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Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou admitted he was “lost for words” after being repeatedly questioned about his preferred style of play following Sunday’s 6-3 home defeat to Liverpool.
The Spurs boss saw his side ship with six goals for the first time since the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium opened. Liverpool riots in North London. Arne Slott’s table toppers raced into a 5-1 lead on the hour mark before goals from Dejan Kulusevski and Dominik Solanke reduced the deficit. Luis Diaz, who opened the scoring, capped a festive thriller with a final strike. To make it 6-3.
In his post-match interview, Postecoglou was asked by Sky Sports Reporter Patrick Davidson on whether his front-foot style of play contributed to Tottenham’s downfall on Sunday. The visibly surprised Australian refused to pursue that line of questioning, puffing out his cheeks and sighing: “I’m lost for words.”
Postecoglou downplayed Tottenham’s defeat Injury issues That has robbed him of his first-choice goalkeeper, Guglielmo Vicario, and three starting defenders; Mickey Van de Van, Christian Romero and Destiny Udogi.
When the Spurs Asked again by the boss about the success of his adventurous style of play in the post-match press conference, Postecoglou said: “I’ll just stop answering these questions. If people can’t see clearly, I’m not going. Make of it what you want, yes we conceded goals. Staying
“If you want to discount the fact that we’re missing a goalkeeper, two centre-backs and a left-back and that’s not consistent with what we’re doing… I don’t know what to say anymore. I think That people think in their own way whether what I am doing is good or bad, and that is good.
“It’s quite remarkable, if you take out LiverpoolNo goalkeeper, two centre-backs and a left-back – or any team other than Liverpool, they’ll find it difficult too.”
Postecoglou’s Spurs have slipped into the bottom half Premier League Table. Despite having more goals than any other side in the division (39), Tottenham are behind Brighton and just one point above. Manchester United in crisis.
“People don’t throw hate at me so that’s fair enough,” Postecoglou noted icily after the game. “Again from my perspective, what I can do is navigate us through a difficult period and try and make sure we get to a position where hopefully we have a healthy squad and some key players where we’re in a position. Where we can improve our position in the table.
“If you say that tenth means that I’m not doing well and that I’m probably uncomfortable in some way, that’s for other people to decide.”
