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Ange Postecoglou admitted his Tottenham facet lacked a “leading edge” however praised his gamers’ second-half displaying regardless of falling to a 1-0 defeat to Manchester Metropolis within the Premier League on Wednesday.
Erling Haaland, coming back from a two-match absence, discovered the online after 12-minutes in a primary half Metropolis dominated. However either side proved wasteful and, ultimately, Spurs have been left to rue a number of good probabilities that went begging after the break.
Victory for Metropolis strikes them again into the league’s prime 4 as Pep Guardiola, who referred to as Postecoglou an “distinctive” supervisor, minimize a relieved determine at full time.
“The primary half was troublesome,” Postecoglou instructed TNT Sports activities. “They [City] had the ascendancy and scored and had a few good probabilities.
“However I assumed second half we dominated and have been simply lacking the purpose. We dominated the ball, we dominated territory, we pinned them again.
“We have been simply lacking that leading edge within the ultimate third.”
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Guardiola additionally highlighted his facet’s lack of high quality in entrance of purpose however mentioned he was happy his crew acquired over the road.
“[I am] actually completely satisfied for the three factors – it [football] is a enterprise,” mentioned the Metropolis boss.
“The second half was open as a result of didn’t shut the sport within the first. We had so many shut probabilities and for the standard that now we have now we have to transform.
“We knew within the second [half] we have been going to endure however the guys did it. They fought for lots and I used to be actually happy.”
Guardiola was additionally complimentary of Metropolis’s opponents: “This is among the greatest depth squads I’ve ever seen. The supervisor [Postecoglou] is phenomenal and they’re a unbelievable crew.”
Subsequent up for Tottenham is a visit to AZ Alkmaar within the Europa League Spherical of 16 first leg on 6 March, whereas Metropolis are in FA Cup Fourth Spherical motion on Saturday after they host Championship facet Plymouth Argyle, who knocked out Liverpool within the final spherical.
