{"id":298007,"date":"2023-12-01T00:24:07","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T00:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=298007"},"modified":"2023-12-01T00:24:07","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T00:24:07","slug":"tottenham-cannot-go-toe-to-toe-with-man-citys-attacking-style-of-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/tottenham-cannot-go-toe-to-toe-with-man-citys-attacking-style-of-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham CANNOT go toe-to-toe with Man City&apos;s attacking style of play"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Tottenham CANNOT go toe-to-toe with Man City and play Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s usual attacking, front-foot style &#8211; or they will get their trousers pulled down, insists Ian Ladyman on Mail Sport&#8217;s It&#8217;s All Kicking Off podcast<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Spurs sit fifth in the table only three points behind Guardiola&#8217;s Manchester City<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Injuries to Maddison and Micky van de Ven have halted Postecoglou&#8217;s progress<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Pressure is easing on Man United boss Erik ten Hag: Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ian Ladyman has claimed Tottenham will not be able to go &#8216;toe-to-toe&#8217; against Man City on the weekend, otherwise they could be in for another heavy defeat.<\/p>\n<p>Before losing three consecutive games, Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s Spurs side were being hailed for their attacking, front-foot play.<\/p>\n<p>The Aussie manager won three Premier League manager of the month awards in what was Tottenham&#8217;s best-ever start to the league after ten games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, after defeats to Chelsea at home &#8211; which began an injury crisis at the club starting with James Maddison and Micky van de Ven &#8211; as well as to Wolves and most recently Aston Villa, there has been growing concern over Tottenham&#8217;s style of play.<\/p>\n<p>Now, speaking on Mail Sport&#8217;s It&#8217;s All Kicking Off podcast, Ladyman has insisted that Postecoglou should adapt to the current squad he has around him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/30\/10\/78414371-12808789-image-m-13_1701340221937.jpg\" height=\"577\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s high-pressing attacking style of play has drawn high praise from pundits<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/30\/09\/78411279-12808789-image-a-8_1701337312001.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>But with the injuries Spurs are facing, Ian Ladyman suggests they&#8217;ll need to adapt vs Man City<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The big one on Sundays is Tottenham at Manchester City. Tottenham have lost three on the bounce now. Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s start at Tottenham has not hit the buffers. It&#8217;s been derailed rather by injuries and suspensions,&#8217; Ladyman began.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He&#8217;s got another injury, Rodrigo Bentancur is now injured as well, and I&#8217;m beginning to wonder, despite all that Postecoglou tells us about his commitment to attacking football.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m just beginning to wonder if on Sunday against the best team in Europe, against the treble winners, whether he just needs to find a way to just shut the door a little bit and maybe try a slightly different approach.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Man City managed to overcome RB Leipzig in the Champions League despite being 2-0 down at home and playing, as Phil Foden described, the &#8216;worst they have played all season&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;As City showed in midweek in the Champions League, it is desperately hard to take them down, Ladyman added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m not suggesting changes of style [for Postecoglou]. I think what I&#8217;m getting at is that we know that he&#8217;s missing players all over the place.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And as far as I&#8217;m concerned, he&#8217;s got two very, very good footballers in Eric Dier and Pierre-Emile Hojberg sitting on the bench out of the picture.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/30\/09\/78411233-12808789-image-a-9_1701337317282.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Many fans felt Tottenham still dominated the game against Aston Villa despite losing 2-1<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/30\/09\/78411291-12808789-image-a-10_1701337320560.jpg\" height=\"439\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ladyman suggested\u00a0Pierre Emile Hojbjerg is a &#8216;really effective, solid&#8217; central midfield player<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He didn&#8217;t play either of them against Villa on Sunday when they played very well but lost at home.\u00a0Hojberg in particular is a really, really effective, solid, defensive minded, central midfield player. Dier can play there as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Is it not time for that type of player? If Tottenham go toe to toe with\u00a0City on Sunday with the depleted squad that they&#8217;ve got, then they&#8217;re gonna get the trousers pulled down, aren&#8217;t they?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Responding to his co-host&#8217;s line of questioning, Mail Sport&#8217;s Chris Sutton argued there is a reason Dier and Hojbjerg\u00a0 haven&#8217;t been playing and it&#8217;s because of &#8216;the bigger picture&#8217; and what &#8216;believes in&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The reason Eric Dier isn&#8217;t playing as a centre-back is he can&#8217;t run, he doesn&#8217;t have pace,&#8217; Sutton said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The best two players for Postecoglou have to be the centre backs because they get exposed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/30\/10\/78414373-12808789-image-a-15_1701340241031.jpg\" height=\"586\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Man City will be hoping to continue their fine form this season against Tottenham on Sunday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/30\/09\/78411305-12808789-image-a-11_1701337323188.jpg\" height=\"420\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Chris Sutton believes Eric Dier&#8217;s lack of pace is stopping him from playing under\u00a0Postecoglou<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s about the bigger picture. It&#8217;s about what he believes in. [On Hojbjerg] I<span>t&#8217;s all about the quickness of passing,\u00a0<\/span>offloading, quickly driving with the ball and he sees other people ahead of Dier and Hojberg in that position.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Despite Tottenham&#8217;s recent run of form, a win against City on Sunday would certainly improve the mood in camp.<\/p>\n<p>But with Liverpool and Arsenal keeping pace with City, the reigning league champions will want to press ahead.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12808789\/Tottenham-toe-toe-Man-City-trousers-pulled-insists-Ian-Ladyman.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham CANNOT go toe-to-toe with Man City and play Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s usual attacking, front-foot style &#8211; 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