Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou not delighted with Timo Werner

Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou did not keep back with his objection of ahead Timo Werner after a 1-1 draw at Rangers in the Europa League.

Spurs gotten here in Scotland without a variety of first-team gamers and looked established for a 3rd successive loss when Hamza Igamane terminated the hosts ahead after 47 mins to aid a rowdy ambience at Ibrox go up a notch.

Ex-Celtic manager Postecoglou had actually currently made his initial step at half-time with the intro of Dejan Kulusevski for Werner after an error-strewn display screen.

Kulusevski would ultimately save a factor for Tottenham when he gunned right into the lower edge in the 75th min after being established by fellow replacement Dominic Solanke.

A factor for the Premier League attire maintains them nine in the organization stage of the competitors and in a solid placement to protect a top-eight coating, which makes straight access with to the last-16, however while Postecoglou called it an “important point,” he was annoyed with RB Leipzig loanee Werner.

“Yeah, just tactical. He wasn’t playing anywhere near the level he should,” Postecoglou claimed when inquired about Werner being taken out at the break.

“It’s not acceptable to me. I said that to Timo. He is a senior international, a German international, with the moment we’re in right now, it’s not like we’ve got many options, I need everyone to at least be going out there and trying to give the best of themselves.

“Yeah, his performance in the first half wasn’t acceptable.

“We just need everyone, including him, to be contributing because we don’t have the depth to leave people out if they perform poorly. We need them to play their part and especially the senior guys.

“When I am asking younger guys to do massive jobs, I expect a level of performance from the senior guys and today wasn’t that.”

Injuries in protection implied Postecoglou made use of flexible 18-year-old Archie Gray at centre-back, however the summer season hire generated a greatly ensured display screen and fellow young adult Lucas Bergvall stood out with a second-half cameo off the bench.

Postecoglou claimed of Gray: “He’s 18, big experience for him and I thought he handled the experience really well.

“As an 18-year-old, in his first year at this level, to play in unfamiliar positions in such big games, it is outstanding what he is doing.

“I thought Lucas was excellent when he came on. He was due to start tonight but wasn’t feeling well today, a bit under the weather, so we had to keep him on the bench, but that’s a positive for us.

“Those two, as 18-year-olds, to already be contributing and experiencing these things will be of enormous benefit to us.”

Spurs needed Fraser Forster to be at his ideal to leave Glasgow with a factor after the previous Celtic stopper made a take on block to reject Cyriel Dessers late on, which makes certain the English club remain in a solid placement to secure a top-eight berth with suits versus Hoffenheim and Elfsborg in January.

“We weren’t anywhere near our best I think it is fair to say, but at the same time we’re in a period of games where we’re grinding through it with a fairly depleted squad and asking players to get up week in, week out,” Postecoglou recognized.

“I thought we worked our way back into the game well and the subs coming on made a difference. We scored a good goal, had a couple of other moments, but in the end, a great save by Frase gets us, in the context of where we are in Europe, an important point.”