Ange Postecoglou insisted he noticed “no distinction” in Heung-Min Son after his offended response to his early substitution in Tottenham’s 4-1 win over Aston Villa on Tremendous Sunday.
Son seemed annoyed after being changed by Richarlison within the 56th minute on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, shortly after his cross had arrange Brennan Johnson’s equaliser, however Postecoglou revealed his withdrawal was deliberate following his return from damage.
“He was by no means going to play greater than that in the present day as a result of clearly he’d had an damage,” defined the Spurs boss in his press convention.
“He got here again and final time it was across the 60-minute mark the place he bought fatigued. So, he was by no means going to play greater than 55-60 no matter the place the sport was going.
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“The good factor was he made a reasonably necessary contribution earlier than that. It was an ideal ball in for our first objective and bought our equaliser.
“Once more, we have got extra battles forward and we will want him and he was by no means going to play any greater than that.
“I did not see any distinction in Sonny. I would be stunned if any participant likes coming off they usually’re feeling alright.
“I did not want to debate it with him. For us, what’s extra necessary is the general image.”
‘Solanke work-rate unbelievable’
The emphatic win, achieved regardless of falling behind to Morgan Rogers’ objective from a nook, moved Spurs as much as seventh, solely two factors behind fourth-placed Arsenal, and owed quite a bit to the efficiency of Solanke, who scored twice earlier than James Maddison’s late free-kick.
The striker, a £65m signing from Bournemouth, had not discovered the web since late September however Postecoglou insisted his contribution is significant even when he would not rating, as was the case within the 2-1 win over Manchester Metropolis within the Carabao Cup on Wednesday.
“He put in an unlimited effort on Wednesday night time to assist us win a sport of soccer, not simply bodily however mentally, along with his capability to assist the group in any approach he can,” he mentioned.
“To again that up in the present day with such a large effort in opposition to a reasonably troublesome group to play in opposition to in that sense, simply unbelievable.
“The objectives are nice and naturally, as a striker, I am positive he loves the truth that he can rating a few objectives.
“However even when he did not, I simply can’t converse extremely sufficient of what he is contributing to our group for the time being. Lengthy might he proceed as a result of with him taking part in that approach, he simply makes us a greater group.”
‘We have nonetheless bought to get higher’
Following the win over Metropolis, Spurs have now secured back-to-back wins over top-four opposition following final Sunday’s 1-Zero loss to Crystal Palace.
“You do not fall off cliffs and you do not climb mountains inside every week. It is all a part of the identical course of for me. We will have bumps alongside the way in which.
“It is the way you tackle them, the way you deal with them, the way you rebound and be taught from them.
“That is the important thing factor. We had a disappointing day final Sunday however we knew coming in on Monday we had two huge video games this week, actually necessary video games.
“So, no factors for feeling sorry for ourselves. We needed to are available and get our heads straight and work again in direction of being the group we wish to be.
“That is what occurred nevertheless it that is the tip of it now. We have nonetheless bought to push on, we have nonetheless bought to get higher, we have nonetheless bought to enhance and hold pushing on.”
The one negatives for Spurs had been obvious accidents to Cristian Romero and Richarlison. Postecoglou mentioned the previous was pressured off with a “sore foot”, whereas Richarlison needed to be substituted attributable to a hamstring downside.
