Tottenham coach Ange Postecoglou gave a very notable opinion on MU in the battle to qualify for the Champions League next season.
Coach Ange Postecoglou is leading Tottenham in the battle for Champions League qualification next season with Aston Villa and Manchester United, as his team is currently 3 points behind fourth-placed team Aston Villa but has a game in hand.
The Premier League has 4 places in the Champions League next season and can have 1 more place if it has a good position in the European Football Federation (UEFA) rankings at the end of this season. Currently, Aston Villa is ranked fourth in the Premier League with 59 points, Tottenham is ranked fifth with 56 points, MU is ranked sixth with 48 points, but MU and Tottenham played 1 match less than Aston Villa.
Coach Postecoglou compared that, no one thinks his Tottenham can catch up with Man City, then MU cannot surpass his team. PHOTO: GETTY
Tottenham coach Ange Postecoglou has a very interesting opinion on the battle with MU to qualify for the Champions League next season. Postecoglou compared MU overcoming Tottenham to Tottenham surpassing Man City on the Premier League rankings. Man City is ranked third, 8 points ahead of Tottenham, and Tottenham is 8 points ahead of MU. Postecoglou is also more concerned about the big picture and about the progress he sees from his team.
Tottenham coach Ange Postecoglou commented when asked by the media whether MU could catch up with Tottenham: “Do you see us challenging Manchester City? Certainly not, well, Man City are only eight points ahead of us. If there is an 8-point gap, do you think we can catch Man City or do you think Man United can catch us?.
The important thing for me is that we want to finish the season strongly and continue to build on the foundations of being a team that hopefully in the next 12 months people will look at us differently and talk about us in the same way. other”.
Ange Postecoglou has just come back with Tottenham to defeat Luton Town 2-1 in round 30 of the Premier League at home. In 2024, only Liverpool (26 points) will get more points than Tottenham (22 points). Tottenham players were booed by fans after they led 1-0 to Luton in the first half.
Tottenham coach Ange Postecoglou continued: “If you go back and look at my teams from the beginning, all my teams have had the characteristics of being able to overturn results or win games thanks to late goals.
When you are too determined to play a certain way, the score becomes almost meaningless. Whether we win or lose, we don’t change our approach. That makes it easier for players to look for solutions in the way we play rather than things that aren’t often in our game plans.
That helps them in times of anxiety or despair, especially when the game is late and you feel the heat in the stadium and the supporters, because they all want win”.
Surely Postecoglou’s calm demeanor outside the pitch also helped. Tottenham’s Australian coach added: “If I run along the touchline celebrating just with the thought that we’ve scored and won, then I’m not helping the team, but that doesn’t mean in” “I don’t run internally””.
Postecoglou knows well how tough the coaching profession is today. PHOTO: GETTY
Ange Postecoglou also spoke up to defend fellow coach David Moyes, who is having difficulty leading West Ham. Ange Postecoglou shared: “David Moyes has done an excellent job at West Ham. I guess it’s part of the world we live in today, where there’s always a short-term reaction to everything that happens, but I have no doubt that he is one of the outstanding managers in football. stone”.