Honest Marco Silva admits Calvin Bassey was mercilessly targeted by Ange Postecoglou after his two disastrous blunders condemned Fulham to defeat against Tottenham.
The Cottagers boss doffed his cap to his rivals who made the former Rangers man pay as the 23-year-old coughed up possession in each half and it resulted in Son and James Maddison finding the back of the net to fire Spurs back top.
And Bassey – who left Ajax in a £19.3m deal in the summer – cut a dejected figure as former Celtic boss Postecoglou was clued up on the man he came up against during his trophy-laden stint with Celtic.
Speaking after the defeat in N17, an exasperated Silva said: “We were punished by the mistakes that we made. We didn’t want to give the space behind for them to score.
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