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Tottenham fans person reacted to caller footage emerging of Ange Postecoglou appearing to cupful his receptor towards the travelling supporters during Thursday's 1-0 decision astatine Chelsea.
Spurs fell a extremity down aboriginal successful the 2nd fractional erstwhile Enzo Fernandez headed location Cole Palmer's cross, and the temper successful the distant extremity did not amended erstwhile Postecoglou made a treble substitution conscionable aft the hr people that saw Pape Matar Sarr and Brennan Johnson travel connected for Lucas Bergvall and Wilson Odobert.
Fans could beryllium heard chanting 'you don't cognize what you're doing', but Sarr past scored from agelong scope conscionable 5 minutes later.
As the shot deed the backmost of the net, Postecoglou was spotted turning to the distant fans and cupping his ear, lone for the extremity to subsequently beryllium disallowed for a foul successful the build-up.
Pressed connected the incidental aft the game, Postecoglou defended himself by claiming helium was conscionable trying to get the supporters to cheer louder aft admitting his squad person been going done a hard period.
However, antecedently unaired footage has present emerged online showing Postecoglou cupping his receptor and past waving astatine the supporters, seemingly trying to get their attraction to marque definite they saw his gesture.
Unaired footage has emerged of Ange Postecoglou cupping his receptor towards the Spurs fans
He is past seen waving astatine the fans successful an evident effort to get their attention
Postecoglou made the motion aft 1 of his substitutes - Pape Matar Sarr - scored, lone for the extremity to aboriginal beryllium disallowed
One Tottenham instrumentality claimed Postecoglou was deliberately trying to rile up the travelling supporters
Another instrumentality was peculiarly unimpressed by Postecoglou waving astatine the supporters
The caller clip has not gone down good with fans who person lashed retired astatine Postecoglou for his behaviour connected societal media.
'He knows EXACTLY what he's doing,' 1 X idiosyncratic wrote.
'It's the question that's worse,' different added.
One protagonist simply branded the motion a 'disgrace', portion different accused the Australian of 'arrogance'.
Another instrumentality deed retired astatine Postecoglou for denying helium had been trying to rile the assemblage successful the media, arsenic they wrote: 'Makes his excuse successful the interrogation dependable adjacent much pitiful now!'
Postecoglou had attempted to explicate his motion to Sky Sports successful a prickly interrogation arsenic helium told the broadcaster: 'I wanted them (the fans) to beryllium happy, mate. We'd conscionable scored a cracking goal. So I wanted them to cheer – due to the fact that they haven't had a batch to cheer about.'
He added: 'It's not the archetypal clip my substitutions person been booed. If you followed my tenure, it's not the archetypal time. They're allowed to boo. But I wanted them to cheer – due to the fact that I thought it was a cracking goal.'
Spurs midfielder James Maddison admitted successful his ain interrogation with Sky Sports that fans person each close to beryllium aggravated with the squad close present pursuing a 16th league decision that leaves Tottenham down successful 14th.
'It hurts a lot. It’s been 1 excessively galore times this season. Our fans are rightly disappointed. We’re disappointed.
'We’re conscionable trying hard to hunt for the answers of why, successful the league, we’re not getting the results successful the choky games. We’ve mislaid truthful galore games this twelvemonth by one-goal margins.
Sky's archetypal footage connected Thursday had shown an space from down Postecoglou of him cupping his ear
Postecoglou had claimed helium was conscionable trying to get the fans to cheer louder
Postecoglou has been branded a 'disgrace' for his actions towards the fans
The Australian manager has besides been accused of showing his 'arrogance'
One instrumentality claimed they were nary longer buying his excuses pursuing the newly-released footage
'So, I don’t truly privation to beryllium retired present talking retired of nowhere. Our fans don’t adjacent privation to perceive what we’ve got to say, bash they? So, it’s astir conscionable trying to beryllium amended going forward.
'To beryllium fair, they’re rightly angry. I deliberation it’s inactive important that we spell implicit and amusement our appreciation for them, adjacent though we’re not getting a bully reception, let’s enactment it that way.
'So that’s wherefore I inactive locomotion implicit there. I deliberation they merit that, adjacent though it’s not casual to spell implicit and get pelted close successful your face.
'But, similar I said, they wage their money, they question each implicit for us. And we’re conscionable arsenic disappointed arsenic they are, but we’re trying to enactment it right.'
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