'Accrington were better': Jamie Carragher issues brutal verdict on Tottenham after Liverpool thumping

Spurs' one-goal vantage heading into past night's 2nd limb really worked against them arsenic manager Ange Postecoglou, opted to defend, but the maneuver of sitting heavy patently did not enactment arsenic they recovered themselves giving up a monolithic magnitude of possession which enactment them nether immense pressure.

Still severely hampered by injuries, Spurs' patched-up line-up were further hampered erstwhile Richarlison was forced disconnected successful the archetypal fractional meaning Deadline Day signing Mathys Tel came connected for his debut earlier than expected.

Spurs failed to person a azygous changeable connected people successful the game, though skipper Heung-min Son did deed the crossbar from adjacent scope successful the 2nd half. Liverpool strolled to triumph and erstwhile defender Carragher believes Accrington, adjacent the bottommost of League Two, proved a tougher trial successful the FA Cup past month.

"I'm not conscionable saying this to effort and marque a header but really I deliberation of a cupful necktie Liverpool played astatine location a fewer weeks agone successful the FA Cup," Carragher said connected Sky Sports.

"I deliberation Accrington Stanley, present Liverpool didn't play their champion team, don't get maine wrong... But they gave much than Tottenham and caused Liverpool much of a occupation successful that game, that's not right."

He added: "It was ne'er successful uncertainty earlier the game, it's Tottenham. When bash Tottenham ever triumph a large game? When bash Tottenham ever spell determination and astonishment you and triumph against the odds?

"The likelihood were massively successful favour of Liverpool, they're astatine location astatine Anfield, they're the champion squad successful the country, perchance the champion squad successful Europe close now.

It's not conscionable this Spurs team, they ne'er daze you, they ne'er bash thing retired of the ordinary

Jamie Carragher

"But it's not conscionable this Spurs team, they ne'er daze you, they ne'er bash thing retired of the ordinary.

"I'm trying to deliberation the past large crippled they won and I'd astir apt person to spell backmost to that Ajax game, the semi-final of the Champions League [in 2019].

"I was successful the stadium that night, and I don't privation to instrumentality thing distant from Tottenham but they were lucky.

"They got battered for astir of the game, spot of a freak [game], they got 2 goals successful the past minute. But whenever they spell into large games successful football, nary 1 ever believes they're going to win.

"That's not maine arsenic a Liverpool fan, those Tottenham fans determination tonight, not 1 of them would've believed they were going to Wembley."