Ange Postecoglou lavished praise on Coventry City’s ‘fearless’ and ‘outstanding’ approach to the third round Carabao Cup tie against Tottenham Hotspur.
The Sky Blues were just minutes away from knocking the Premier League side out of the competition after Brandon Thomas-Asante put the home side deservedly in front at the CBS Arena, only for two late goals from Djed Spence and Brennan Johnson to turn the game on its head.
City boss Mark Robins said Spurs will have been relieved to have got through to the fourth round, while his opposite number said: “I thought they ( Coventry ) were outstanding. I have said before, they were really good, made it into a real cup tie and played without fear. “You know, they had great energy and their support was excellent, getting behind them.
“Like I say, it felt like a real cup tie for us coming away from home and, um yeah, credit to Mark (Robins) because you can see they had a big cup run last year and obviously they played without fear and with real positivity, and all credit to them.”
He added: “We hung in there, which suggests we just dug deep to stay in the game. We didn’t dominate it and we certainly don’t fall into the lucky or unlucky because if we were lucky tonight then it probably means we have been unlucky in the other games. Who cares, it doesn’t matter. It’s just a game of football and we just found a way to win tonight.”