Ange Postecoglou reveals VAR has made him feel 'disconnected' from football with Tottenham boss admitting it was a 'mistake' to celebrate disallowed goal against Chelsea

Ange Postecoglou doubled down connected his disapproval of VAR and revealed helium feels 'disconnected' from the crippled successful the aftermath of Tottenham's denial of an equaliser against Chelsea pursuing a lengthy delay.

Spurs fell to their 16th Premier League decision of the play connected Thursday nighttime arsenic Enzo Fernandez's header continued the Blues' singular tally of location results against their London rivals. 

But it was the Australian and his squad who were the communicative of the nighttime arsenic the nonaccomplishment revealed acquainted fissures betwixt the nine and its fanbase. Postecoglou was successful struggle with Spurs fans - who booed his determination to regenerate Lucas Bergvall with Pape Matar Sarr - and past the officials aft they chalked disconnected the Senegalese's long-range onslaught for a foul successful the build-up. 

On Friday, the Australian doubled down connected his disapproval of the exertion that denied his broadside a moral-boosting constituent and wondered wherefore helium is unsocial successful slamming the system. 

'Maybe I was influenced by England and the aged First Division,' helium said. 'I loved the frenetic pace. I could person watched different divisions but it was ever England, end-to-end stuff, velocity and tempo, I loved that.

'I've tried to plan a crippled program that has tempo and vigor due to the fact that I consciousness if you privation radical successful there, you privation them disconnected their seat. There was 12 minutes of other clip yesterday that's not wherefore VAR was brought in. 

'I americium the lone voice. I don't perceive anyone other saying. That's wherefore I americium sat present and saying possibly I americium disconnected. When I retire, I volition astir apt ticker little shot and find different hobby.

'VAR has been present a agelong time, taking six minutes and from day-to-day I don't cognize whether idiosyncratic volition intervene oregon not. It seems everyone good with that and that's wherever disconnect is for me.' 

Postecoglou was progressive successful a frosty post-match interrogation with Sky Sports and attempted to downplay a infinitesimal during the 2nd fractional erstwhile helium appeared to cupful his receptor successful the absorption of the distant extremity astatine Stamford Bridge.

The motion came successful the contiguous aftermath of Sarr's onslaught successful the 69th minute. Moments prior, Postecoglou had substituted Sarr for Bergvall and the Spurs fans responded with boos and chants of: 'You don't cognize what you're doing.'

Seemingly successful response, Postecoglou turned toward the distant conception and cupped his ear.

The Spurs brag claimed that it was a mistake to observe the extremity and cited erstwhile experiences successful Scotland with likewise contentions strikes wherever helium opted against a celebration. 

'I made a mistake past nighttime successful that I celebrated a goal. Since VAR came successful here, determination were 4 oregon 5 incidents successful Scotland and I thought I americium not truly going to observe goals.

'I conscionable felt we needed something, cracking extremity from Pape [Matar Sarr], I heard the fans weren't blessed and I felt the request to observe and it could beryllium a existent momentum displacement to decorativeness strong. My mistake was celebrating a goal, VAR defeated me, I won't beryllium doing that again.'