ANGE POSTECOGLOU fired a warning at Ruben Amorim after Tottenham beat Manchester United.
James Maddison‘s 13th-minute strike was enough to earn Spurs all three points as they picked up a rare home win.
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The midfielder had been out for a brief spell due to injury, with Tottenham also welcomed back Destiny Udogie as their injury issues finally eased.
That helped them to the win with United also down to bare bones – Victor Lindelof was the only senior player to feature on bench filled with academy stars.
Postecoglou had little sympathy for his opposite number given what he has had to deal with in recent weeks, though he did compliment the Red Devils performance.
He said post-match: “Man Utd with many injured players? If I check my office, I don’t have any sympathy cards from other coaches
“He (Amorim)’s had to play players out of position and have kids on the bench. Welcome to my world. It’s one game. Try doing that for two months.
“But I thought Man Utd were good today.”
United have now lost 12 of their 25 Prem games, the most from their first 15 games since 1973-74, when they were relegated.
And pundit Jamie Redknapp believes things will get worse before they get better as he predicted “18 months of pain”.
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He said: “For what it’s worth on Amorim, I like him. I think he’s got something about him. And I totally get the performances haven’t been good enough.
“But I actually like what he’s doing more off the field than actually what he’s doing on the pitch. Because that club needs a change of culture.
“We’ve spoken about how it works. Get people like Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho that have left and one or two others who have had a mention about leaving.
“Now, if they’re not going to buy into having a good way of living and coming in and training correctly and being involved and helping the group and create a winning mentality, they’ve got to be surplus to requirements.
“I see Manchester United as having still much more pain, even 18 months more pain, because they need to get rid.
“Whoever’s been in charge or even managers have gone so far and then they’re panicked and then they’ve gone and bought 30-year-old players that aren’t going to maybe take the club any further forward. I think now they have to take their time.
“They’re trying to get… Jermain [Defoe] mentioned getting the best in class. People like Jason Wilcox, they’ve got the guy from Manchester City, the CEO there [Omar Berrada]. They’re trying to do things slowly and I think that’s how they have to do it.”