‘I don’t care’ – Ange Postecoglou dismisses ‘irrelevant’ Jamie Redknapp criticism after Tottenham’s defeat to Liverpool

Ange Postecoglou insisted helium did not attraction astir the damning comments Jamie Redknapp made astir his Tottenham side successful the aftermath of their crushing Carabao Cup semi-final decision to Liverpool.

Spurs held a one-goal vantage heading into to this evening’s 2nd limb but were blown distant connected Merseyside, with Cody Gakpo, Mohamed Salah, Dominik Szoboszlai and Virgil van Dijk each uncovering the backmost of the net.

It secured Liverpool a 4-1 triumph connected aggregate implicit the two-legged tie, mounting up what promises to beryllium an intriguing last betwixt Arne Slot’s men and Newcastle astatine Wembley connected March 16.

Tottenham, meanwhile, are near to lick their wounds erstwhile again, with the visitors failing to registry a azygous changeable connected people crossed the 90 minutes astatine Anfield.

Analysing the one-sided contention successful the Sky Sports workplace soon aft the last whistle, an astounded Redknapp claimed helium had ne'er seen a squad rotation implicit rather similar Spurs had done successful his full lifetime.

‘I cannot retrieve a squad successful my beingness spell down with little of a combat than they did today,’ the ex-Tottenham, Liverpool and England midfielder said.

‘Not having 1 changeable connected people successful a semi-final 2nd leg, erstwhile you’re trying to bash something, trying to alteration the people of your history. I consciousness atrocious for those young players.

‘I deliberation Djed Spence played 14 antithetic positions tonight, I’ve ne'er seen thing similar it.

‘These young players, you’re meant to support them. Archie Gray and Lucas Bergvall, they’re young men and they’re trying their best.

‘But I’d look astatine the experienced players to pb contiguous and marque definite they acceptable the close tempo today. They didn’t bash that 1 bit.

‘There person been immoderate lows. Palace, Everton, Ipswich… but erstwhile you look astatine that scoreline, it’s conscionable horrendous.’

Asked whether helium though Redknapp’s scathing disapproval was ‘fair’ astatine his post-match property conference, Postecoglou replied: ‘You asking me? Ask Jamie. He’s evidently made the comment.

‘Look, I cognize radical get truly excited astir things similar that but determination are radical connected TV to springiness opinions. That’s what they do, that’s their job.

‘My occupation is not to scan the TV oregon the commentary connected our games. My occupation is to negociate this shot club.

‘Whatever radical deliberation oregon don’t deliberation is benignant of irrelevant. It doesn’t truly matter, it doesn’t truly enactment immoderate benignant of accent connected who we are and what we’re trying to do.’

The Australian added: ‘At the extremity of the day, everyone is allowed to person an opinion, everyone is allowed to explicit that opinion.

‘My presumption is I don’t truly request to respond to that oregon beryllium affected by that due to the fact that I don’t care.

‘Whether it’s Jamie Redknapp oregon anyone else, I don’t attraction and it doesn’t fuss me.’

Postecoglou was peculiarly disappointed with the mode his broadside allowed Liverpool to ‘control the game’ and dictate the tempo for the astir portion astatine Anfield.

‘Look, it’s just to accidental we didn’t truly get to the levels we needed to tonight,’ helium continued.

‘It was ever going to beryllium a large situation for us. They’re evidently a precise bully broadside successful a large moment, with each their players successful precise bully form, precise settled.

‘But for america to springiness ourselves an opportunity, we had to beryllium a batch much assertive with and without the shot and we weren’t.

‘We allowed them to power the crippled and dictate the mode it was played. In the end, they were excessively bully for us.’

Postecoglou hopes his players are capable to ‘make amends’ for their wretched show erstwhile they fastener horns with Aston Villa successful the 4th circular of the FA Cup this weekend.

‘It’s disappointing. It was a large accidental for america to get to a last and we didn’t instrumentality that opportunity,’ helium went on.

‘To didn’t springiness ourselves a accidental to instrumentality that accidental which is astir apt much disappointing.

‘But yet it’s an accidental for further learning and an accidental for america to atone for that and marque amends with a beardown show connected Sunday.’

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