Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou calls ex-Liverpool players ‘irrelevant’ following League Cup criticism | OneFootball

Tottenham Hotspur lost 4-0 to Liverpool in the second leg of their League Cup clash at Anfield last night.

They were played off the park for most of the game, and manager Ange Postecoglou came under fire for failing to inspire a better performance from his team.

Unsurprisingly, former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher went overboard on Sky Sports. Jamie Redknapp also waded into the debate.

Tottenham are struggling with injuries, but Carragher and Redknapp failed to add context and kept taking low jabs at Postecoglou.

Suggesting Spurs have not won a big game in years is poor punditry when Spurs beat Manchester City to get this far in the tournament. They also defeated Liverpool in the first leg.

When asked about proving the media wrong, Postecoglou replied (via football.london): “I don’t know which people I’m meant to be proving wrong.

“I said last night, it’s irrelevant to me what other people’s opinions are. People are on the TV, the radio and in the newspapers to give opinions, and I respect that.

“They are allowed to do that, but I don’t have any obligation to listen to any of it.

“To get fuelled by the comments of people I’ve never even met – I don’t know how you live your life, but I certainly don’t live my life that way. That’s with all respect that they are there to give an opinion.

“It’s not like I want to be successful here so I can go to these people and say to them, ‘Oh, look, you were wrong’. I don’t even know them. Why would I care where they think we are at?

“They are a million miles away from us, but they are allowed to have their opinion.”

Whenever Liverpool are involved, Carragher is incapable of being impartial. Redknapp followed suit, adding little beyond the usual tired cliches about Tottenham’s mentality.

Tottenham were outclassed on the night, but the circumstances were far from straightforward. Missing key players was a crucial factor conveniently ignored in the post-match rhetoric.

Spurs were poor, but the over-the-top reaction from Carragher and Redknapp lacked nuance, balance and professionalism.

The pair should do their jobs properly and analyse the game fairly instead of using it as a platform to trot out lazy points.