Postecoglou watched on as his Tottenham aspect fell to items in opposition to Chelsea on Monday night time. Defenders Cristian Romero and have been each despatched off as nine-man Spurs slumped to a 4-1 defeat.
It adopted Arsenal’s 1-0 weekend defeat by Newcastle, which meant Manchester Metropolis have been capable of climb above each north London golf equipment to the highest of the desk with their 6-1 win over Bournemouth.
However the place Arteta was livid with choices which he felt went in opposition to his aspect, and was backed up by an Arsenal membership assertion criticising the standard of officiating within the Premier League, Postecoglou warned that referees want extra respect as a result of criticism is “eroding their authority” on area.
Requested whether or not he had any complaints over the 2 purple playing cards, in a wild recreation which additionally noticed three targets disallowed, Postecoglou – who was booked himself by referee Michael Oliver for stepping exterior his technical space – mentioned: “In some unspecified time in the future you need to settle for the referee’s resolution, that’s how I grew up.
“This fixed erosion of the referee’s authority is the place the sport goes to get – they aren’t going to have any authority. We’re going to be underneath the management of somebody with a TV display a number of miles away. The choice is the choice. In 26 years I’ve had loads of dangerous choices, I’ve had lots fall in my favour. It’s what it’s.”
Postecoglou additionally mentioned he “doesn’t like” the period of time it takes for VAR to come back to their choices, after a recreation which accrued to 21 minutes of added time throughout each halves.
The Australian believes there’s a threat that soccer turns into more and more run by Video Assistant Referees (VAR) watching on screens on the Premier League’s headquarters at Stockley Park, reasonably than by officers on the pitch.
“I don’t prefer it, it’s the means the sport goes.” Postecoglou informed BBC Sport when requested concerning the VAR calls. “A few of it’s self inflicted as a result of if we come out each week complaining about resolution that’s what will occur, each resolution will get forensically checked and we might be sitting round for a very long time in each recreation attempting to determine what’s going on.
“I don’t prefer it however I’m most likely within the wilderness with that as a result of I maintain getting informed that’s the place we wish to go. I’m too old style, I’ll respect the referee’s resolution proper or improper. However it’s the means the sport goes.”
When giving a post-match interview to Sky Sports activities the Spurs boss added: “There might be a forensic examine of each resolution on the market, I believe that’s the means the sport goes and I don’t prefer it. In case you have a look at all that standing round we did at present, possibly folks take pleasure in that form of factor however I’d reasonably see us enjoying soccer.”
The defeat is Tottenham’s first within the top-flight this season, they usually keep a degree behind league leaders Manchester Metropolis in second place.
