STAMFORD BRIDGE — Ange Postecoglou, you don’t know what you’re doing.
The 59-year-old stood and stared in defiance last night, hand cupped to his ear and glaring at his own team’s fans, after his second-half substitute Pape Sarr had seemingly changed the game. The midfielder had effected a rare turnover in the opposition half, mugging Chelsea’s Moises Caicedo within five minutes of his introduction, and promptly rifled the ball into the goal from distance.
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Postecoglou felt vindicated. Then five minutes later, he wasn’t. Referee Craig Pawson ruled the goal out and Spurs were back at nil. The Australian manager wagged his finger high in the air, furious that such a marginal foul by Sarr had ruled out “a cracking goal”. It was the forlorn act of a man with little left to give.
He later added: “It doesn’t bother me. It’s not the first time they’ve booed my substitutions. That’s fine.
“What I try and focus on is the things I can control. I can’t control the fans.”
“There’s a disconnect between the two [Tottenham fans and Postecoglou] at the moment. It’s not ideal for the manager,” said Jamie Redknapp on Sky Sports.
Injuries too have been a running theme, but the Tottenham boss thought he had revived some defensive stability by being able to pick Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero together again.
He probably wished he hadn’t when neither man noticed Enzo Fernandez in the penalty area and he scored the only goal of the game.
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Thousands marched down the Seven Sisters Road to demonstrate against his running of the club in February when Man Utd came to town. Another protest is planned this weekend. This was also the first Spurs game since Levy hit back by telling fans the club “cannot spend what we do not have” in their annual accounts.
So mate, here is some free advice from someone with no skin in the game: keep your head down and let your boss be a lightning rod for the animosity and frustration. If you win the Europa League you might even survive the summer.
And then in the new season, hope springs eternal. Even at Tottenham Hotspur.
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