Ange Postecoglou hits out at âagenda-drivenâ criticism with dig at Liverpool
The Tottenham manager faces more uncertainty after his team were knocked out of their second cup competition in four days
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Under fire Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou says calls for him to be sacked are âagenda drivenâ and no other side would be able to cope with the amount of injuries his side have suffered.
Postecoglouâs position was plunged into more uncertainty after Spurs were knocked out of their second cup competition in four days following a 2-1 FA Cup defeat at Aston Villa.
After losing the Carabao Cup semi-final to Liverpool last week, a depleted Spurs went down to goals from Jacob Ramsey and Morgan Rogers at Villa Park though new signing Mathys Tel scored a late consolation goal.
Postecoglou is happy for people to say what they want about him, but insists no other team could have coped with the injuries he has had to deal with over the last few months.
âIâm not talking about me. People can judge me. They can say Iâve done a bad job, Iâm not up to it or whatever,â he said.
âThatâs fine. What Iâm saying is you canât be critical of players or playersâ performances at this time because if you do, then do that with everyone else. Be as critical of other clubs when theyâve got nine or 10 or 11 players out. And none of them have. And have to play every week. And not for one game.
âHow did Liverpool go today? [They lost 1-0 to Plymouth Argyle] And they just did that for one game. Do that for two and a half months. Any team. Do that for two and a half months in multiple competitions.
âI donât care about me. People will judge me. But you canât judge this group of players on whatâs happened.â
The defeat to Villa saw Tottenham eliminated for a second cup competition in four days (Nick Potts/PA Wire)Postecoglou added: âMe, thatâs not of interest to me. My responsibility at this football club is this group of players and this team, to get them to play in the manner I want them to and bring us success.
âWhether people think I can do that or not, thatâs for others to judge. But thereâs got to be a better appreciation for what a very small group of players have been doing for the last two and a half months.
âIt canât be that people think thatâs an excuse. Thatâs just not anywhere near close to objective analysis. Thatâs just agenda-driven stuff.
âIf itâs to get rid of me thatâs fine. Good on ya. Go for it a million times. But in terms of this group of players, what theyâve given over the past two and half months has been outstanding, itâs a credit to them, I canât speak highly enough of them.â
Ange Postecoglou is under increased pressure after Spurs were knocked out of the FA Cup ( Mike Egerton/PA Wire)Villa were worthy of their victory, which sees them book their place in the fifth round of the FA Cup for the first time since the 2014-15 campaign.
Marcus Rashford made his debut as a second-half substitute, while Marco Asensio also came on and both showed glimpses of what they will add to the Villa team.
Boss Unai Emery said: âWe watched the skill, how they helped us and how they will help us again for the next month in different competitions weâre going to face and being demanding like we are.
âWe are in a new way, for some changes we did, but being demanding, because we will need improve.
âImproving in different tactical issues and as well how we want to compete in the Premier League for the next month, and we have to be now very demanding in our hard work.â
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