Jamie Carragher is in disbelief at what Ange Postecoglou just said after watching his side lose 4-3 to Tottenham and the pundit has provided a huge warning to the Spurs head coach.
Speaking after his side’s defeat in the London derby, the Spurs head coach insisted that the home side ‘played well’, but rued the fact that a lack of discipline let them down in key moments.
The 59-year-old said (via Sky Sports): “We didn’t play well against Bournemouth but we played well today. They’re a good side. A top team. We got disrupted in key moments and the key moments decided the game.
“When we are playing our football we are tough to stop and we need to maintain our discipline. There was no need for them as the game was in the balance. When you play these top teams these momentum shifts can happen quickly.”
Carragher was astonished at what he heard from the Tottenham boss in the post-match interview.
The pundit pointed out that even the best managers in the world have to adapt their tactics based on the opposition and state of the game, insisting that the Australian will not be in the job next season if he does not change his methods.
The former Liverpool defender told Sky Sports: “Ange said how well they played. I can’t imagine any Liverpool manager I played for – and we conceded four in a game – would say in the interview we played well.
“If you play this way you’ll get the result like at Manchester City but you’d also get results like this one where you’re 2-0 up. I’ve never got my head around managers saying we play a ‘certain way and we will never change’ – I think it started with Pep Guardiola at Barcelona.
“This idea that wherever they play, they will play their way. But that was the best team I’ve ever seen. Pep Guardiola then had to change his Man City team who were winning the leagues every season, putting centre-backs at full-back. This idea that you can’t change is alien to me.
“The game-state dictates how you play, not all the time but if you go away to a tough away ground you shouldn’t play the same way as you do against a team at the bottom.
“There’s this idea of playing a pure game and the Tottenham fans singing ‘We’ve got our Tottenham back’ but you won’t win anything, you won’t challenge.
“I wake up every morning hoping the sun is shining, so I can put some shorts and a T-shirt on but if it’s raining, you put your coat on. You can’t have this idea about playing one way, it won’t work. If it doesn’t change, he won’t be here next season.”
When Carragher talks about the likes of Guardiola changing their ways, that is not entirely correct.
What the Manchester City boss did is to continue with the same style but buy defenders who are better suited to dealing with the pacy transitions in the Premier League.
Jurgen Klopp also had success once he changed the personnel to better suit his style. Perhaps Ange needs to do the same thing.
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