Former Tottenham midfielder Jamie Redknapp has mentioned Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou doesn’t know what he’s doing after his facet’s “horrendous” EFL Cup exit at Liverpool.
Spurs did not have a shot heading in the right direction as they surrendered a 1-0 first-leg benefit to lose 4-0 of their fifteenth defeat of the season in all competitions.
“I can not keep in mind a group, in my lifetime, go down with much less of a battle than Spurs at the moment,” mentioned Redknapp, talking to Sky Sports activities.
“Not having one shot heading in the right direction within the semi-final of a second leg if you’re attempting to vary the course of your historical past? I can not get my head round [it].
“There have been defeats to Ipswich, Leicester, Crystal Palace and Everton. Everybody appears to discover a approach of beating this Tottenham facet. The supervisor baffles me along with his techniques. I feel he’s utterly misplaced in what he’s attempting to do.”
“They’re good on the attention when all goes effectively, however you by no means anticipate them to win something” 😬
Jamie Carragher thinks Spurs as a membership have a ‘psychological block’ pic.twitter.com/2HMYfW99AL
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Tottenham senior gamers ‘didn’t lead’
Postecoglou has minimize a downtrodden determine for a lot of a depressing Premier League marketing campaign, along with his personal statement that he has a superb document of successful trophies throughout his second yr at golf equipment giving followers hope that cup competitions might salvage their season.
Spurs have confronted an damage disaster however interrupted a dismal run by handing Liverpool a shock second home lack of the season by way of Lucas Bergvall’s winner within the first leg.
“I do know it’s tough as a result of you may have a one-goal lead and you’re coming to Anfield, however within the first half they’re attempting to play it out from the again, the goalkeeper [Antonin Kinsky, who conceded a second-half penalty] is edgy and the midfield by no means confirmed any braveness to get on the ball and make issues occur,” argued Redknapp.
“I really feel sorry for these gamers. I feel Djed Spence performed 14 totally different positions tonight. I’ve by no means seen something prefer it. You will have younger gamers, you’re meant to guard them.
“Archie Grey and Bergvall, they’re younger males and attempting their finest. However I’m trying on the skilled gamers at the moment to guide and attempt to set the tempo. They didn’t do this one bit.”
“He baffles me along with his techniques generally”
Jamie Redknapp says Ange Postecoglou is misplaced in what he’s attempting to do 😬 pic.twitter.com/c4Oj20OIT7
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Postecoglou: Liverpool ‘too good’
Postecoglou’s cavalier strategy has drawn criticism all through the season, however the Australian has known as for time and repeatedly insisted that the gamers he has obtainable are performing to their most.
The 59-year-old turned the odds-on favorite to turn out to be the subsequent Premier League supervisor to depart their publish after targets by Cody Gakpo, Mohamed Salah, Dominik Szoboszlai and Virgil van Dijk ousted his facet.
“We positively wanted to be braver with and with out the ball,” Postecoglou informed the broadcaster. “It’s simpler mentioned than achieved at a spot like this.
“I suppose it’s an excellent Liverpool group in an excellent spell of kind and really settled. It’s what we wanted to do and we didn’t do it… we by no means obtained to grips with any a part of the sport at the moment. They had been too good for us.
“Now we have given up an excellent alternative tonight and we can not shrink back from that. We had been in an excellent place to get to the ultimate. No person wants to select me up, I simply want to select up the gamers.”
“They had been the much better group” 😕
Ange Postecoglou displays on Spurs’ Carabao Cup defeat to Liverpool. pic.twitter.com/W8IYtzUvT5
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Spurs EFL Cup exit ‘abject’
Redknapp felt Postecoglou had no excuses. “There have been some lows… however if you take a look at that scoreline? Simply horrendous,” he mentioned.
“They had been so abject and it wasn’t the inexperienced gamers, it was the skilled ones. Sure, they’ve had accidents however there are nonetheless sufficient gamers there to trigger Liverpool some issues.
“You must adapt and you need to change. For those who haven’t obtained the personnel you need, then you need to ensure that your techniques are spot on.”
The holders will meet the Magpies at Wembley Stadium on March 16 after Eddie Howe’s facet completed a 4-0 aggregate victory at home to Arsenal on Wednesday.
