‘I just cannot get my head round it’ – Jamie Redknapp baffled by embarrassing Tottenham stat in Liverpool humiliation

TOTTENHAM racked up a drawstring of caller lows successful a shocking Carabao Cup exit labelled "horrendous" and a "disgrace".

Spurs failed to grounds a azygous changeable connected people arsenic Liverpool's 4-0 Anfield triumph booked a 4-1 aggregate triumph and a last spot against Newcastle astatine Wembley connected March 16.

Pundits delivered their astir blistering verdicts yet connected Ange Postecoglou's two-year reign.

And ex-Liverpool and Tottenham midfielder Jamie Redknapp went backmost overmuch further.

The erstwhile England ace told Sky Sports: "I cannot retrieve a squad successful my beingness spell down with little of a combat than what they did today."

Redknapp was particularly stunned that Spurs couldn't muster 1 effort connected extremity - the archetypal clip they've not done truthful nether Postecoglou.

He said: "I can't get my caput circular them not having 1 changeable connected people successful a semi-final.

"Not having 1 changeable connected people successful the semi-final 2nd limb erstwhile you're trying to alteration the people of your history.

"(There's) the 1 half-chance erstwhile Son (Heung-min) manufactures a step-over and hits the barroom but adjacent past you just felt the crippled had gone for them.

"I felt atrocious for those young players. There's been immoderate lows - Palace, Everton and Ipswich this play but that today, erstwhile you look at that scoreline, it's just horrendous.

 “Whenever Tottenham spell into a large crippled they ne'er judge that they are going to win. Not 1 of those Tottenham fans contiguous would person believed.”

Fellow Sky antheral Jamie Carragher was arsenic withering arsenic pressure mounts connected Postecoglou.

The ex-Liverpool defender said: It was ne'er successful uncertainty earlier the crippled - it was Tottenham. When volition Tottenham ever triumph a large game?

"When I look astatine those 3 Tottenham midfield players, I thought they were a disgrace nary substance who the manager is."

Spurs' lucifer stats were pretty overmuch their worst of the season.

They had conscionable 8 touches successful the Liverpool punishment areas, whereas Arne Slot's Prem leaders had 55 successful the Tottenham area.

And their meagre full of 5 extremity attempts - each disconnected people - was dwarfed by Liverpool's attacking threat.

The Reds created 26 attempts, including 10 connected target.

Postecoglou told ITV: "Tough night. Credit to Liverpool they were mode excessively bully for america tonight. 

"We ne'er truly got to grips with the crippled with oregon without the ball. We conscionable allowed them to get power beauteous aboriginal and it made it hard for america to get successful the game.Both Redknapp and Carragher accepted that Tottenam inactive person a huge database of crocks, with 10 players still out

Redknapp stressed: "They've had a batch of injuries but there's inactive capable players determination to origin Liverpool problems."

Ex-Spurs centre-back Michael Dawson labelled his aged side's show arsenic "“really, truly damaging."Dawson added: "

I thought determination would beryllium much of a combat from those players. They didn’t amusement immoderate character.”

Cody Gakpo's 34th-minute opener enactment Liverpool successful beforehand connected the nighttime and level successful the tie.

And Mo Salah's top-corner punishment aboriginal successful the second period summed up their swagger arsenic the Reds took control.

Dominik Szoboszlai and Virgil van Dijk past pounced to marque the scoreline astir arsenic embarrassing for Spurs arsenic their display.

Afterwards Van Dijk highlighted the contrast between the 2 teams - albeit by lone talking astir his ain side.

The Dutch defender said: “It’s astir staying calm, enactment our socks off, effort to amusement our quality, support with everything we person arsenic a squad and absorption connected ourselves. That’s the main thing. 

“Don’t interest astir others. That’s the lone cardinal to occurrence this season. Let’s spell for it and we’ll see.”

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