After Tottenham went down 4-0 to Liverpool in the Carabao Cup, questions have again been raised about Ange Postecoglou and his attitude to defending.

Tottenham have been knocked out of the Carabao Cup, leaving Ange Postecoglou in a desperate position with Aston Villa in the FA Cup up next.

Mathys Tel and Kevin Danso are in line to make their Tottenham debuts against Liverpool in this week’s Carabao Cup semi-final decider. In a frantic conclusion to the January transfer window, Tel arrived in north London from Bayern Munich on loan with the option to make the move permanent at the end of the season.

The major story surrounding Bayern Munich and a handful of Premier League clubs on transfer deadline day was the future of Mathys Tel. The versatile French forw

Ange Postecoglou denied that Mathys Tel ever rejected Tottenham and a "conversation" between the two convinced him to move to Spurs, rather than Manchester United or Arsenal.

Tottenham Hotspur boss Ange Postecoglou feels new signing Mathys Tel will have the opportunity to play in a system that suits him well and is a perfect addition to the Spurs squad. The Lilywhites agreed a loan deal with buy option to sign Tel from Bayern Munich on deadline day of the winter transfer window.

This was always going to be a huge week for Spurs and Postecoglou - the manner of the soulless performance at Anfield was alarming

The Bayern Munich starlet initially rejected a switch to Tottenham last week to open the door to Manchester United and Arsenal - but Ange Postecoglou intervened to convine him to join Spurs

Ange Postecoglou persuaded Tel to join Tottenham on deadline day, and may need to drop the French 19-year-old into his starting XI for Thursday night’s Carabao Cup semi-final second leg at Anfield