ourselves in the foot when we should be controlling games.
"They are hard to beat here and what you should not do is give them a goal that gives them the momentum they need.
"We started to play with a bit more conviction at the beginning of the second half and made some good chances. Again we made things difficult for ourselves by allowing the opposition to take the game in the direction that they want.
"They are all big games coming up. We have to get ourselves out of the space we are in at the minute where we can't get a real grip on the season."
