Tottenham Hotspur boss Ange Postecoglou admits Tuesday night s 2-0 loss to Manchester City was the worst experience he s had as a football manager .
was lauded at the start of this season as he successfully overhauled Tottenham s style of play after the approach adopted by Antonio Conte and Jose Mourinho bored supporters.
Under the former Celtic boss, have surpassed expectations this season as they have mounted a challenge for the Champions League places.
Sadly for Postecoglou, Spurs have fallen apart during the run-in as they have lost five of their last six games in the Premier League so will likely have to settle for a fifth-place finish.
as a portion of their fanbase wanted their team to lose against Man City so Arsenal would miss out on the Premier League title.
This means there was a subdued atmosphere at The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Despite this, Spurs put in a solid performance before ultimately losing 2-0 to Premier League table-toppers Man City.
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Postecoglou has since admitted that the Man City game was his worst experience as he got in cold sweats thinking about people questioning his integrity .
“Look, I will try and explain it in this way. That is probably the worst experience I have had as a football manager in a game,” Postecoglou said.
“Because once I realised I got it wrong, in terms of what the atmosphere would be like and what people felt, I got a real anxiety within me of what happens if Man City, best team in the world and disposing of teams quite easily in the build-up, what if we play as well as we can, but they beat us 5-0?
“I got in cold sweats thinking about people questioning my integrity and the people I work with.
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He continued: “Even watching the game back, there was a comment – somebody mentioned it to me – in commentary where someone says, ‘oh Tottenham are having a real go here,’ and you’re laughing about it. But that is 26 years of my life and if nothing else, people should know I love this game.
“I would hate to think, as Manchester City could have done to us, if we were on the end of a heavy defeat, then people would be questioning whether I prepared the team.
