Ange dismisses Dier claims he refuses to carry out tactical work during training
Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou has launched a robust defence of his training methods, insisting Eric Dier was wide of the mark when he claimed the Australian lacks tactical focus in preparing to face opposition.
Dier, 30, initially joined Bayern on loan in January in a deal to the end of the season, reuniting with former team-mate Harry Kane, before the Bundesliga club made the move permanent in March when he completed the required number of appearances mentioned in his contract.
Having won the Bundesliga 11 years in a row, Bayern were deposed as champions last weekend when Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen were crowned winners of the German domestic title.
Despite that disappointment, Dier is enjoying his new life in Bavaria under former Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel - and the versatile defender recently passed judgment on former manager Postecoglou's coaching methods.
"Interestingly, he really doesn't do any tactical work (in training)," Dier said, speaking to Gary Neville on The Overlap, brought to you by Sky Bet.
"What he does is, every single training drill from Monday to Friday is drawn up to represent the way that he wants to play.
"[Antonio] Conte, I could do it blind, but that was a lot of tactical work Monday to Friday, a lot of 10 versus zero, walkthroughs. You were so well drilled, it would be engrained in you."
When the player's comments were put to Postecoglou, the Spurs boss said: "It's probably something you'd have to ask Eric, I don't know what you mean by tactical work. Everything we do is geared on how we are going to play our football, so for me by extension is tactical work.
"Whether that's on us, or whether it's on the opposition. In fact I would probably say we don't do anything apart from tactical work.
"That
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