Tottenham manager berates his team’s recent slump in form ahead of their League Cup semifinal against Liverpool.
Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou believes his team are struggling to such an extent that even in-form Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah would fail to make much of an impression as part of the side.
Spurs, who face the Premier League leaders in the first leg of their League Cup semifinal on Wednesday, have dropped to 12th in the league and lost three of their last four games.
While Salah has scored 21 goals and provided 17 assists in all competitions, Postecoglou said the 32-year-old Egyptian would have his work cut out delivering similar figures for the London side this season.
“Mo is a world-class player but if you put him in our team now I’m not sure he’ll have that same level of performance because of the situation we’re in as a group,” he told reporters.
“You need a team that’s in good form, creating opportunities, playing on the front foot, having a really solid foundation of a defence that is cohesive. None of these things exist at the moment [at Spurs].
“We’re relying on individual moments.”
