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Spurs, who travel to Aston Villa in the FA Cup on Sunday, took a one-goal lead to Anfield on Thursday night but were thrashed 4-0 as they missed out on the chance to take on Newcastle in next month’s Carabao Cup final.
Meanwhile, Tottenham’s Premier League points tally leaves them closer to the relegation zone than a place in Europe next season, and Merson says Postecoglou’s side are “horrible” to watch right now.
“Everybody is hiding behind the manager and Levy now, that’s what I feel,” he said.
“There were some experienced players out there [against Liverpool]. There were a lot of caps out there and for me it wasn’t good enough. It was like ‘if we get beat it’ll be down to Ange and it will be down to Levy’.
“I thought it was shocking.
“There are ways of losing. Everybody loses football matches, whoever you may be you [can] lose a football match, but there are ways, this is a semi-final, dig in.
“I think Ange is caught in between [the Devil and] the Deep Blue Sea now.
“They neither attack nor defend. At least before it was gung-ho, it was like we’ll have a load of shots and we might get well beat.
“But now it’s like they are not really defending but they’re not attacking neither It’s a horrible watch. It’s a horrible watch at the moment.”
Ange: Talk over future ‘doesn’t enter my head’
Postecoglou says will shut out talk about his future and focus on trying to salvage Tottenham’s season when they travel to Villa in the FA Cup.
Postecoglou knows speculation over his job will intensify if an FA Cup exits follows the heavy Carabao Cup defeat to Liverpool.
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