Pressure is mounting on Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou after Spurs crashed out of both the Carabao Cup and FA Cup in the same week. Spurs held a 1-0 lead over Liverpool from the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final, but their advantage was quickly wiped out as the Reds ran out 4-0 winners at Anfield on Thursday. With an injury to Richarlison further worsening a crippling injury crisis, Spurs went to Villa Park on Sunday in the FA Cup fourth round with another patched-up team and could not cope with a rampant Aston Villa side.
Spurs fell to a 2-1 defeat, with Deadline Day signing Mathys Tel scoring his first goal for the club in injury time for a flattering scoreline. It leaves Spurs with just the Europa League as a realistic trophy opportunity and Postecoglou again facing questions over his future. “People can judge me,” Postecoglou said after the defeat at Villa Park. “They can say I've done a bad job, I'm not up to it or whatever. That's fine.
He added: “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. Whether people think I can do that or not, that's for others to judge. “. “It can't be that people think [I’m using the injuries] as an excuse. That's just not anywhere near close to objective analysis. That's just agenda-driven stuff. If it's to get rid of me that's fine. Good on ya. Go for it a million times.”.
