Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou says he has empathy somewhat than any sympathy for Arsenal’s personal damage woes forward of Wednesday’s North London derby.
Already with out main gamers together with Bukayo Saka and Ben White, Arsenal now have Gabriel Jesus on the sidelines too after the Brazil ahead suffered a suspected ACL damage within the FA Cup defeat to Manchester United final Sunday.
Postecoglou’s facet have skilled their very own horror run with accidents and head to the Emirates on a run of 1 win of their final seven Premier League video games, a sequence which has left them twelfth within the desk at the beginning of the midweek spherical of fixtures.
“I don’t know, how much sympathy have they all had for me? I’m not really sure…” mentioned Postecoglou when requested if he had any sympathy in direction of Mikel Arteta within the wake of the information of Jesus’ damage.
“I definitely have empathy, that is most likely a greater phrase.
“I understand how challenging it is for any team, irrespective of the size or quality.”
Since becoming a member of Spurs from Celtic in the summertime of 2023, Postecoglou has misplaced two and drawn certainly one of his three North London derbies in cost.
He described Wednesday’s match as “as big as they ever come” and, admitting his facet wanted to get again to successful methods within the league rapidly, mentioned there could be “no better place to start” than on the Emirates.
“You understand it is a standalone fixture in that it means a hell of a lot to our supporters and to our club,” mentioned Postecoglou.
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“So that’s the focus and that is what we’ve got to hone in on in terms of us wanting to really bring our best performance on the day so we can make our supporters happy.
“It is like being up in Glasgow, you are nicely conscious and know what it means and the ramifications of each the optimistic and unfavourable.
“I’ve been on it for the first game. This year is as big as they ever come, especially for us and our season. We have to start winning games in the league and no better place to start.”
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The Soccer Sunday panel believes that regardless of beating the non-league facet Tottenham needs to be embarrassed by their efficiency towards Tamworth.
Richarlison again however Werner out
Talking in his pre-match press convention, Postecoglou provided hope that Spurs might be over the worst of their damage troubles by saying there was “hopefully some light at the end of the tunnel for us”.
They’ll have Richarlison out there for Wednesday’s sport for the primary time since he sustained a muscle damage throughout a 4-1 win over Aston Villa in November, though Timo Werner will miss out with a hamstring damage.
“Only one who picked up an injury [against Tamworth in the FA Cup] was Timo. He picked up a hamstring injury,” Postecoglou revealed.
“Everyone else apart from being sore pulled up OK. In terms of incoming, Richy is available.”
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