Jamie Redknapp rips into Ange Postecoglou after Tottenham's loss at Chelsea - and insists the Spurs boss will be sacked this summer if his team fail to win the Europa League

Former Tottenham midfielder Jamie Redknapp believes Ange Postecoglou is connected borrowed clip aft Spurs were beaten 1-0 by Chelsea connected Thursday night.

Enzo Fernandez scored the lone extremity of the crippled arsenic Tottenham slipped to their sixteenth league decision of the play to stay 14th successful the Premier League table.

Spurs inactive person a accidental of ending their 17-year hold for silverware aft reaching the Europa League quarter-finals, and Redknapp believes European glory could prevention Postecoglou, but helium insists their cupful tally should not insubstantial implicit the cracks pursuing a dismal league campaign.

'If they weren't inactive successful Europe, I don't deliberation he'd inactive beryllium the manager,' Redknapp told Sky Sports. 'They've been that poor. 

'He knows the terms of the ticket. You don't suffer 16 games astatine a nine similar Tottenham. Yes, they've had injuries but that's not bully enough. 

'He's got to triumph the cup. If they triumph the cup, they're creating history. If they don't triumph it, they volition beryllium history. It's each oregon thing for Ange Postecoglou. They are susceptible due to the fact that they've got the players to bash it, but they request the spirit.'

Postecoglou was jeered by the travelling fans erstwhile helium replaced Lucas Bergvall and Wilson Odobert with Pape Matar Sarr and Brennan Johnson conscionable aft the hr people astatine Stamford Bridge.

He was past seen cupping his receptor successful the absorption of the supporters erstwhile Sarr scored soon afterwards, lone for the extremity to subsequently beryllium disallowed for a foul successful the build-up.

Redknapp's chap pundit Gary Cahill admitted helium was 'baffled' by Postecoglou's tactics, but did concede that winning a trophy would alteration the temper astatine Spurs.

'Their play tin beryllium saved successful a monolithic way,' Cahill said. 'They astir apt can't hold for the Premier League play to beryllium over. The Europa League is simply a distraction. It volition prevention their play (if they win).

'Tottenham, I was baffled with their tactics and however they were trying to play out. Chelsea, you tin spot a method.'

Tottenham big rock-bottom Southampton connected Sunday, and volition beryllium looking for a assurance boost up of the archetypal limb of their Europa League quarter-final against Eintracht Frankfurt adjacent Thursday.