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No shot on target- Spurs and Postecoglou slammed

The no-shot on target for Spurs and Postecoglou at the Carabao Cup semi-final has been slammed. Tottenham’s poor performance in their Carabao Cup semi-final collapse at Liverpool was heavily criticised by Jamie Carragher and Jamie Redknapp, with the display branded as “horrendous” and “shocking.”.

Spurs visited Anfield with a 1-0 first-leg lead but succumbed to a 4-0 defeat in the second-leg fixture—with goals from Cody Gakpo, Mohamed Salah, Dominik Szoboszlai, and Virgil van Dijk sealing the aggregate win for the Premier League leaders.

Spurs’ response to that was zero shots on target, as they missed the chance to play Newcastle in the final on March 16 at Wembley.

“I cannot remember a team in my lifetime going down with less of a fight than what Spurs did today,” said former Spurs midfielder and Sky Sports’ Redknapp.

“Not having one shot on target in the semi-final of a second leg when you’re trying to change the course of your history?

“I feel sorry for those players. I think Djed Spence played 14 different positions tonight. I’ve never seen anything like it. You have young players; you’re meant to protect them.

“Archie Grey and [Lucas] Bergvall, they’re young men and trying their best. But I’m looking at the experienced players today to lead and try and set the tempo. They didn’t do that one bit.

“There’s been some lows—Palace, Ipswich, and Everton this season. But when you look at that today, what is the scoreline? Just horrendous.”

He was given the chance to respond to Redknapp’s comments in his press conference, and Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou replied, “Why are you asking me? Ask Jamie; he’s made the comment.

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“I know people get excited about things like that; people on TV give opinions; that’s what they are there to do. My job is to manage this football club. Whatever people think or don’t think is irrelevant; it doesn’t really matter.

“I don’t put any emphasis on it or who we are. Everyone is allowed to have an opinion and express it. My view is I don’t need to respond to that or be affected by it. I don’t care; it doesn’t worry me; it doesn’t bother me.”