[Watch] Ange Postecoglou: fight in a cage
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Lost it: James Maddison. Picture: Zac Goodwin
Hotspur coach Ange Postecoglou reckons if players want to bots on the field, they should do a Dricus du Plessis and step into the UFC ring.
Postecoglou was not happy with James Maddison and Neal Maupay’s duel in Spurs’ 3-2 win over Brentford on Wednesday.
Maddison lost his cool when Maupay scored first in the tie and did the Spurs man’s “throwing darts” celebration.
After the match, Maddison revealed what he told Maupay on the pitch. He tells TNT Sports: “I just said to him he probably hasn’t scored enough goals of his own in the last few years to have his own celebration so he had to copy mine…”
Maupay replied on Instagram: “More goals and less relegations in my career than James Maddison.”
Asked about the incident, Postecoglou says he wants Maddison to focus on his football, as they prepare to travel to a honger Everton span in the relegation zone tomorrow at 2.30pm.
Postecoglou says: “I don’t like the whole bravado, pushing people around. If you’re that brave about things, my players and their players, get into a UFC cage and I’ll see how brave they are.
“We’re out there to play football. And that’s what I want our guys to do, focus on playing football.”