Ange Postecoglou hands Liverpool gift to leave Daniel Levy facing Tottenham decision At half-time of this bizarre encounter Ange Postecoglou appeared on the big screens that hang from all four corners of the country’s plushest stadium to deliver a Christmas message.
His tactical stubbornness was always going to play beautifully into Liverpool ’s hands and the sight of Djed Spence caught in no-man’s land as Trent Alexander-Arnold began the move to make it 3-1 summed up the flawed approach that leaves Spurs in 11th position.
A minute after Luis Diaz had scored an opener that seemed inevitable from the off, Tottenham supporters had raised black balloons labelled “Levy out” and “Enic out” to protest against the club’s owners.
Spence, who had made three potentially goal-saving blocks, was five yards from Alexander-Arnold but 50 away from where he could be useful to his team-mates as Dominik Szoboszlai capitalised on Radu Dragusin’s poor positioning before eventually finishing.
Except, really, Tottenham were never in this game against a side that preyed on their glaring deficiencies, cutting through an anonymous midfield at will.
