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Topics: Arsenal, Premier League, Ange Postecoglou
Marcus Banks
Topics: Arsenal, Premier League, Ange Postecoglou
Tottenham lost the north London derby against Arsenal and Ange Postecoglou’s post-match interview has got fans talking.
Arsenal were without Declan Rice due to suspension and Martin Odegaard to injury but came out on top at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium thanks to a header from Gabriel Magalhaes in the second-half.
The fiery encounter which saw the Premier League record for first-half yellow cards equalled means Spurs have just four points from their opening four fixtures, their worst start to a season since 2015.
Set-pieces proved to be their Achilles heel again under Postecoglou with three of the last four goals conceded against the Gunners coming from corners.
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Despite their poor start to the season, the Australian manager is adamant he will deliver success this season and stopped a Sky Sports reporter's line of questioning after the match.
It was put to Postecoglou that he usually wins a trophy during his second season in charge of a club and the Spurs manager insisted he ALWAYS wins a trophy in his second year and it would be no different at Spurs who are trophyless since 2008.
“Yeah, absolutely,” he said. “Am I going to answer the question or are you going to keep asking it?
“No, absolutely. I’ll correct myself. I don’t usually win things, I always win things in my second year.
“Nothing has changed.”
Asked whether he was confident he could deliver that success with his Spurs’ side, he said: “Well I just said it now.
“I don’t say things unless I believe them.”
His comments and manner of his post-match interview has been widely criticised on social media.
Here is a selection of the reaction.
One fan said: “This will come back to bite him.”
A second fan said: “Don’t say s*** like this. IT’S OUR WORST START IN 9 YEARS!”
A third fan said: “He still hasn't realised that he's now at Spurs.”
A fourth said: “That’s fine when you’re managing Celtic or in Australia. Embarrassing.”
A fifth concluded: “I really like Ange but no need to ever be rude in an interview mate.”
Postecoglou has previously come under fire for failing to sort Tottenham’s deficiencies at set-pieces but insisted he ‘doesn’t care’ about his side’s poor record.
He said: “I know, I know, for some reason people think I don't care about set pieces and it's a narrative that you can keep going on for ages and ages.
“I understand that. Like I said, we work on them all the time like we do for every other team. You know that they're a threat, as I said, for the most part, we handled them really well today, but we switched off for one and we paid a price and you learn from that and you move on.
"But it is what it is, you know, it's my burden to carry mate and I'm happy to do that. It's not like, like I've always said, for me, there's a bigger picture that's at play here that's much more important than the finer details of us getting to where we want to. For us, the way forward is to try to turn the football we're playing now into something meaningful.”