Aston Villa 2-1 Tottenham: Jacob Ramsey and Morgan Rogers strike as Ange Postecoglou's side crash out of second cup in space of four days One by one the safety nets protecting Ange Postecoglou from a catastrophic fall into footballing oblivion are being removed.
If Liverpool hacked at one cord in demolishing Postecoglou’s Tottenham in one domestic cup competition last Thursday, then Aston Villa methodically undid the knot holding another here in the other one at Villa Park.
Villa broke fast and direct through the centre of the Spurs midfield – something that was to be a feature of the first half – and when Rogers slipped the ball left to Ramsey, Tottenham were in trouble.
Equally, if he wishes to jettison yet another manager then there is a long list of poor results – just two domestic wins since December 19 and only two in the Premier League since November 23 – that he could point to as justification.
It’s not unusual to hear them call for the head of chairman Levy – they did it as Tottenham won at Brentford last Sunday – but there was an edge to the atmosphere in the away end that seemed to indicate that patience is ebbing away ever faster.
