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Topics: Ange Postecoglou, UEFA, Champions League, Nottingham Forest, Football, Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal
Ryan Smart
Topics: Ange Postecoglou, UEFA, Champions League, Nottingham Forest, Football, Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal
Former Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou has made a low-key return to football after his sacking by Nottingham Forest.
Postecoglou spent just eight matches in charge of Forest after replacing Nuno Espirito Santo in September.
Forest were among the leading Premier League sides in a number of attacking and possession-based statistics, but that failed to translate to immediate results and the Australian failed to win a single match in charge.
Postecoglou won the Europa League with Spurs back in May, his side defeating Manchester United 1-0 in the final in Bilbao.
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But he was sacked by the club in the following month after they finished 17th in the Premier League table.
Now, he is back in professional football as a member of UEFA's Technical Observer Panel.
Each member of the panel, who have either significant playing or managerial experience at the highest levels, delivers detailed reports from UEFA's Champions League matches based on the latest developments in coaching, tactical and playing styles.
Gareth Southgate, Rafael Benitez, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Roberto Martinez and Roy Hodgson were among the names announced as part of the panel for the 2025/26 season back in September.
Postecoglou was also announced at the same time, though had taken over as Forest manager a week earlier and therefore would no doubt have been pre-occupied for the first few weeks of his new role.
On Tuesday night, the 60-year-old reported from the San Siro after covering Inter Milan's 3-1 defeat to Arsenal in the Champions League.
His technical analysis of Gabriel Jesus' first-half brace was published on UEFA's official website.
Postecoglou wrote: "Jesus' alertness in the box gave Arsenal a cutting edge to complement their ability to create opportunities from various avenues.
"Both goals were instinctive. The first was from a mis-hit shot that he was able to capitalise on and the second from a rebound off the crossbar.
"Both are a demonstration of a goalscorer's instincts as, while others are watching, he is anticipating an opportunity to score."
Elsewhere on Tuesday, Postecoglou's former club Spurs extended their unbeaten home run in Europe to 24 matches with a 2-0 victory over Borussia Dortmund.
Thomas Frank's side have drawn joint-level with Manchester United and Arsenal on the list, which counts matches from 1992 onwards. Only Bayern Munich (30 matches) and Barcelona (36 matches) are ahead of them.