Former Arsenal Premier League winner calls on his previous rivals to SACK Ange Postecoglou and claims Tottenham gamers ‘look so depressing’ below the embattled Australian
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Former Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel Petit has called on his old rivals to sack their under-fire boss Ange Postecoglou.
Spurs suffered their 11th defeat of the campaign against the Gunners on Wednesday night, as a Dominic Solanke own goal and a Leandro Trossard strike left them languishing in 13th place.
Tottenham‘s torrid luck with injuries this season provides some mitigation for their dismal run of results, while their Carabao Cup campaign has kept a full-scale unrest from supporters at bay.
But Petit, who spent three season in north London with Arsenal, believes Spurs should pull trigger now.
‘I don’t like to say this, but you can’t sack the players so you have to sack the manager,’ he said on talkSPORT. ‘The players look so miserable. Maddison, Son.
‘Son was amazing for five years but what has happened to him? Spurs are going down with every game.’
Emmanuel Petit believes that Tottenham should fire Ange Postecoglou amid the side’s poor form
The Australian’s task has not been helped by the raft of injuries to his backline this term
Defeat against Arsenal saw Tottenham remain in 13th place in the Premier League table
Post-match, Postecoglou admitted that his side weren’t good enough in the first-half and took responsibility for their second defeat against their arch rivals this term.
‘We weren’t good enough, especially in the first half,’ he told TNT Sports. ‘We were too passive and let arsenal take the game, second half was better but nowhere near good enough and unacceptable.
‘Ultimately I guess the responsibility lays with me. It wasn’t our intent when we started the game, second half was better but first nowhere near the standards we want to set.
‘I’m more interested in about how we go about playing our football. We have no choice, go back to work and prepare for a tough game.
‘They hurt me but they are not acceptable, we have had too many losses this year, too many games getting away from us and that needs to stop.
‘If you give up now there’s no point but it needs to stop. Right now we have a big game on the weekend and that’s our focus.
