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Tottenham supervisor Ange Postecoglou stated the efficiency of ahead Timo Werner within the 1-1 draw at Rangers ‘wasn’t acceptable.’
The 28-year-old began on the left of the Spurs assault at Ibrox however was changed at half-time, with sub Dejan Kulusevski finally firing in a effective equaliser.
Some extent for the Premier League outfit retains them ninth within the league section of the Europa League and in a robust place to safe a top-eight end, which earns direct entry by means of to the last-16, however whereas Postecoglou known as it an “essential level,” he was pissed off with RB Leipzig loanee Werner.
“Yeah, simply tactical. He wasn’t taking part in anyplace close to the extent he ought to,” Postecoglou stated when requested about Werner being withdrawn on the break.
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“It’s not acceptable to me. I stated that to Timo. He’s a senior worldwide, a German worldwide, with the second we’re in proper now, it’s not like we’ve bought many choices, I would like everybody to at the least be going on the market and attempting to offer the perfect of themselves.
“Yeah, his efficiency within the first half wasn’t acceptable.
“We simply want everybody, together with him, to be contributing as a result of we don’t have the depth to depart folks out in the event that they carry out poorly. We’d like them to play their half and particularly the senior guys.
“When I’m asking youthful guys to do large jobs, I anticipate a degree of efficiency from the senior guys and at present wasn’t that.”
Accidents in defence meant Postecoglou used versatile 18-year-old Archie Grey at centre-back, however the summer time recruit produced a largely assured show and fellow teenager Lucas Bergvall caught the attention with a second-half cameo off the bench.
Postecoglou stated of Grey: “He’s 18, large expertise for him and I assumed he dealt with the expertise very well.
“As an 18-year-old, in his first yr at this degree, to play in unfamiliar positions in such large video games, it’s excellent what he’s doing.
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“I assumed Lucas was wonderful when he got here on. He was because of begin tonight however wasn’t feeling properly at present, a bit underneath the climate, so we needed to maintain him on the bench, however that’s a optimistic for us.
“These two, as 18-year-olds, to already be contributing and experiencing this stuff shall be of huge profit to us.”
Spurs required Fraser Forster to be at his finest to depart Glasgow with a degree after the previous Celtic goalkeeper made a courageous block to disclaim Cyriel Dessers late on, which ensures the English membership are in a robust place to clinch a top-eight berth with matches towards Hoffenheim and Elfsborg in January.
“We weren’t anyplace close to our greatest I feel it’s truthful to say, however on the similar time we’re in a interval of video games the place we’re grinding by means of it with a reasonably depleted squad and asking gamers to rise up week in, week out,” Postecoglou acknowledged.
“I assumed we labored our approach again into the sport properly and the subs approaching made a distinction. We scored objective, had a few different moments, however ultimately, a terrific save by Frase will get us, within the context of the place we’re in Europe, an essential level.”
