Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou admitted he was “at a loss for words” after his preferred style of play was repeatedly questioned following the 6-3 home defeat to Liverpool on Sunday.
The Tottenham manager watched his team score six goals for the first time since the opening of Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Liverpool rioted in North London. Coach Arne Slott's team led 5-1 after the hour mark before Dejan Kulusevski and Dominik Solanke reduced the deficit. Luis Diaz, who opened the scoring, concluded the exciting festive match with a final goal To make it 6-3.
In his interview after the match… Postecoglou Asked before Sky Sports Reporter Patrick Davidson on whether his front-foot style of play contributed to Tottenham's downfall on Sunday. The seemingly puzzled Australian refused to follow this line of questioning, puffed out his cheeks and sighed: “I'm at a loss for words.”
Postecoglou attributed Tottenham's defeat to Injury issues Which deprived him of the first goalkeeper, Guglielmo Vicario, and three main defenders; Micky van de Ven, Christian Romero and Destiny Udoji.
when Tottenham The coach was asked again about the success of his adventurous style of play in his post-match press conference, and Postecoglou said: “I will stop answering these questions. If people can't see the obvious then I won't do it.” Point to that, make of it what you want, yes we concede goals.
“If you want to ignore the fact that we are missing a goalkeeper, two centre-backs and a left-back, and that has not coincided with what we are doing… I don't know what to say anymore. I think people are making this up.” They think in their own way, they either think what I'm doing is good or bad, and that's okay.
“It's kind of important, if you take it out Liverpool“The team's goalkeeper, two midfielders and a left-back – or any team other than Liverpool, will find it difficult too.”
Postecoglou's Tottenham slid into the bottom half of the league Premier League table. Despite scoring more goals than any other team in the division (39), Tottenham trail Brighton and lead by just one point. Manchester United, which is suffering from a crisis.
“People don't give me vulgarities, so that's fair enough,” Postecoglou noted coolly after the game. “Again from my perspective, all I can do is get us through a difficult period and try to make sure we get to a position where we hopefully have a healthier squad and some key players back to where we are in a position where we can improve our position in the table.
“If you're saying that tenth it means I'm not doing a good job and maybe I'm feeling uncomfortable in some way, well, that's for others to judge.”
