{"id":182135,"date":"2024-05-14T12:55:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T12:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/14\/ange-postecoglou-responds-to-calls-for-tottenham-to-intentionally-lose-man-city-clash\/"},"modified":"2024-05-14T12:55:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T12:55:02","slug":"ange-postecoglou-responds-to-calls-for-tottenham-to-intentionally-lose-man-city-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/14\/ange-postecoglou-responds-to-calls-for-tottenham-to-intentionally-lose-man-city-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Ange Postecoglou responds to calls for Tottenham to intentionally lose Man City clash \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou has insisted that any fan wanting the team to lose against Manchester City on Tuesday just to stop Arsenal winning the Premier League title may \u201cneed counselling\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>City have played one game fewer than current league leaders Arsenal but sit just one point behind the Gunners, who only have one more match to play against Everton on the final day of the season.<\/p>\n<p>A win for\u00a0City\u00a0over\u00a0Spurs\u00a0would put them back in first heading into the final round of fixtures \u2013 Pep Guardiola\u2019s side face a mid-table West Ham United on May 19 \u2013 but defeat would likely see\u00a0Arsenal\u00a0lift the title \u2013 something many Spurs fans are adamant cannot be allowed.<\/p>\n<p>With many Spurs fans urging the team to effectively gift City the three points on Tuesday evening, Postecoglou insisted there will be no handouts from his side.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re going by social media then 99% of them will [want Spurs to lose] but please don\u2019t tell me that\u2019s your world,\u201d he said. \u201cIf it is you need counselling. I understand rivalry but I\u2019ll never understand anyone wanting their own team to lose.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are allowed to feel way they do but I\u2019ve been consistent and strong in my belief that it\u2019s important for this club to get to where we want to, not look for a silver bullet, it\u2019s hard work, perseverance, quality not false dawns and know what real success looks like. Anything in between, bragging rights, are meaningless to me. We\u2019ve got a game tomorrow we want to win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou think the majority of our fans don\u2019t want us to win? I don\u2019t see it that way, I think the fans inside the stadium will create the same atmosphere they always do.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/01hxs3d0wbw1bjv434p8.jpg\" alt=\"James Maddison\" title=\"James Maddison\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Maddison is going for the win \/ Bryn Lennon\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>That stance was shared by Spurs playmaker James Maddison, who refused to think about what the future may hold for Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course we will be giving everything on Tuesday,\u201d he stressed. \u201cWe are professionals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only way we can qualify for the Champions League is if we win all our games, so [helping Arsenal] is one for the fans to talk about, not us players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal forward Kai Havertz admitted he would temporarily become the \u201cbiggest Spurs fan ever\u201d for Tuesday\u2019s game, which will play an enormous role in deciding the fate of this season\u2019s Premier League title.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou has insisted that any fan wanting the team to lose against Manchester City on Tuesday just to stop Arsenal winning the Premier League title may \u201cneed counselling\u201d. City have played one game fewer than current league leaders Arsenal but sit just one point behind the Gunners, who only have one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":182136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ange Postecoglou responds to calls for Tottenham to intentionally lose Man City clash \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/14\/ange-postecoglou-responds-to-calls-for-tottenham-to-intentionally-lose-man-city-clash\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ange Postecoglou responds to calls for Tottenham to intentionally lose Man City clash \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou has insisted that any fan wanting the team to lose against Manchester City on Tuesday just to stop Arsenal winning the Premier League title may \u201cneed counselling\u201d. 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