Ange Postecoglou was happy Tottenham regained their composure to storm again to earn a vital 3-2 dwelling win over Brentford however advised each units of gamers to enter the UFC ring in the event that they wish to give attention to grappling over targets.
Spurs had been sluggish within the first half and trailed to Neal Maupay’s Fifteenth-minute opener, which noticed him mock James Maddison’s darts celebration and seemed to be the catalyst for a fiery contest between the London rivals.
No matter Postecoglou mentioned at half-time did the trick although with Tottenham scoring twice in 72 seconds by Future Udogie and substitute Brennan Johnson earlier than Richarlison made it three targets in eight second-half minutes when he steered dwelling with 56 minutes on the clock.
Ivan Toney arrange a grandstand end when he pounced on Udogie’s error to attain in entrance of England boss Gareth Southgate, however Spurs held on to leapfrog Aston Villa and reclaim fourth spot following a chaotic encounter.
Requested if Maupay’s darts celebration had fired up his crew, Postecoglou replied: “I hope not as a result of that’s precisely what I’m speaking about.
“I’m not a fan of it. I don’t like the entire bravado, pushing individuals round. If you happen to’re that courageous about issues, my gamers and their gamers, get right into a UFC cage and I’ll see how courageous they’re.
“We’re on the market to play soccer and that’s what I would like our guys to do, give attention to taking part in soccer they usually shouldn’t get motivated by issues that aren’t actually that vital to us.
“Like I mentioned, we bought sucked in first half. Second half was higher.
“I feel we began the sport effectively, began with good depth and good tempo, clearly they rating after which we misplaced our approach.
“We misplaced focus. I used to be a bit pissed off with our incapability to remain disciplined, simply too many stops and begins, it type of performs into their arms, plenty of set items and throw ins.
“We spent extra time speaking to the referee than taking part in the sport. I used to be a bit pissed off we misplaced our actual clear focus.
“Second half, I feel for 25-Half-hour we had been excellent, scored three nice targets and possibly ought to have had a pair extra.”
Spurs began on the entrance foot however had been rocked when Udogie gave away possession to Christian Norgaard, who despatched Toney away and whereas Guglielmo Vicario denied him, Maupay was available to bundle dwelling and rating for a fourth consecutive match.
Tottenham bought sucked into Brentford’s game-plan after with the remainder of the primary 45 stop-start and containing loads of melees, however a double substitution on the break impressed the hosts’ comeback with Johnson and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg launched.
Udogie slotted dwelling after a slick one-two with Werner, who then arrange Johnson on the again put up within the Forty ninth-minute.
When Richarlison fired in for his seventh league objective in as many matches, after Maddison’s shot had been blocked, Spurs had been on observe for 3 factors however one other poor Udogie go allowed Toney to tee up a dramatic finale in N17.
Maddison was pressured off late on with cramp, however Postecoglou’s facet survived seven minutes of stoppage-time to return to the highest 4.
Reverse quantity Thomas Frank stoked the fireplace additional after full time when he questioned why Tottenham had allowed Maupay’s darts celebration to annoy them.
“If that’s what’s irritating them, then they’ve an issue,” Frank mentioned.
“Is that honest sufficient? If they’re speaking about darts celebrations winding them up, then I feel they’ve a problem, personally.”
On Postecoglou’s UFC suggestion, Frank added: “Yeah, I agree. Simply on the whole consider taking part in soccer.”