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JAMIE CARRAGHER has pinpointed the infinitesimal Ange Postecoglou's full Tottenham reign changed for the worse - and reckons Chelsea are to blame.
Spurs were marmalised by rampant Liverpool successful the 2nd limb of their Carabao Cup semi-final, losing 4-0 connected the nighttime having won the archetypal limb 1-0.
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Cody Gakpo levelled the necktie successful the archetypal fractional earlier Mohamed Salah gave the Reds an aggregate lead.
Dominik Szoboszlai and Virgil van Dijk some netted precocious goals to smear brackish successful Spurs' immense wound.
The effect compounded what has been a miserable play for Tottenham - who beryllium 14th successful the Premier League.
And erstwhile Reds ace Carragher reckons he's pinpointed the infinitesimal Postecoglou's fortunes changed - the 4-1 decision astatine location to London rivals Chelsea successful November 2023.
Speaking connected Sky Sports aft the game, Carragher said: "They’ve mislaid 20 successful their past 45 games, since. That’s an atrocious lot.
"Going backmost to that Chelsea crippled astatine location from past season, since past their grounds is horrendous.
"It’s not conscionable a lawsuit of injuries close now, which I bash sympathise with and playing 18 twelvemonth old...
"I’d similar to spot him fixed till the extremity of the season, but I deliberation we’ve got to beryllium cautious talking astir the injuries of the past two, 3 months.
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"This signifier has been a occupation since past season."
And erstwhile Liverpool prima Carragher was hardly amazed by the Anfield demolition job, adding: "It's Tottenham!
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“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, they're astatine Anfield, they're the champion squad successful the country, perchance the champion squad successful Europe close now.
"But it's not conscionable this Spurs team. They ne'er daze you, ne'er bash thing retired of the ordinary.”
But Carragher wasn't the lone Sky Sports pundit to teardrop into Spurs.
Jamie Redknapp said: " It was amusive watching Tottenham for a while.
"But there's the aged saying: 'When the amusive stops, stop.'"
Redknapp - appearing to place the blasted connected brag Postecoglou - continued: "I cannot retrieve a squad successful my beingness spell down with little of a combat with what Spurs did today.
"Not having 1 changeable connected people successful the semi-final of a 2nd limb erstwhile you're trying to alteration the people of your history?
"I consciousness atrocious for those players... there's been immoderate lows - Palace, Ipswich and Everton this season.
"But erstwhile you look astatine that today, the scoreline? Just horrendous."
Another erstwhile Spurs ace, Michael Dawson, was arsenic critical, ranting: “That was a low, debased nighttime for Spurs.
"It was ever going to beryllium backs against the partition but they didn't amusement immoderate quality successful possession, retired of possession and they didn't amusement immoderate tendency to support the shot retired of the backmost of the net.
"To travel present and get bushed 4-0 without immoderate combat and without a changeable connected target, it's a damaging performance."
Tottenham's apical 10 biggest signings: Hit oregon miss?
1) Tanguy Ndombele - £52.7m
Ndombele joined from Lyon successful 2019 with immense expectations aft shattering Tottenham's transportation record.
But helium would spell connected to play conscionable 91 times for the club, scoring 10 goals and is present acceptable to permission 1 twelvemonth earlier the extremity of his contract.
2) Richarlison - £49.3m
Richarlison astir broke the £50m people erstwhile helium arrived from Everton successful 2022 arsenic Harry Kane's back-up.
And portion his tally of 12 goals this play was a important summation connected the 3 from his opening Spurs campaign, helium is being linked with a departure this summer.
3) Brennan Johnson - £46.8m
Johnson was signed by Ange Postecoglou past summertime and has impressed successful patches during his archetypal play successful North London.
He scored 5 goals and 10 assists successful 38 games and volition look to physique connected that successful the 2024/25 campaign.
4) Cristian Romero - £44.2m
Romero initially joined connected indebtedness from Atalanta successful 2021, earlier his awesome displays saw him unafraid a imperishable woody the pursuing year.
He is 2 games shy of 100 for Spurs and, portion helium tin beryllium reckless with his tackling astatine times, is opening to signifier a promising concern with Micky van de Ven.
5) James Maddison - £39.4m
Maddison was handed Kane's No10 garment aft arriving astatine Spurs and deed the crushed moving with 3 goals and 5 assists successful his opening 11 matches.
But aft getting injured against Chelsea successful October, helium failed to instrumentality with the aforesaid sharpness - managing conscionable 5 extremity contributions successful 15 league matches arsenic helium missed retired connected England's last 26-man squad for the Euros.
6) Davinson Sanchez - £35.7m
Sanchez joined Spurs from Ajax successful 2017 and played much than 200 games crossed a six-year spell.
But helium was ever considered a somewhat erratic defender who did not play much than 20 games successful a Premier League play from 2020 onwards.
7) Pedro Porro - £34m
Porro was different signing who primitively arrived connected indebtedness successful January 2023, earlier helium signed permanently past summer.
He has 54 appearances for Spurs nether his belt, scoring 7 goals and impressing nether Postecoglou this season.
8) Micky van de Ven - £34m
Rapid Dutch centre-back Van de Ven was named Spurs Player of the Season successful his archetypal run astatine the club.
His pace, athleticism, and method quality connected the shot person made him arguably Postecoglou's champion signing to date.
9) Moussa Sissoko - £29.8m
Sissoko came to North London for a important interest aft being relegated with Newcastle and went connected to bask 5 years astatine Tottenham, playing much than 200 games.
Unfortunately for the French midfielder, helium is best-known for giving distant a arguable punishment for handball successful the archetypal infinitesimal of Spurs' 2-0 Champions League last decision to Liverpool successful 2019.
10) Giovani Lo Celso - £27.2m
Lo Celso joined connected indebtedness from Real Betis successful 2019 - a woody that was made imperishable the pursuing season.
He has 10 goals and 8 assists successful 108 games, with immoderate Spurs fans inactive unsure astir the Argentine.
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