Postecoglou bemoans missed opportunity after Tottenham crash out of Carabao Cup

Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou expressed his frustration and 'disappointment' after his side was beaten 4-0 by Liverpool in their semi-final second stage of Carabao Cup.

On the way to the collision in Anfield, Spurs had a 1-0 lead of the first stage of last month, but they were torn apart on Thursday evening by Arne Slot.

Despite the resistance of some early edition, Cody Gakpo put the Reds ahead to level the draw in the 34th minute – and from there it was one -way traffic.

Mohamed Salah scored a second from the place just after the break when Darwin Nunez was polluted by Antonin Kinsky, before Dominik Szoboszlai and Virgil van Dijk added the shine to the victory to ensure that Liverpool has the chance to get their Carabao Cup title Defending at Wembley month on the basis of a 4-1 aggregated victory.

The Reds registered 26 shots during the collision, but the side of Postecoglou failed to collect an attempt on goal and hardly put a glove on their opponents.

The oppressed Australian cut a depressed figure after another gloomy day when he admitted: 'They were too good for us.

'It is disappointing because it is a great achievement to reach a final. We did not take the opportunity or gave ourselves the opportunity to make that chance, which is disappointing.

'I am not worried about reassessed and who assesses. My responsibility is to try to get the players I have to perform as well as possible. '

Postecoglou also regretted the failure of his side to get the most out of their first leg in Anfield and the Australian was also critical of the display on his side.

“It was disappointing tonight because we had the chance to reach a final and they don't come around too often,” he added.

'So to make that slip are disappointing. I was disappointed that we did not play the way we wanted.

“We didn't really give ourselves a chance with the implementation. I set up the team to play as we play every week. There were a whole way of things that we didn't do. '

Spurs, who is currently getting away in the 14th road in the Premier League after losing 13 of their 24 League matches, returns to action on Sunday when they travel to Aston Villa in the FA Cup fourth round, while Liverpool takes it on Plymouth .