“Ange-ball has arrived.”
That is the consensus from throughout the soccer world after Tottenham’s convincing 2-0 win over Manchester United on Sunday morning.
Ange Postecoglou’s daring philosophy performed out completely because the Australian supervisor prolonged his freakish run of being unbeaten in his final 49 dwelling league video games as a supervisor throughout spells with Yokohama F. Marinos, Celtic and now Spurs (with 41 wins and eight attracts).
Tottenham earned their first Premier League win of their new Postecoglou period as Pape Sarr impressed a formidable victory.
Postecoglou’s first dwelling sport as Tottenham supervisor served as the right introduction for the previous A-League membership supervisor, whose aspect performed with the type of aptitude sorely missing from the north Londoners in recent times.
Senegal midfielder Sarr opened the scoring early within the second half together with his first aim for Tottenham since signing from Metz in 2021.
Lisandro Martinez’s late personal aim capped a dynamic Tottenham show that sealed Postecoglou’s first victory in his second sport in cost.
There was one remark from Sky Sports commentator Gary Neville that summed it up.
“There will be some thrills here this season under Postecoglou,” he stated.
Sky Sports’ Peter Smith additionally stated: “That pass from Maddison. Wow! What came next was scrappy. But the Spurs fans don’t care!
“Angeball has arrived!”
After a draw at Brentford final weekend, Postecoglou will hope this eye-catching end result towards sloppy United can kick-start his reign.
“It was good. Man Utd probably had the better of the chances at the start, but I like the fact we hung in there and worked our way into the game,” Postecoglou stated.
“Second half, certainly in spells, it kind of showed the team we want to be. I keep saying we’re still a long way to go, but I really liked the belief and resilience the guys have. They were brave.” Following Antonio Conte, Nuno Espirito Santo and Jose Mourinho’s drab spells in cost, this was extra just like the ‘glory game’ that Spurs followers regard as their birthright.
But whereas Postecoglou earned plaudits for his success and attacking soccer in two seasons with Scottish champions Celtic, attaining related feats with star-crossed Tottenham can be far more durable.
Postecoglou has already needed to take care of Harry Kane’s departure to German champions Bayern Munich, whereas additionally attempting to erase the bitter style of final season’s turbulent marketing campaign.
After years of underachievement even with Kane within the crew, Postecoglou’s first sport in north London supplied hope of life after the England striker.
“We’ve still got a long way to go and today we saw elements of how far we still have to go,” Postecoglou informed Sky Sports afterwards, refusing to get carried away.
“If we can keep feeding the players the belief they have in the second half then we can create something special.”
In distinction to the sudden optimism round Tottenham, it has been a worrying begin to the season for United supervisor Erik ten Hag.
United had been unchanged from Monday’s scrappy 1-0 win over Wolves, though it was notable that Harry Maguire was absent from the squad following his determination to reject a transfer to West Ham this week.
Fortunate to beat Wolves of their opener, United weren’t so fortunate this time as they paid the worth for poor first-half ending and a unusually torpid second-half efficiency.
Sky Sports’ Roy Keane stated: “Man Utd are the new Spurs. Desperate. Absolutely desperate.
“The biggest insult I always think about is teams who can’t do it away from home, players who aren’t up for it away from home.
“They’re a good team, they fancy it when their home fans are in front of them, they’ve got that support and energy. United go away today.
“Second half, weak, no leadership, gave bad goals away. Spurs were lovely. All credit to them. It’s easy to play against Man United also.”
— with AFP
Source: www.news.com.au
