Tottenham Hotspur almost threw away its League Cup semifinal berth in bizarre fashion against Manchester United on Thursday but manager Ange Postecoglou bristled at suggestions he should tone down his side’s entertaining style. Leading 3-0 at home against a lacklustre United side after 54 minutes, the tie should have been done and dusted. Yet Tottenham contrived to gift United two goals -- both the result of horrible mistakes by keeper Fraser Forster -- and breathed a huge sigh of relief as it edged a 4-3 victory with Dominic Solanke twice on target, Dejan Kulusevski scoring once and Son Heung-min netting directly from a corner.
For a while, it looked as though Tottenham could repeat what happened in its last home game against Chelsea when it led 2-0 but ended up collapsing to a 4-3 loss. Had that happened, the pressure would have piled up on Postecoglou, who steadfastly sticks to his attacking principles whatever the circumstances, even to the extent of asking reserve keeper Forster, a player not comfortable playing out from the back, to play short passes. The Australian appeared ready for the line of questioning when interviewed after the match by Sky Sports .
“I like the whole game. Are you not entertained? I know the studio is probably having a meltdown over my lack of tactics,” Postecoglou quipped. “I really liked how we played tonight, obviously those moments tainted it a bit and that has happened this season before and it doesn’t help our consistency, but the.
