“That was the message”: Ange Postecoglou shares what he told Spurs players at HT vs Aston Villa which led to the disastrous win at Villa Park [Full story link in comment]
Villa had opening in the first half but Tottenham really ramped it up after the break and ran riot.
James Maddison converted a superb Pape Matar Sarr cross to put Spurs 1-0 up before Brennan Johnson made it 2-0.
Villa’s hopes of a comeback were effectively ended when John McGinn was sent off for a foul on Destiny Udogie.
Son Heung-min hammered in a third before substitute Timo Werner found a fourth late on, compounding Villa’s misery.
Ange Postecoglou on Tottenham message
This was a huge second-half performance from Tottenham and boss Ange Postecoglou has now shared his message to the Spurs squad.
Speaking to BBC Sport, Postecoglou noted that he knew Villa were trying really hard to press Tottenham before the break.
Postecoglou then told his players to persevere with the Tottenham approach, believing that they could play through Villa’s press.
The Australian felt that Spurs simply didn’t stop playing and showed ‘great focus’ to get the better of the game and finish chances when they came.
Postecoglou added that he thought Tottenham would be ‘hard to stop’ if they could play at a high tempo, believing that Spurs turned in a really strong performance.
“I felt towards the end of the first half they were working awfully hard to try and press us,” said Postecoglou. “That was the message at half-time that just perseverance would get us there today. We went on, we didn’t stop playing our football. Great focus.”
“I thought today, if we could impose our intensity and tempo on the game for 100 minutes we’d be hard to stop. It’s not easy, especially away from home, but I though we handled ourselves really well.”
“It means we’re one game closer, just 11 games to go. Everyone was billing this as a do-or-die for us. I assume we’re not dead yet,” he added.
Tottenham really ramped it up after the break and were ruthless with the Maddison and Johnson goals.
McGinn’s red card effectively killed it off as a contest but Tottenham will kept going, attempting to really take the game away from Villa.
After all, goal difference could yet become vital in the battle for Champions League action and today’s result could end up being vital.
“That was the message”: Ange Postecoglou shares what he told Spurs players at HT vs Aston Villa which led to the disastrous win at Villa Park [Full story link in comment]
Villa had opening in the first half but Tottenham really ramped it up after the break and ran riot.
James Maddison converted a superb Pape Matar Sarr cross to put Spurs 1-0 up before Brennan Johnson made it 2-0.
Villa’s hopes of a comeback were effectively ended when John McGinn was sent off for a foul on Destiny Udogie.
Son Heung-min hammered in a third before substitute Timo Werner found a fourth late on, compounding Villa’s misery.
Ange Postecoglou on Tottenham message
This was a huge second-half performance from Tottenham and boss Ange Postecoglou has now shared his message to the Spurs squad.
Speaking to BBC Sport, Postecoglou noted that he knew Villa were trying really hard to press Tottenham before the break.
Postecoglou then told his players to persevere with the Tottenham approach, believing that they could play through Villa’s press.
The Australian felt that Spurs simply didn’t stop playing and showed ‘great focus’ to get the better of the game and finish chances when they came.
Postecoglou added that he thought Tottenham would be ‘hard to stop’ if they could play at a high tempo, believing that Spurs turned in a really strong performance.
“I felt towards the end of the first half they were working awfully hard to try and press us,” said Postecoglou. “That was the message at half-time that just perseverance would get us there today. We went on, we didn’t stop playing our football. Great focus.”
“I thought today, if we could impose our intensity and tempo on the game for 100 minutes we’d be hard to stop. It’s not easy, especially away from home, but I though we handled ourselves really well.”
“It means we’re one game closer, just 11 games to go. Everyone was billing this as a do-or-die for us. I assume we’re not dead yet,” he added.
Tottenham really ramped it up after the break and were ruthless with the Maddison and Johnson goals.
McGinn’s red card effectively killed it off as a contest but Tottenham will kept going, attempting to really take the game away from Villa.
After all, goal difference could yet become vital in the battle for Champions League action and today’s result could end up being vital.
