Tottenham players 'quit on Ange Postecoglou' as post-match decision revealed

Ange Postecoglou's Tottenham Hotspur were beaten 4-0 by Liverpool astatine Anfield connected Thursday nighttime arsenic the Londoners saw their hopes of Carabao Cup glory travel to a achy end

Tottenham's players person been accused of giving up connected manager Ange Postecoglou during their Carabao Cup exit against Liverpool.

Spurs took a 1-0 pb to Anfield connected Thursday night, with Lucas Bergvall's first-leg victor handing them a constrictive advantage. From the infinitesimal Cody Gakpo levelled things up connected aggregate, though, determination lone looked similar being 1 winner.

Arne Slot's broadside went up connected aggregate erstwhile Mohamed Salah converted a punishment aboriginal successful the 2nd half, with Dominik Szoboszlai and Virgil van Dijk completing a 4-0 triumph connected the nighttime and a 4-1 aggregate victory. Liverpool volition look Newcastle successful the last aft the losing 2023 finalists overcame Arsenal successful their ain semi.

It was different stroke for Postecoglou's team, who stay successful the bottommost fractional of the Premier League. Pundit Troy Deeney lone saw 1 subordinate travel guardant for post-match interviews, and helium was little than impressed by the visiting players some during and aft the game..

"Anyone who has played the crippled volition archer you astir of those Spurs players quit, gave up," Deeney wrote successful The Sun. "Not connected each different oregon themselves, but discontinue connected the manager, the instrumentality base, everything.

"I made headlines by erstwhile saying Arsenal lacked ‘cojones’, but conscionable look astatine this Tottenham team. They bottled it. They collapsed done fear. If that radical look astatine themselves successful the reflector and say: ‘We gave it everything’, past they’re liars. They’re lying to themselves and they’re lying to the fans."

He continued: "Where are the leaders? I was successful the passageway astatine full-time astir each the post-match interviews. I lone saw 1 subordinate bash one, and that was Son. Other than that, Ange did each of them. That to maine says it all. One of the experienced lads should person taken a fewer of those disconnected the manager’s hands. Take ownership."

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Spurs went to Anfield disconnected the backmost of wins against Elfsborg successful the Europa League and Brentford successful the Premier League. They volition person to prime themselves up quickly, with Aston Villa awaiting successful the FA Cup connected Sunday.

"I conjecture that Liverpool deserved the victory," Postecoglou told Sky Sports aft the decision to the league leaders. "They were the acold amended squad - we were not capable to get a grip of the game. 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. It was precise hard for america to wrestle that power back.

"We decidedly needed to beryllium braver with and without the ball. They're a precise bully Liverpool squad successful a bully spell of signifier and they're precise settled."

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