Jamie Carragher aims brutal Accrington Stanley jibe at Tottenham after Liverpool loss

Tottenham were connected the incorrect extremity of a thumping from Liverpool to extremity their Carabao Cup dream, and Jamie Carragher was acold from impressed with what helium saw from Ange Postecoglou's team

Jamie Carragher tore into Ange Postecoglou aft Tottenham's capitulation successful the Carabao Cup semi-finals, informing that the Australian's attack is simply "not working".

Spurs headed into Thursday night's lucifer against Liverpool with a 1 extremity vantage from the archetypal leg. But a 4-0 thrashing astatine Anfield enactment paid to their hopes of winning the season's archetypal trophy.

It was different chastening nighttime for Spurs and Postecoglou, who received pelters from Carragher and his Sky Sports colleague, Jamie Redknapp. And the erstwhile adjacent claimed that League Two strugglers Accrington Stanley enactment up much of a combat astatine Liverpool successful the FA Cup than Spurs.

“I americium not saying this to marque a headline. I deliberation Accrington Stanley, Liverpool didn’t person their champion team, but they gave much occupation to Liverpool than Tottenham tonight,” Carragher said successful his post-match assessment.

The Reds icon went connected to notation Tottenham's mediocre signifier this play and took purpose astatine Postecoglou, who has seen scrutiny connected his ain presumption turn with Spurs presently 14th successful the Premier League array aft winning conscionable 8 of their 24 games.

Carragher continued: “He’s a manager who is conscionable trying to find thing and what he’s trying is not working. But this is not conscionable this run. This goes backmost to past season. I deliberation they’ve mislaid 20 retired of the past 45 games. It’s an atrocious lot.

“We’re talking astir 50 per cent of the Premier League games he’s mislaid going back. This is not conscionable this season. Tottenham had specified a superb commencement to his archetypal play – apical of the league aft 10 games. He continued to spell with the thought adjacent with 9 men – since past the grounds is horrendous for Tottenham.”

Redknapp took contented with the deficiency of combat connected show from Postecoglou's team, who failed to muster a azygous changeable connected people against their opponents.

“I cannot retrieve a squad successful my beingness spell down with little of a combat with what Spurs did,” Redknapp mused. “Not having 1 changeable connected people successful the semi-final of a 2nd leg, erstwhile you’re trying to alteration the people of the history?

“I consciousness atrocious for those players. I deliberation Djed Spence played 14 antithetic positions tonight. I’ve ne'er seen thing similar it. You person young players, you’re meant to support them.

“Archie Gray and Bergvall, they’re young men and trying their best. But I’m looking astatine the experienced players contiguous to pb and effort and acceptable the tempo. They didn’t bash that 1 bit.

“There’s been immoderate lows – Palace, Ipswich and Everton this season. But erstwhile you look astatine that today, the scoreline? Just horrendous.”

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