The selection nightmare came after Amad Diallo, Manuel Ugarte, Toby Collyer and Kobbie Mainoo all suffered injuries during the week leading up to the game, and then Christian Eriksen and Leny Yoro succumbed to illness, leaving United with 12 first-team absentees against Tottenham.
Amorim had to name eight teenagers without a single Premier League minute to their bench on Sunday as United lost 1-0 at Tottenham in a match decided by James Maddison’s early strike.
Asked whether he had sympathy for Amorim and other managers dealing with injuries, Postecoglou said: “If I check my office, I don’t have any sympathy cards from other managers, so that hasn’t happened.
Ange Postecoglou has no sympathy for Ruben Amorim amid Manchester United’s injury crisis — because Tottenham have been there and done that.
Spurs have endured their own injury toil for much of this season, with Postecoglou having to start academy players and field teenagers for the last couple of months.
