Tottenham: Is Ange Postecoglou right to highlight injuries as reason for team's problems this season?

10 February 2025, 11:29 | Updated: 10 February 2025, 18:41

"This idea that you cannot change is alien to me. The game-state dictates how you play," Jamie Carragher told Sky Sports. "I wake up every morning hoping the sun is shining so I can put some shorts and a T-shirt on, but if it is raining, you put your coat on."

Carragher's comments were directed at Tottenham after they conceded four goals in their defeat to Chelsea in December but they were just as applicable on Sunday as Spurs were eliminated from the FA Cup away to Aston Villa. It was clear inside a minute.

Ange Postecoglou himself described Villa afterwards as "one of the best teams in the country at home" - so why was full-back Pedro Porro caught so high up the pitch within seconds? He was behind not only goalscorer Jacob Ramsey but Lucas Digne too.

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