Spurs are in a unique position:they have the chance to severely dent Arsenal’s title hopes,but also need their fiercest rivals to go as deep as possible in Europe for their own sake.
Three days after their final Premier League fixture,Ange Postecoglou and Tottenham Hotspur will head to Melbourne to play Newcastle United. Two days after that match,Arsenal’s Matildas’-stacked women’s team will play at Marvel Stadium.
Spurs lost the physical and tactical battle,and failed to score in a league game for the first time this season.
Tottenham produced a dazzling spell of three goals in 11 second-half minutes against Crystal Palace to come back for a 3-1 win in the English Premier League.
Many players have spoken about getting “the call” from the Australian coach. At Celtic,there was a running joke he could have a career in recruitment.
Charlotte Grant saw just two minutes of action at the Women’s World Cup. With the Paris Olympics beckoning,she doesn’t want to spend another major tournament as an onlooker.
Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal could be playing on the same night at the same venue as part of a potential double-header involving both the men’s and women’s A-League All Stars.
For Australians well-accustomed to the ways of Ange Postecoglou’s teams,this was a return to thrillingly familiar territory.
Ange Postecoglou has warned that soccer’s lawmakers will “destroy” the sport with the controversial proposal to bring in the new card and sin bins.
He’s a Liverpool tragic at heart and the gig at Anfield is probably his dream job. But the timing is all wrong.
The first stage of Ange Postecoglou’s Spurs redesign has rightly earned plaudits. Phase two will be about adding the control and killer instinct that separates trophy winners from neutrals’ favourites.