An annoyed Ange Postecoglou lost his cool in the press conference after the game after the 2-0 victory of Tottenham over Bodo/Glimt (5-1 AGG).
Matt Law of the Telegraph asked: 'Manchester United has constantly said that this game will not save their season – managers have said it, players said it.
“Would it save the Tottenham season, is it different for Tottenham?”
Then follow a short exchange, in which the spurs boss is clearly annoyed by the comparison.
He hit back with: 'I don't care – why do I care what man United thinks? Why is that relevant to me? Ask the Man United manager why he says that. I have always said that this is important.
He was then asked: 'What does it mean for the Tottenham season?
Postecoglou reversed the question back to the journalist: 'You probably know better than me and this club probably followed longer than me. What do you think a trophy would do for this club?
“Massif,” came the answer.
“Just right, so the question answers itself,” Postecoglou now explained, now in a more neutral tone. But what is happening now is that people fear that it could actually happen.
“Because it could happen, they think:” Let's see how we can break it off somehow, somehow reduce it by saying that it has been a bad season, we don't deserve this, we don't deserve that, or somehow compare with man. “
United is 15th, with Spurs a point in the back of the 16th in the Premier League table after the disastrous seasons.
But silverware and a place in next season's Champions League is still a live opportunity for both parties, who will meet in the Europa League final on Wednesday 21 May.
The final in Bilbao will also have offered the enormous financial reward that is accompanied by the participation of Champions League and can help inform the winner's summer activities.
The commitment is enormous for both clubs, which set up their respective semi-final opponents with relatively ease on both legs.
Earlier this week Arsene Wenger had said: 'They should automatically qualify for the Europa League, but not necessarily for the Champions League.
'Especially if you are in the Premier League, where five teams are already eligible.
'I think it's something [for UEFA] To think about and assess. '
Perhaps this was one of the examples of the Europa League that was reduced to which Postecoglou referred and he had responded robustly to those comments.
He said: 'I've never heard that, so … I said it before, size, Spurs does crazy things with people. It does it, it does it.
'You place that club in a sentence or another issue, and they all come out and try to reduce them as much as possible.
'Why was there not a problem before and it is a problem now? What is the difference? I don't understand what the difference is.
'Last year Fifth did not get you in the Champions League, this year it did. What does that mean?
'There are competition rules and the rules say that the winner will go in [the Champions League]. It is not the first year, and there is no asterisk against that you also have to do something else. But it's spurs size, they love it. They love it. Oh, they love it, you love it, right? '