Ange Postecoglou and Jamie Carragher clash over Tottenham tactics in Manchester United win
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Jamie Carragher is not a fan of Ange Postecoglou’s football philosophy but the Tottenham manager is not budging, unmoved by criticism. Spurs beat Manchester United 4-3 on Thursday night in the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup on a chaotic night in north London.
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The home team were flying as they took a 3-0 lead, but awful mistakes from goalkeeper Fraser Forster with his feet allowed the visitors back into the game. Son Heung-min scored directly from a corner 88 minutes in to continue the bizarre scenes and Jonny Evans kept things spicy by making it 4-3 in injury time but Spurs held on for the win.
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Carragher was baffled that Tottenham continued to play out from the back with Forster when they were 3-0 up and cruising when the goalkeeper is not at his best with his feet. ‘My criticism over Tottenham under the manager is they never change how they play no matter what the game state is,’ Carragher said on Sky Sports. ‘I don’t think football should be played the same from minute 1-90.
Ange Postecoglou tells them no matter if its the 1st minute, 90th minute, winning, losing or drawing, we play the same way, For me I can’t have that. That is not right. ‘What we’ve created now is robots on the pitch. I wasn’t a great player technically or physically, but I understood the game. Some of the things I saw tonight I wouldn’t have allowed to happen. The manager has told you to play a certain way but someone has to get a grip and say ‘no, we are changing for the next five or 10 minutes’.
