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Jamie Carragher has erstwhile again criticised Ange Postecoglou’s tactical group up, commenting that “nobody has ever won thing playing for illustration that” aft Tottenham’s 6-3 nonaccomplishment to Liverpool.
Carragher was speaking connected Sky Sports aft the match, which Liverpool dominated from commencement to finish. The scoreline arguably flattered Spurs aft a disjointed capacity that allowed the visitors to create 9 large chances and return 24 shots.
“Surely there’s thing you tin effort to do. How are you going to extremity Liverpool scoring goals today?” said Carragher successful the studio.
“I conscionable usage my ain acquisition arsenic a player, and conscionable deliberation if I was an 18-year-old centre-back playing against that beforehand three, I’d request help. We’re not bully capable to return them on.
“So this thought of ‘what was I expected to do?’, you’ve sewage to change things, you’ve sewage to tweak things now,” he added.
Postecoglou has travel successful for criticism from immoderate sections of the media and the fanbase aft sticking pinch a gung-ho attack that often sees Spurs some people and concede plentifulness of goals, arsenic evidenced by this consequence and their 4-3 triumph complete Manchester United successful the Carabao Cup.
Carragher has criticised the Australian’s attack successful the past, and he was intelligibly confused by Spurs’ set-up erstwhile again, stating that “within 5 minutes of this crippled starting, we each knew Liverpool were going to triumph this comfortably.
“It was truthful easy for Liverpool, and nary matter really galore injuries they [Spurs] person got, it shouldn’t person been that easy, and that comes down to the head not relenting connected really he wants his squad to group up,” said Carragher.
“I get the thought it’s not astir a style of play. Every head who comes successful has a different measurement of doing things.
“You’ve sewage to person your idea, you’ve sewage to person thing that’s a small spot different that makes you special. But erstwhile you’ve sewage your champion team, not erstwhile you’re down to the bare bones.
“Nobody has ever won thing playing for illustration that,” he added.