Ange Postecoglou watched his Tottenham side pick up a much-needed three points against Brentford at the weekend.
The Tottenham boss has come under fire, especially after their defeat to Arsenal in the north London derby, but sometimes you need that bit of luck.
They got that when they were fortunate to beat Championship side Coventry City in the League Cup, with two late goals from the London club.
That seems to have helped them because, despite Brentford scoring inside a minute on Saturday, Tottenham still secured a 3-1 win.
Before Postecoglou arrived, there was a lot of noise around the negative style that was played by the likes of Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte.
It’s fair to say all of that has changed on its head, regardless of the results Spurs are producing.
Postecoglou’s all-action style has lifted fans from their seats once more and resulted in Tottenham playing in their old-school way.
That is also shown by the starting XI the former Celtic manager is putting out because, as Michael Dawson pointed out, it’s very attack-minded.
This isn’t just against Coventry, but in the big games also, even if Spurs find themselves on the losing side against Arsenal.
Dawson highlighted the roles of James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski and how their manager is ‘brave’ to play them together in the middle of the park, as he told Sky Sports News (24/09/24 at 10:25 am).
James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski under Ange Postecoglou
“It was a good performance against Brentford at the weekend,” said Dawson. “You look at the week before and they should have got more out of the game, then you go to Coventry and I thought it was a really, really poor performance.
“The performance against Brentford was top draw. You talk about keeping calm. That’s what Spurs did. Going one down after 23 seconds – and you talk about a reaction. But they stuck at it and they got numerous chances.
“Then the best player on the park, for me, was James Maddison. I thought he was magnificent, creating chances and threading balls. He was all over the pitch and he took his goals really well to clinch the three points, which they deserved – the credit that Ange deserves is that he went very attacking again. He went attacking against Arsenal where you went ‘this is brave’. Maddison and Kulusevski. Son on one side and Johnson on the other, then Solanke through the middle. He (Maddison) would drop into midfield. Kulusevski would go into the ten. They would rotate. Really, really good performance and plenty of positives from that game.”
James Maddison needs to find his form
One man who is under huge pressure and in the spotlight is Maddison because his form has been indifferent after he joined from Leicester City last summer.
The 27-year-old started like a house on fire and after ten Premier League games, he was one of the best players in the league.
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But injury and a drop in form resulted in Maddison missing the cut for England’s Euro 2024 squad, hence why many are looking forward to how he reacts to that all.
It hasn’t been a blistering start from the playmaker, but Maddison’s performance against Brentford was one of his best in a long while.
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