Jamie Carragher expressed his surprise at Ange Postecoglou’s verdict following Tottenham’s defeat to Cheslea.
Spurs had raced into a two-goal lead against their London rivals but fell to a 4-3 loss, extending their winless run to four games.
Postecoglou’s side sit 11th in the Premier League table and the defeat came only a few days after the Australian was involved in a heated exchange with an angry supporter following the loss away at Bournemouth.
It leaves Postecoglou under pressure heading into another busy week of action. He takes his side to Rangers in the Europa League before a trip to crisis club Southampton on Sunday.
The Spurs boss claimed his side “played well” during the Chelsea game, comments which seemingly alarmed Sky Sports pundit Carragher.
The former Liverpool defender, who also called for chairman Daniel Levy to leave the club, believes none of his former managers would ever declare their team played well after having conceded four goals.
"Ange said how well they played. I can't imagine any Liverpool manager I played for - and we conceded four in a game - would say in the interview we played well,” he said.
“If you play this way you'll get the result like at Manchester City but you'd also get results like this one where you're 2-0 up. I've never got my head around managers saying we play a 'certain way and we will never change' - I think it started with Pep Guardiola at Barcelona.
“This idea that wherever they play, they will play their way. But that was the best team I've ever seen. Pep Guardiola then had to change his Man City team who were winning the leagues every season, putting centre-backs at full-back. This idea that you can't change is alien to me. The game-state dictates how you play, not all the time but if you go away to a tough away ground you shouldn't play the same way as you do against a team at the bottom.
"I wake up every morning, and if the sun's shining I put a pair of trainers, shorts and a t-shirt on - but if it's raining, you put your coat on!" ☀@Carra23 has an analogy for Ange Postecoglou's in-game management style 👇 pic.twitter.com/RzJOcL42vS
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) December 8, 2024
Carragher also added that Postecoglou could be facing an exit if his side do not develop more than one way of playing.
“There's this idea of playing a pure game and the Tottenham fans singing 'We've got our Tottenham back' but you won't win anything, you won't challenge,” he added.
“I wake up every morning hoping the sun is shining, so I can put some shorts and a T-shirt on but if it's raining, you put your coat on. You can't have this idea about playing one way, it won't work. If it doesn't change, he won't be here next season."
