Postecoglou continues to make mark on fearless Tottenham

LONDON — Tottenham’s 2-2 draw at Arsenal on Sunday felt like an enormous win for Ange Postecoglou. The Australian supervisor spent a few minutes on his personal in the course of the pitch, 90 minutes earlier than kickoff in an empty Emirates Stadium, to take all of it in. He left Arsenal’s house a number of hours later with an enormous smile on his face and the sensation of a great job accomplished.

His Spurs aspect had come again twice, going toe-to-toe with the Gunners whereas nonetheless enjoying their type of soccer. It was at all times the plan.

“[Postecoglou] is really clear. He is really straight. We know what he expects from us. We know what we have to do for him,” defender Micky van de Ven informed ESPN after the sport.

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Playing courageous soccer is Postecoglou’s motto, and it was no completely different at Arsenal on Sunday. “That’s what we’re working on. We want to play our football,” ahead Son Heung-Min informed ESPN. “We showed how we want to play the whole season: it doesn’t matter who we’re playing against. It was very important.

“Obviously we made some errors and so they had probabilities, however nonetheless we would like to play in that method. With that younger workforce, I feel it’s totally superb. It’s credit score to the gamers that they took dangers and need to play with that bravery.”

To get there, Spurs are working hard while Postecoglou focuses on changing this team’s mentality.

“Obviously you possibly can’t see our coaching periods, however everyone seems to be working actually, actually exhausting to be a part of it,” Son said. “This efficiency wasn’t simply random. If you see our coaching periods each single day, it’s not regular. We are working actually, actually exhausting, intense. Everyone is pressuring one another to enhance, which could be very, superb.

“If you have a young team with good rhythm, we can exploit this situation, and that’s what we’re looking for. The younger players are covering the inexperience with passion and bravery, which is very important. I hope we can continue in this way [moving forward].”

For Van de Ven, the important thing to Postecoglou’s success — Tottenham are fourth within the desk, with 4 wins and two attracts of their first six video games — is within the atmosphere created by the Aussie.

“He is bringing us together like a family. He’s more like a dad or something. We are like brothers together and we have to do this for each other. You see this on the pitch and we run for each other, we fight for each other and we do everything for each other. He is building that.”

Between the collective power of the workforce now, particularly the James Maddison-Son axis (Son even calls his new teammate “the star boy”), and the brand new mentality, Tottenham are on the up.

“We are building together something we want to reach this season. I think it is going really well, and we’re helping each other. We fight for each other and we have to keep that going. I think it’s maybe going to be a nice season,” Van de Ven stated, earlier than including, “we don’t fear anyone!”

The subsequent check for the Ange Postecoglou revolution: Liverpool at house, subsequent weekend.