Tottenham’s boss of Ange Postecoglou says he does not regret that he always wins a trophy in his second season in a club.
Spurs’s hopes for silverware in the Europa League have hit both Carabao and the FA Cups last month.
And the northern London club was 1-0 below the total of Az Alkmaar in the last-16, with work on the foot of returning on Thursday.
But Postecoglou does not feel the pressure and says that his side is still able to support his claim that he is winning in his second term.
Speaking in front of the Alkmaar game, he said: “No, there is no extra pressure. We were obviously frustrated by our performance in the first leg. The important thing is that we didn’t make the tie impossible for us to come back, it’s still very tight.
“They have the advantage of the goal, but we are playing at home, if we can play with the intensity and rhythm we did on the weekend then I think we will have the opportunity to move on.
“We have to move on we will have another big challenge in the next round. The focus is to put in a strong performance tomorrow night.
“My opinion was always when you ask you something, you answer it. I did nothing, I answered a question.
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“People have used it for their own purposes suggesting that I made a bold claim. Once I declare an event. If that doesn’t happen, then I can’t say that next year can I? People can turn these things, they can use them.
“If we win a trophy this season then some people could say” Oh, it’s not nice to do it after such a bold claim. “
A quick exit in the Europa League will leave the Australian in a very sticky situation in Spurs.
In the extremely poor form of the Club’s Premier League and their involvement by the qualifying for Europe next season, the entire campaign is under their farms in Europe.
And when he was asked if he could lose his job if the SPRS fails to move on, he replied: “There aren’t many professions where you have to come and answer such questions, is there?
“I will be kind and say that the appearance focuses on the game’s win tomorrow night. We have to make a better performance than last Thursday. This was not close to the standard we want to play.
“We did some good things on the weekend, some not so good things. If we can play with the intensity and rhythm we played on the weekend, we will give ourselves a good opportunity to move on.”
