Unimpressed Emmanuel Petit reckons the game is up for Ange Postecoglou as the Arsenal legend watched the tortured Tottenham boss endure North London heartache.
Arsenal were too good for Spurs as their wonky defending cost them once again in the 2-1 defeat. The 59-year-old cut a dejected figure inside the Emirates and the World Cup winner has his glare fixed on a man desperately seeking solutions as they languish in 13th-place of the Premier League.
Postecoglou remains bullish, however, Petit reckons the game is up for the former Celtic boss and the axe will fall sooner rather than later. Speaking on talkSPORT, he said: “I was watching Ange Postecoglou and he must be feeling really alone on the pitch tonight. I think things are probably coming to the end for him. I think that something has to change. We can see the league, we can see the faces of the players tonight on the pitch and they look so miserable, nobody looks like themselves. As I said, I think something has to change at Spurs so I think he will get the sack”.
The former Celtic boss appeared to realise the severity of his side’s plight during a run of one win in nine games in the Premier League. “I just thought the first half in particular was just way too passive. We allowed Arsenal to control the game and we’re just nowhere near aggressive enough with and without the ball. And, you know, allowed them to sort of feel comfortable in the game and that’s not what we’re about.
“It’s unacceptable. It’s a big game, we should be ready for that. And I said we were nowhere near the team that we can be in that first half. I think all you do is you get up tomorrow morning and start preparing for a tough game on the weekend. Our league form’s unacceptable, the results are unacceptable and it needs to change… as I said, our form and our results are nowhere near good enough so we need to change that.”