Supervisor Ange Postecoglou admitted his crew are nonetheless rising as Spurs noticed off Manchester Metropolis to achieve the final eight of the Carabao Cup.
Objectives from Timo Werner and Pape Sarr contained in the opening half an hour have been sufficient to present Postecoglou’s facet a 2-1 victory in what was an thrilling, open contest on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Wednesday night.
Matheus Nunes pulled a objective again for Metropolis simply earlier than the break however the hosts held agency within the second half and maybe ought to have been out of sight.
However their hopes of lifting a primary trophy since 2008 stay alive, and the Spurs boss was fast to reward his gamers’ exhibiting.
“We’re a facet that’s rising and growing, hopefully we’ve acquired extra good days forward of us.”
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“It’s a cup tie, you’re enjoying towards a fairly formidable opponent,” Postecoglou advised Sky Sports activities.
“You must do a little bit of all the pieces and I assumed we did that basically effectively for probably the most half.
“We didn’t give them too many clear-cut possibilities. We actually had a number of ourselves that we might have put the sport away.
“Metropolis are all the time going to push you and push you however an important factor for us in an vital cup tie is that we acquired a victory.”
Postecoglou added that his crew remains to be growing however believes optimistic indicators are there.
He mentioned: “This crew is rising on a regular basis. Generally you’re going to stumble and we’ve had out stumbles it’s truthful to say.
“However we’ll all the time bounce again and I had nice perception and confidence that we’d come out right this moment and placed on a great present.”
The Spurs boss singled out reward for striker Werner, who limped off in direction of the top of the sport, highlighting that his objective ought to do wonders for his confidence.
“With attacking gamers, they really feel that nervousness a bit after they don’t rating,” mentioned Postecoglou.
“However hopefully tonight’s objective helps him [Werner] with that.”
“It’s what it’s, it’s regular…”
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Regardless of the defeat, Pep Guardiola known as his facet’s efficiency “distinctive” as they suffered their first lack of the season.
“With the issues that we now have when it comes to accidents, it was distinctive,” mentioned the Metropolis boss.
“The younger gamers performed actually, actually good so actually happy for the way in which we performed.
“I do know completely how good we performed.”
Each Manuel Akanji and Savinho suffered knocks, so as to add to Metropolis’s rising listing of damage considerations.
Guardiola, nonetheless, shrugged off any temptation to complain in regards to the scenario.
He added: “It’s what it’s, it’s regular. So many gamers are enjoying 11 months and are at their restrict.
“However 11 gamers will likely be at Bournemouth [for the Premier League game this weekend].”
