Liverpool manager Arne Slot has said he is a fan of Ange Postecoglou’s gung-ho approach to football and hopes he wins a trophy — just not the League Cup — after the teams were paired together in the semi-finals
Premier League leaders Liverpool also travel to face Spurs in the English top flight on Sunday, needing to win to keep fast-charging Chelsea at bay.
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Tottenham, chasing their first trophy since 2008, beat Manchester United 4-3 in a chaotic League Cup quarter-final on Thursday.
Postecoglou has been criticised by some for his unwillingness to compromise on his attacking instincts but he gave a passionate defence of his approach after the match, asking: “Are you not entertained?”
And Slot admits he is a devotee of the Australian’s methods, saying his team are a “joy” to watch.
Slot, whose team have a game in hand on their rivals, said it was too early to make judgements.
“I look at it like I’ve said for the three, four, five months — judge the table after 19 games because then everybody has played the same opponents,” he said.
“Probably we all had a bit of the same bad luck and a bit of the same luck, that means Arsenal for example had a lot of red cards in the beginning of the season, that’s why they dropped points.
“Now we were unfortunate to receive a red card (Andy Robertson was sent off in last week’s 2-2 draw with Fulham) and we dropped points as well… Don’t look at it where you were during the season — it is about where you are at the end of the season.”
