Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou admitted he was “lost for words” after his preferred style of play was repeatedly questioned following Sunday’s 6-3 home win against Liverpool.
The Spurs manager saw six goals from his side for the first time since the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium opened as Liverpool Riots broke out in North London. Arne Slot’s table-toppers raced into a 5-1 lead on the hour before goals from Dejan Kulusevski and Dominic Solanke reduced the deficit. Luis DÃaz, who had opened the scoring, concluded the festive thriller with a final strike to make it 6-3.
In his post-match interview, Postecology was asked by Sky Sports journalist Patrick Davidson whether his forward style of play contributed to Tottenham’s downfall on Sunday. The visibly bewildered Australian refused to pursue this line of questioning, puffing out his cheeks and sighing, “I’m at a loss for words.”
Postecoglou put Tottenham’s defeat down to the injury problems that they have stolen their first goalkeeper, Guglielmo Vicario, and three starting defenders; Micky van de Ven, Cristian Romero and Destiny Udogie.
When the spurs Asked again by the boss about the success of his adventurous style of play in his post-match press conference, Postecoglou replied: “I’ll stop answering those questions. If people don’t see the obvious, I won’t. make of it what you will, we are conceding goals.
“If you want to discount that we are missing a goalkeeper, two centre-backs and two left-backs and that has not coincided with what we are doing… I don’t know what to say anymore. I think people think that what I do is good or bad, and that’s okay.
“It’s pretty significant, if you take it out LiverpoolThe goalkeeper, two centre-backs and a left-back, or any team other than Liverpool, would also find it hard for them to go.”
Postecoglou’s Spurs have fallen into the bottom half of the Premier League table. Despite scoring more goals than any other team in the division (39), Tottenham are just one point ahead of Brighton. Manchester United affected by the crisis.
“People aren’t throwing platitudes at me, so it’s fair enough,” Postecoglou noted icily after the match. “Again, from my perspective, all I can do is guide us through a difficult period and try to make sure we get to a position where hopefully we have a healthier team and some key players where we are in a position where we can improve our position in the table.
“If you say the tenth means I’m not doing a good job and maybe I should be uncomfortable in some way, then that’s for others to judge.”
