Angry Ange Postecoglou points finger at Tottenham flops after humiliating Liverpool loss

Ange Postecoglou was near furious with his Tottenham broadside aft they were humiliated by Liverpool successful the 2nd limb of their Carabao Cup semi-final, going down 4-0 to the Reds

Ange Postecoglou ripped into his Tottenham broadside for 'shying away' from the situation of playing Liverpool successful their Carabao Cup semi-final.

Spurs were hammered 4-0 successful Thursday's 2nd leg, arsenic they threw distant a 1 extremity pb from the reverse fixture. To marque the nighttime adjacent much humiliating, the visitors failed to registry a azygous changeable connected target successful the full 90 minutes.

It means that the club's trophy drought volition widen past the 17 twelvemonth mark, though they are inactive successful the FA Cup and Europa League. It is the latest debased constituent of what has been a miserable 2nd play successful complaint for Postecoglou.

And the Spurs brag failed to fell his disappointment successful his side's atrocious performance. He blasted his troops for not playing to their strengths arsenic helium branded Liverpool 'by far' the amended team.

"Tough night. Credit to Liverpool. Never truly got to grips with the game. I deliberation some the archetypal 2 goals we could person done amended with. But what's truly important is we didn't play to our strengths today," the Australian told ITV Sport.

"We shied distant from the challenge. We allowed Liverpool to get into the rhythm. We've inactive got competitions to play for and we person to marque definite that with each the opportunities we person we tackle them our way."

He added to Sky Sports: "I conjecture that Liverpool deserved the victory. They were the acold amended team. They were excessively bully for us. We allowed them to get into the crippled and we were not arsenic assertive arsenic we needed to be.

"We didn't get the crippled started disconnected successful the close footing. I americium disappointed that we didn't springiness a bully relationship of ourselves. Very disappointed. We had a large opportunity, but unluckily we didn’t drawback it."

Liverpool fable Jamie Carragher delivered a brutal appraisal of Tottenham's performance. He insisted helium ne'er had religion they would beryllium capable to clasp onto their archetypal limb lead.

"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 and surprise, triumph against the odds? The likelihood were massively successful favour against Liverpool," helium told Sky Sports.

"But it's not conscionable this Spurs team. They ne'er daze you, ne'er bash thing retired of the ordinary. I'm trying to retrieve the past large crippled they won: it was astir apt that semi-final against Ajax successful the Champions League.

"Whenever they spell into a large crippled arsenic a club, cipher ever believes they're going to win. That's not maine arsenic a Liverpool fan, those Tottenham fans determination contiguous - not 1 of them believed they were going to triumph and to spell Wembley! They conscionable won't."

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