Even Salah would struggle at Spurs - Postecoglou

Ange Postecoglou says adjacent in-form Liverpool guardant Mohamed Salah would find beingness a conflict astatine the infinitesimal successful the Tottenham squad helium manages.

Spurs are acceptable to look the Reds successful the archetypal limb of their Carabao Cup semi-final connected Wednesday (20:00 GMT), during a hard tally of form.

Tottenham person mislaid 3 and drawn 1 of their past 4 matches, including a 6-3 Premier League decision by Liverpool connected 22 December.

Egypt planetary Salah scored doubly successful that crippled and has netted 21 goals from 27 appearances successful each competitions during a peculiarly eye-catching campaign.

However, under-pressure Postecoglou believes adjacent having an "unbelievable player" successful Salah astatine his disposal would person done small to amended their fortunes.

"Mo is simply a world-class player, but if you enactment him successful our squad present I'm not definite he'll person that aforesaid level of show due to the fact that of the concern we're successful arsenic a group," said the Spurs boss.

"His attacking play, who bash you need? You request a squad that's benignant of successful bully form, creating opportunities, playing connected the beforehand foot, having a truly coagulated instauration of a defence that is cohesive. None of these things beryllium astatine the moment."

Spurs caput into the lucifer against Arne Slot's broadside with the quality that skipper Son Heung-min volition enactment astatine the club until astatine slightest the summertime of 2026 aft activating an enactment to widen his contract.

Son has scored 169 times successful 431 Spurs appearances, including 7 goals successful each competitions this season.

Postecoglou felt the South Korean's signifier does not bespeak his existent quality erstwhile compared with chap 32-year-old Salah.

"You've ever got to springiness context. He [Salah] is playing successful a fantastic squad that are flying astatine the moment," helium explained.

"I'd hazard to accidental that if you enactment Son Heung-min successful Liverpool's team, I reckon his goalscoring instrumentality would beryllium decent. It's hard for our players astatine the moment, they're trying awfully hard to beryllium the champion they tin be.

"But erstwhile we're astatine our best, I inactive deliberation you'll spot Sonny's return, successful presumption of his quality to people goals and beryllium truly effectual for us. I don't deliberation that's diminished astatine all."