Premier League Upset: Tottenham Stunned by Teenager Dean Huijsen as Bournemouth Secures Shock Victory

Dean Huijsen scored in the first half at the Vitality Stadium, adding to Postecoglou's team's woes as they now have only one win in their last six games across all competitions.

The 19-year-old defender's first goal in English football after his close-season move from Juventus exposed the flaws in Tottenham's error-prone defence.

Lacklustre Tottenham were fortunate not to lose by a bigger margin as Andoni Iraola's side wasted several chances to increase their lead.

Tottenham's sixth Premier League defeat this season was another setback for the under-fire Postecoglou after last weekend's disappointing 1-1 draw at home to 10-man Fulham.

"It's not good enough. We again fell into the trap of starting the game really well and then we conceded a really poor goal," Postecoglou said.

"It's disappointing. We have this propensity to shoot ourselves in the foot when we should be controlling games. 

"It's something we've done consistently and we always pay the price for it."

Having wasted a golden opportunity to qualify for the Champions League last season, Postecoglou is beginning to hear criticism of his overly-attacking tactics and this dismal display will add to the Australian's doubters. 

Tottenham are languishing in 10th place, six points adrift of the top four heading into Sunday's London derby against second-placed Chelsea.

"The fans have every right to be disappointed. I got some pretty direct feedback with the way that we are going at the moment and that is rightly so," Postecoglou said after he was jeered by Tottenham fans after the final whistle. 

"I didn't like what was being said because I'm a human being but you're going to cop it. 

"All I can say is I'm determined to get it right and will keep fighting until we do."

Ninth-placed Bournemouth have now beaten Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham at home this season.

Dominic Solanke scored 21 times for Bournemouth last term before moving to Tottenham in the close-season.

The England striker wasted a good chance to enjoy a scoring return to his old club when he blazed over from 10 yards after muscling through on goal.

Bournemouth's Evanilson nearly punished sloppy defending from Radu Dragusin and Destiny Udogie with a close-range effort that Fraser Forster pushed away for a corner.

But Tottenham's reprieve was short-lived as the Cherries took the lead from the resulting set-piece in the 17th minute.

Marcus Tavernier curled his corner towards the far post and Huijsen easily escaped Tottenham's woeful marking to head home from five yards.

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Tottenham were vulnerable at the back whenever Bournemouth attacked with intent and Forster had to make a superb save to repel Tavernier's close-range header from Milos Kerkez's cross.

Postecoglou finished the first half shaking his head in frustration and his dejected expression was unchanged after the break.

Postecoglou sent on Tottenham captain Son Heung-min, who has only scored four times this season, and the South Korean's first touch was a goal disallowed for offside.

James Maddison curled narrowly wide before Kepa Arrizabalaga saved well from Pedro Porro's volley.

Ryan Christie smashed against the post from Evanilson's pass and Tavernier drilled just wide as Bournemouth threatened to blow Tottenham away in the gale-force winds lashing the south-coast.

In Thursday's other game, Alex Iwobi scored twice as Fulham took advantage of a howler from Brighton keeper Bart Verbruggen to beat the Seagulls 3-1 at Craven Cottage.

Marco Silva's men were gifted the lead in the fourth minute when Verbruggen, under minimal pressure, tried to pass to Carlos Baleba on the edge of the area, with Iwobi intercepting and slotting into the empty net.

Brighton levelled in the 56th minute when Baleba fired past Bernd Leno from 25 yards.

But Fulham went ahead again with 11 minutes remaining when Andreas Pereira's corner skimmed off Calvin Bassey and went in off Brighton's Matt O'Riley for an own goal.

Iwobi's curler sealed the points with three minutes left as Fulham moved up to sixth place after their third win in their last five league games.

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