Ange Postecoglou must be sacked as Tottenham boss after their north London derby defeat.
That is the view of Arsenal legend Emmanuel Petit, who instructed talkSPORT that Spurs must put their gamers out of their distress.
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Contemporary from a difficult FA Cup victory over non-league Tamworth on Sunday, Postecoglou’s facet went into the conflict on the Emirates Stadium in want of a response and received one when Heung-min Son put them forward early on.
Nevertheless, it did not take lengthy for Arsenal to grab management of the sport and safe a 2-1 victory in a recreation that might have gone even additional within the Gunners’ favour.
In addition to conserving them caught in thirteenth spot within the desk, Spurs have misplaced 4 of their final 5 video games within the Premier League and picked up simply 11 factors of their final 12 video games, conceding 22 targets within the course of.
With Tottenham 14 factors from the highest 4 and simply eight factors from the drop zone, Petit believes that the time is now for Spurs to make a change.
Chatting with talkSPORT from the Emirates Stadium, Petit mentioned: “I used to be watching Ange Postecoglou and he should be feeling actually alone on the pitch tonight.
“I feel issues are most likely coming to the top for him. I feel that one thing has to alter.
“We will see the league, we will see the faces of the gamers tonight on the pitch they usually look so depressing, no one seems like themselves.
“As I mentioned, I feel one thing has to alter at Spurs so I feel he’ll get the sack.”
Tottenham have not been helped by key accidents to Guglielmo Vicario, Cristian Romero, Micky Van de Ven, Future Udogie and Rodrigo Bentancur, whereas Richarlison has simply returned to health.
However reflecting on their health woes, Petit responded: “Accidents are one thing crucial to cope with however they’ve sufficient high quality within the squad.
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“Take a look at the gamers on the pitch, take a look at Son – he was superb on the pitch for 5 years. Maddison this season – Maddison final yr was such a fantastic participant, what has occurred to him?
“One thing is damaged on this workforce and you may’t sack the entire gamers and so it’s important to make the best resolution and that’s to sack the supervisor.
“I don’t like saying that and I really feel for Postecoglou, however he deserves to be sacked as a result of they’re happening recreation after recreation so change one thing.”
Chatting with talkSPORT after the sport Postecoglou mentioned: “I simply thought the primary half specifically was simply manner too passive. We allowed Arsenal to manage the sport and we’re simply nowhere close to aggressive sufficient with and with out the ball.
“And, you recognize, allowed them to form of really feel comfy within the recreation and that is not what we’re about.
“It is unacceptable. It is a massive recreation, we must be prepared for that. And I mentioned we had been nowhere close to the workforce that we could be in that first half.
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“I feel all you do is you stand up tomorrow morning and begin making ready for a tricky recreation on the weekend.
“Our league type’s unacceptable, the outcomes are unacceptable and it wants to alter… as I mentioned, our type and our outcomes are nowhere close to adequate so we have to change that.”
Tottenham are subsequent in motion on Sunday once they journey to face Everton, earlier than taking over German facet Hoffenheim within the Europa League on Thursday.
They then host Leicester Metropolis on Sunday, January 26.