"They care" - Postecoglou reacts to Emerson, Romero row in Liverpool loss
The Lilywhites' Champions League hopes suffered another crushing blow at Anfield, where their losing streak stretched to four matches despite a short-lived fightback in the second half.
Spurs deservedly found themselves 2-0 down at half time thanks to goals from Mohamed Salah and Andrew Robertson, the latter of whom netted right on the stroke of the break as he latched onto Salah's parried shot.
Romero and Emerson both appeared to take issue with one another for their roles in the goal, and the pair seemingly squared up after the whistle sounded, although the row did not transcend into a physical altercation.
Nevertheless, goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario saw the need to step in and pull Romero away from his teammate, who was still lambasting his colleague verbally while the Argentine was being led away by Vicario.
Postecoglou saw «nothing wrong» with Emerson, Romero quarrelTottenham went on to concede twice more through Cody Gakpo and Harvey Elliott, before Richarlison and Son Heung-min gave the visitors hope of an astonishing comeback in the dying embers, but their strikes amounted to nothing.
Postecoglou was unsurprisingly quizzed on the Emerson and Romero argument in his post-match press conference, but the Spurs boss insisted that their anger was only fuelled by their «care» for the club.
«I didn't see it but a few people mentioned it. As I've said to others, they care. It hurts them. They're just not going to be happy with the current situation and because they care they want to improve,» football.london quotes Postecoglou as saying.
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