Tottenham Hotspur head coach Ange Postecoglou has voiced his frustration together with his crew’s luck in entrance of aim throughout their Europa League quarterfinal first-leg draw with Eintracht Frankfurt and mentioned his crew has fallen out of favour with the “football gods” this season.
Pedro Porro‘s clever finish earned Spurs a 1-1 draw in north London after Hugo Ekitike gave the visitors an early lead, but Postecoglou’s crew wasted a number of possibilities to take a wholesome lead into the second leg in Germany subsequent week.
Lucas Bergvall got here shut when he hit the body of the aim within the fifty fifth minute earlier than Rodrigo Bentancur‘s header hit the crossbar moments later. Frankfurt goalkeeper Kauã Santos put in an excellent efficiency in aim to disclaim Spurs, together with his stoppage-time save from Micky van de Ven‘s header denying the hosts a late win.
“I’m resigned to the fact that the football gods have got their eyes elsewhere this year. They’re obviously busy with other clubs and other managers so whatever we get, we’re going to have to do it without them this year,” Postecoglou informed a post-match information convention.
The Australian coach’s second season in command of Spurs has been a disastrous one. An damage disaster which laid low a number of key first crew gamers mixed with persistently poor performances have left the membership languishing in 14th place within the Premier League desk, having misplaced greater than half their video games.
The Europa League represents Spurs’ final likelihood to salvage one thing from their season and finish the membership’s 17-year trophy drought within the course of.
Spurs could not have secured the victory they sought on Thursday, however Postecoglou highlighted the performances of a number of of his gamers and expressed his happiness with the crew’s show.
Requested concerning the efficiency of Bergvall, Postecoglou mentioned: “He was nice however the entire crew was. I believed Rodri [Rodrigo Bentancur] was excellent. Each full-backs defensively and with the ball had been actually inflicting issues. Cuti [Cristian Romero] and Micky [van de Ven] dealt with their entrance threats rather well other than the aim we conceded which was the one disappointing bit.
“The front three were working with Madders [James Maddison] and were really creative. You can’t ask any more from the lads than what the lads did, especially in that second half to create that many chances. We don’t get the win but I can’t ask [for] any more from the players.”
Tottenham journey to face Wolverhampton Wanderers of their subsequent Premier League fixture on Sunday earlier than they journey to Frankfurt for the second leg of the quarterfinal conflict with Frankfurt in per week’s time.
