Ange Postecoglou says Tottenham âmade it harder than it should have beenâ against Man Utd in their Carabao Cup quarter-final victory.
Spurs â who will face Liverpool in the semi-finals â overcame Ruben Amorimâs side 4-3 on Thursday evening but were 3-0 up and cruising before Fraser Forster assisted a couple to get the visitors back into the game.
Heung-min Son scored directly from a corner late on to help seal the win, though Jonny Evans did head in a 94th-minute goal.
It was a chaotic match in north London and Postecoglou was pretty giddy after the victory, asking the Sky Sports interviewer: âAre you not entertained?â.
âWe made it harder than it should have been, we were well in control, played really well, we looked like we were going to manage the game and then two unfortunate moments, the first one affected Fraser and then the second one came as a result of that,â the Australian said. âBut we showed character and scored a fourth.
âI like the whole game. Are you not entertained? I know the studio is probably having a meltdown over my lack of tactics.
âWeâve got so many absences at the moment, centre halves, kids on the bench. If we get through the period weâre going to get enormous growth out of it.
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âI really liked how we played tonight, obviously those moments tainted it a bit and that has happened this season before and it doesnât help our consistency, but the mentality of the boys⊠I love it.
âI love football land love watching teams that go out there to entertain. Obviously we want to be successful and we wonât be if we make things difficult like we did tonight.
âWeâre not going out there to try and grind out 1-0 victories, weâre trying to keep folks entertained. I canât see how thatâs a bad thing.
âItâs part of football, mistakes will happen. From the context of how we play as a team, thereâs nothing we need to change. It doensât get me any credit in the bank as an astute tacticisan, but so be it.â
Man Utd head coach Amorim thinks his side were superior to their hosts and were âcomfortableâ throughout the match.
âWe disconnected at beginning of the second half, that was difficult,â he said.
âIf you look at all of the game we were the best team but they were more clinical. We lost but the fight from the lads was really important for me.
âYou feel it in stadium, we were comfortable, dominated possession. It was not the last pass but the last shot that was the problem.
âTonight I think about tomorrow, tonight I donât feel anything. There is nothing I can say to you about what is good. Tomorrow I can say a lot of things.
âTonight we lost and then we have to take a night to think and then tomorrow we will have a lot of good things from this game.
âWe cannot think in that way that winning silverware makes everything OK. It will be a long way, we are improving, our goal is to win the Premier League, how long it will take I donât know.â
Asked about the future of Marcus Rashford, Amorim responded:Â âTomorrow we have training, he will be there preparing for next game. He is a United player, everyone has a future at Man United.â
