Ange Postecoglou suffered a harmful defeat on his search to deliver Tottenham a trophy while Aston Villa threw his side out of the FA Cup with a 2-1 win.
Postecoglou said earlier this season: “I always win things in my second year”, but an injury hit Spurs now only have the Europa League to lift after he was beaten by Liverpool in the semi-final of the Carabao Cup on Thursday.
The Tottenham boss, who was without 11 players of the first team because of an injury, had a bitter smile on his face when goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky left Jacob Ramsey's shot through his hands to lead Villa in the opening 60 seconds.
But he was left with Stoney after Morgan Rogers was produced in a second in the 64th minute to bring a 21st defeat in the last 46 games of Spurs, despite the good content-time-troost of Mathys Tel die The last few moments produced a nervy.
Villas Verspilling held traces during the break and hit the target with only four efforts from 11, while their only available center-back Ezri Konsa Hinkte.
After his early mistake, Kinksy also helped to make Villa a scary lead in the break by refusing Leon Bailey and Rogers, and had to make Heung-Min Son like when he sent a shot from close to the vast Emiliano Martinez.
The visitors then improved Postecoglou Yves Bissouma for teen Mikey Moore during the break and pressed high in the midfield of Villa.
Villa still had the greatest chance after the restart when Kinksy spread to refuse Ramsey when one-on-one and soon they had a second of Rogers' tap-in.
With the result apparently not question, Unai Emery brought the last 25 minutes of signs of Loan Marcus Rashford and Marco Asensio. The Villa supporters sang the name of Rashford, while Asensio combined well with Rogers, who flashed a shot wide.
Spurs defender Kevin Danso missed a babysitter that turned out to be even more expensive when tel led a first effort in the net after Kinksy Ramsey had re-refused to stack even more misery on Postecoglou and chairman Daniel Levy, who looked from the stands as the road supporters sang routinely for his resignation.
'Sympathy for traces carries thin'
Sky Sports' Lewis Jones:
Tottenham has injuries, but also Aston Villa. Is the management at top level not about attracting problems that occur throughout the season? Adjust or die. Find a way.
Well, Tottenham and Ange Postecoglou do not adapt. The Spurs -Baas again pointed to his injury list in the aftermath of this defeat, but the sympathy now takes a bit thin.
Villa ended the game without a fit or available middle behind to choose from after Ezri Konsa had joined their long list of absent, but Unai Emery found a way to let his team play his football and still protected their potential vulnerabilities in the mid -defense. That is how to solve problems.
Tottenham is in 14th place in Premier League – 16 points behind Chelsea in fourth place and are now outside both inland cup matches. The last three months of this season, a slog for Watchers from this football team with nothing in their own country will be to play for.
It is really Europa League or Bust for the Tottenham season now, with or without postecoglou in the Dugout.
Ange: We look forward to resetting
Tottenham -Baas Ange Postecoglou speaks with the BBC:
“Nothing really changes. We now have a few weeks without midweek matches.
“This group of players has done an incredible work for two and a half months. I can't praise them high enough for the efforts they have put for a small group of players who play twice a week since mid -November.
“There is a chance to recover now and get some players back in the coming weeks. We look forward to resetting and completing the season.
“Europe is important to us and we are in a great place there. We will get some players back in the coming weeks, because it gives us a rest and respite for a group that has done it in the past two months.
“Today we had 11 players in the first team. Get it out of each team for one match and they would struggle, but we have been doing it for two and a half months. We will get some players back and that will help.”
Emery: FA Cup means a lot
Aston Villa Boss Unai Emery:
“I am very happy for our supporters because this competition means a lot to them, for Aston Villa.
“We were here two years ago and we did not arrive at the fifth round as we did today. How we got it was fantastic because I think we played a very good match. We performed together and individually, very well.
“The players we have added in the past month have started to help us a lot and we are very motivated and enthusiastic to see how we can restore our capacity, our versions in the coming weeks and months play in different competitions – Fa Cup, Champions League and Premier League.
“After the result, what is the most important thing for us, it is how we played and how we got our performance, collective and individual, which I am happy with. I am very demanding about how we can get better for the following games In Premier League, the next matches in Champions League and the following games in FA Cup. “
Villa New Boys Impress on Debut
Sky Sports' Patrick Rowe:
Continue to the fifth round is exciting enough, but the Cameo performances of new signing sessions Marco Asensio and Rashford have left Aston Villa fans who see more desperately.
“This is probably the best team we've ever had,” said Ramsey.
“You see the couch with (donyell) starting and Rashford comes up. The team depth is incredible.
“The starting players must increase their play if the players who stand up pays a big threat.”
Despite the fact that they only spent a few training sessions with their new team after signing the last days of the January transfer window, Rashford and Asensio have seamlessly linked to their teammates and had bad luck to run away without assists in their name .
Emery now has an abundance of world -class
With regard to problems in football, however, it is the best to have.
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