Ange Postecoglou came out fighting on behalf of his beleaguered Tottenham players after fierce criticism of their Carabao Cup demise at Liverpool.
Pundits accused Spurs of lacking fire after the 4-0 defeat, including Jamie Carragher on Sky Sports who claimed Accrington Stanley of League Two had given Arne Slot's team a better game at Anfield in a recent FA Cup tie.
Jamie Redknapp agreed they had gone down without a fight and even Michael Dawson, a former Tottenham captain now among the club's leading ambassadors, said they lacked 'character' and 'desire'.