Bold Ange Postecoglou reaps rewards for stubbornness as Spurs dent Man City’s title bid

Bold Ange Postecoglou reaps rewards for stubbornness as Spurs dent Man City’s title bid.

Ange Postecoglou remained steadfast in his conviction that his Tottenham team should play offensive football, especially when facing the power of Manchester City, the current champions.

Ange Postecoglou’s Tottenham are guaranteed to always fulfill their obligation to provide entertainment.

Though their last four games have yielded just one point, they have nevertheless delivered some incredible entertainment, none more so than this thrilling six-goal thriller.

Despite having an extensive record of absences due to injuries and suspensions, Postecoglou,58, has declined to take a more practical tack.

Spurs under Postecoglou embody the same cavalier, gung-ho ethos of Kevin Keegan’s Newcastle side of the mid-1990s – thrilling to watch but with a propensity for self-implosion as a result.

An epic 4-1 defeat at home to Chelsea, when they were reduced to nine men, was followed by a 2-1 loss at Wolves, who scored twice in added time, then defeat by the same scoreline at Aston Villa.

Ange Postecoglou stuck to his guns and continued to ensure his Tottenham side played attacking football even up against the might of reigning champions Manchester’s City.

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That pattern looked set to continue here against Manchester City, until Dejan Kulusevski’s 90th-minute header capped a madcap afternoon and vindicated Postecoglu’s uncompromising, full-throttle approach.

With so many players injured or suspended, most managers would have adopted a more pragmatic approach to accommodate such significant losses of personnel, particularly going to City.

But Postecoglou only knows one way to play, which makes for a dazzling, edge-of-the-seat football spectacle, with no-one at the Etihad or watching the game on TV short-changed on the drama front.

After the defeat at Chelsea, Postecoglou remained bullish, memorably saying “even if we were down to five, we’d still have a go”, refuting any notion of changing his style because of a numerical disadvantage.

Here, their pace going forward spread anxiety in City’s defence, evidenced by the opening goal from Son, who out-paced Jeremy Doku – no slouch

in the speed stakes himself – before benefiting from some obliging goalkeeping from Ederson.

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Brennan Johnson got the better of Jokso Gvardiol midway through the first-half, pulling away from him and steering the ball into the path of Son, only for Ruben Dias to make a vital interception.

Spurs had been behind 2-1 before regaining parity through Giovani Lo Celso. However, Yves Bissouma’s careless passing of the ball to Rodri allowed Spurs to fall behind 3-2, with Jack Grealish and Erling Haaland finishing the job.

In addition to following their manager’s directive to adopt an offensive strategy, this Spurs team possesses a strong sense of unity that finally allowed them to earn a point.

It makes sense why Spurs supporters have such high hopes for Postecoglou’s future and such a strong bond with him.

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