Ange Postecoglou simply can’t cease making historical past.
The Aussie supervisor has etched his identify into the document books as soon as extra after claiming a second straight Manager of the Month gong.
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After profitable it final month he grew to become the primary Australian to take action, however now he’s gone back-to-back after the Tottenham Hotspurs went unbeaten in September.
He turns into the primary ever Premier League supervisor to win successive awards within the first two months of their tenure in England’s prime league.
The final supervisor to attain the double was Liverpool’s supervisor Jurgen Klopp in 2019-20. In what is an effective omen for the Aussie supervisor, Liverpool went on to win the title that season.
The Spurs performed three video games in September, comprehensively beating Burnley 5-2 earlier than securing a 2-1 win over Sheffield United.
Their month got here to an finish with a 2-2 draw towards fellow prime of the desk facet Arsenal.
A 3rd straight award could possibly be on the playing cards for Postecoglou after his facet obtained October off and working with two straight wins. A 2-1 win over Liverpool and a 1-0 towards Luton Town.
The north Londoners’ excellent begin to Postecoglou’s first season in cost have awoken goals of an surprising title problem.
While which will but show past Tottenham, the Australian has undoubtedly had a big impact on a membership that was in turmoil when he arrived from Celtic.
It is the very best unbeaten begin any Tottenham supervisor has ever made and, with fixtures towards Fulham and Crystal Palace up subsequent, they may prolong their unbeaten begin by way of the remainder of October.
“The players want to change the destiny of this football club and that is what they are trying to do on the pitch,” Postecoglou mentioned.
“It’s going alright, but we’re in October and still have a lot of work to do.”
The Aussie just lately admitted he would have by no means made it to the Premier League within the first place had he continued on because the nationwide staff’s head coach.
Speaking to reporters forward of Australia’s pleasant towards England on Wembley on Saturday, a reflective Postecoglou had a sobering actuality verify when concerning the Matildas’ current World Cup success.
“It didn’t make an impact back there and that was kind of my frustration,” he instructed media, together with The Telegraph UK, talking on his 2015 AFC Asian Cup win in Australia.
“I don’t think that anything they can achieve… when you look at what the Matildas did at the World Cup, unbelievable but you still won’t see an influx of resources to the game. You won’t. I guarantee it.
“They’ll build stadiums and other codes will use them. I just don’t think the nation as a whole has that inside them to understand you can make an impact on the world of football but it requires a kind of nationalistic approach that I just don’t think Australians — at their core — are really interested in.”
Source: www.news.com.au
