Tottenham Hotspur head coach Ange Postecoglou has voiced his frustration with his teams luck in front of goal during their Europa League quarterfinal first-leg draw with Eintracht Frankfurt and said his team has fallen out of favour with the “football gods” this season.
Pedro Porros clever finish earned Spurs a 1-1 draw in north London after Hugo Ekitike gave the visitors an early lead, but Postecoglous team wasted a host of chances to take a healthy lead into the second leg in Germany next week.
Lucas Bergvall came close when he hit the frame of the goal in the 55th minute before Rodrigo Bentancurs header hit the crossbar moments later. Frankfurt goalkeeper KauĆ£ Santos put in an outstanding performance in goal to deny Spurs, with his stoppage-time save from Micky van de Vens header denying the hosts a late win.
“Im resigned to the fact that the football gods have got their eyes elsewhere this year. They
e obviously busy with other clubs and other managers so whatever we get, we
e going to have to do it without them this year,” Postecoglou told a post-match news conference.
The Australian coachs second season in charge of Spurs has been a disastrous one. Both full-backs defensively and with the ball were really causing problems. Cuti Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven handled their front threats really well apart from the goal we conceded which was the only disappointing bit.
“The front three were working with Madders James Maddison and were really creative. You can ask any more from the lads than what the lads did, especially in that second half to create that many chances.
