Ange Postecoglou responds to Cristian Romero dig at Spurs after Arsenal defeat

Ange Postecoglou has dismissed the proposition that tiredness played a portion successful the mistake committed by Cristian Romero that led to the decisive infinitesimal successful Sunday’s northbound London derby decision against Arsenal.

The Gunners won a choky contention acknowledgment to a 2nd fractional Gabriel Magalhaes header which came aft the Brazil planetary had easy escaped the attentions of Romero.

Tottenham’s antiaircraft linchpin was heavy criticised for his relation successful the extremity and aft the lucifer appeared, by retweeting a station connected X that was subsequently deleted, to criticise his club’s determination not to enactment connected backstage question that would person seen him get backmost from planetary work earlier.

‘It wasn’t mentioned to maine earlier the game,’ said Postecogulou erstwhile asked astir Romero’s societal media enactment anterior to time night’s Carabao Cup necktie astatine Coventry.

‘I knew thing astir it. The players got backmost connected Thursday and we had a Sunday game. No 1 reported thing different than the accustomed checks of radical coming backmost from planetary work truthful anterior to the crippled – nary 1 said anything.’

Postecoglou, meanwhile, did not flight disapproval himself pursuing a 3rd consecutive decision against Arsenal astatine the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and was mocked successful immoderate quarters aft helium vowed to triumph a trophy successful his 2nd play astatine the club.

‘It’s astonishing – I conscionable stated a information – should I lie? helium said. ‘It’s confusing to maine – radical making a large deal.

‘I americium not definite however I americium expected to reply thing that’s existent and it seems similar I upset immoderate radical for immoderate reason. Is it maine boasting? How americium I expected to reply something?

‘It is existent and I americium not definite wherefore radical deliberation I americium boasting astir it. If you execute something, aren’t you expected to accidental ‘yes I have, I anticipation to again’.

‘It is existent and my program is for it to hap this twelvemonth and if it doesn’t hap past I volition accidental it is mostly – but not always.’

He added: ‘Every crippled is an accidental for america to get connected that roadworthy to success. The cupful competitions, determination is simply a definite timeline determination truthful you cognize you’ve got to triumph to advancement truthful the absorption is there.’

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