Postecoglou: We Lost Because We’re Thinking About the Europa League!
Ange Postecoglou, the manager of Tottenham, claimed that the reason for resting his players against Wolverhampton was the high importance of the Europa League return leg against Eintracht Frankfurt.
According to reports, Tottenham suffered a 4-2 defeat against Wolverhampton in the 32nd week of the Premier League, continuing their disappointing form in the competition.
Ange Postecoglou said in the post-match press conference: “You know, Thursday’s game is very important for us. I thought we played well on Thursday night and probably should have won that game. We know that when we play our football like we did on Thursday night, we can definitely make an impact.
So today, we were just recovering. Physically and mentally, we made sure the players were in good condition. We rested some players today, which I think will help us on Thursday.”
Conceding Beginner-Level Goals Early in the Game
Today was a bit different. The goals we conceded weren’t due to negligence, but just individual mistakes, which, as I said, is unusual for us to concede like this. But it happened, and we were punished today, making it very difficult to get the desired result.
Mistakes by the Captains
Yes, but it’s not like they did it on purpose. Especially these two, they are very reliable in such situations, but today a series of unusual events occurred that made it really difficult to get the desired result from the game.
Guglielmo Vicario’s Performance
Yes, I trust him 100%. Obviously, we made a lot of individual mistakes today, which was a bit unusual for us, and it’s fair to say that. They all happened in one game, and unfortunately, we were punished for it.