Published By: Ritayan Basu
Last Updated: November 07, 2023, 07:37 IST
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Tottenham Hotspur supervisor Ange Postecoglou (AP)
Ange Postecoglou was not a contented man after Spurs had Cristian Romero and Destiny Udogie despatched off and had been denied two targets by VAR.
Ange Postecoglou admitted he doesn’t like VAR because the Tottenham boss blasted the replay system’s affect on his facet’s “out of control” 4-1 defeat in opposition to Chelsea on Monday.
Tottenham had Cristian Romero and Destiny Udogie despatched off and had been denied two targets by VAR in a exceptional Premier League conflict.
The dismissals of Romero, for a studs-up foul on Enzo Fernandez, and Udogie, who earned a second reserving for chopping down Raheem Sterling, appeared right on additional overview, as did Son Heung-min and Eric Dier’s disallowed targets.
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Nicolas Jackson scored 3 times within the closing phases to win the London derby for Chelsea after Cole Palmer’s penalty cancelled out Dejan Kulusevski’s early opener for Tottenham.
But with Chelsea additionally having three targets chalked off by VAR, Postecoglou was left infuriated by the period of time spent ready for selections to be made.
“I felt like I was standing around waiting for things to happen with VAR intervention,” he stated.
“There will be a forensic study of every decision out there. That is the way the game is going and I don’t like it.
“Decisions are decisions, you either accept it or you don’t. If you look at all that standing around we did today, maybe people enjoy that sort of thing.
“I’d rather see us playing football but I could be a lone voice.”
‘In the wilderness’
Tottenham’s first league defeat since Postecoglou took cost within the close-season denied them the possibility to regain prime spot within the Premier League.
And Postecoglou claimed he would favor the referee and his linesmen to have the ultimate say on essential selections, moderately than a VAR official who just isn’t even primarily based within the stadium.
“You have to accept the referee’s decision, that is how I grew up. This constant erosion of the referee’s authority is where the game is going to get,” the Australian stated.
“They are not going to have any authority. We are going to be under the control of someone with a TV screen a few miles away.
“I don’t like it but I am probably in the wilderness with that because I keep getting told that’s where we want to go. I am too old school.
“It is almost impossible to analyse the game because it just seemed to get out of control for large parts of it.”
Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino had no such complaints about VAR as he savoured a victory over his outdated membership on his first return since being sacked in 2019.
“This is football. We won and deserved it. The technology is there and we need to accept. Many things happen on the pitch and you need to verify and check,” he stated.
“I’m happy to come back and see people I didn’t get the chance to say bye too. Most important for me is the win. It is Tottenham and it is not more special because of that.”
Pochettino has endured a tough begin with Chelsea following his close-season appointment, making this a much-needed morale increase for the Argentine and his injury-hit workforce.
“We deserve the credit. Tottenham are doing fantastic but tonight we were the better team,” he stated.
“It’s clear from the beginning we didn’t have the whole squad. We need to build this momentum.
“It is amazing for Nicolas (Jackson). There was massive pressure on him but I hope this hat-trick allows him to play more relaxed and be more confident.”
(This story has not been edited by News18 workers and is printed from a syndicated news company feed – AFP)
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