Ange Postecoglou welcomes scrutiny but calls some pundit comments ‘offensive’

Ange Postecoglou has no issue with Jamie Carragher’s analysis of his Tottenham team but does feel certain discourse around himself from unnamed pundits has been offensive.

Injury-hit Spurs took a big step towards a first trophy since 2008 on Thursday night with a rip-roaring 4-3 victory over Manchester United in the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup.

Two mistakes by Fraser Forster put Tottenham on the brink of throwing away a three-goal lead and, while they held on for a precious win, the critique of Sky Sports pundit Carragher post-match centred on how Postecoglou’s side never change their approach but should do – a view echoed by Jamie Redknapp.

"Football shouldn't be played the same from minute one to minute 90."

Jamie Carragher and Jamie Redknapp discuss the mistakes from Tottenham when they conceded the second Man United goal... pic.twitter.com/TAaEOGzpA7

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Ahead of Sunday’s visit of Liverpool, Postecoglou found an ally on Friday morning in opposite number Arne Slot, who declared himself a big fan of the Spurs boss’ style and insisted he wants to see them win the Europa League.

Postecoglou discussed in detail the analysis of Carragher and others when asked if he would listen more to someone like Slot than the ex-Reds defender.

“Jamie Carragher, mate. You can name him. He’ll enjoy that,” Postecoglou laughed.

“People tell me he likes me so that’s a good thing. They say, ‘did you hear what he said? But he likes you as a person’. So, that’s important to me.

“Look, it’s all valid, it’s all valid but I don’t need validation from anybody to do what I do. Whether you agree with my approach or not, there is validity in both and I don’t have an issue with that.

“I love the