Football.London’s Rob Guest has revealed that Ange Postecoglou was not happy with Richarlison’s attempts to showboat during the second half of Tottenham’s win over Fulham on Monday.
Richarlison delivered what was arguably his best performance of the season against the Cottagers, with the Brazilian looking dangerous when he got on the ball and delivering some impressive crosses from the left.
The 26-year-old set up Son Heung-min’s opener in the 36th minute after Tottenham won the ball high up the pitch and he came very close to scoring earlier in the half as his curled effort went just wide off the post, with Bernd Leno rooted to his spot.
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Postecoglou was not happy with sloppy Richarlison
However, Richarlison was on the receiving end of Postecolgou’s ire for what he did in the latter stages of the second half.
With the home side 2-0 up at that time, the forward tried to control a cross-field pass with his shoulders, failing to do so and giving the ball away.
Guest revealed that the Spurs head coach made his displeasure clear to the former Everton man during the game.
The journalist said on the Gold and Guest Talk Tottenham Podcast: “Yeah, as you were saying, Ange was not impressed at one point.
“The 71st minute, Hojbjerg had the ball and spread it to Richarlison, it bounced, a bit of showboating, controlling it with his shoulder instead of chesting it.
“Fulham get the ball and Ange is raging at that point, hands in the air, saying what’s going on here, just do the basics.”
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This is not a one-off as Richarlison has a history of showboating, having attempted something quite similar in the win over Nottingham Forest last season. I am sure that Ange will let the forward know in no uncertain terms that it is not acceptable.
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