Ange Postecoglou, Tottenham Hotspur manager, defended his decision to rotate his squad during a recent loss to Manchester City. With injuries limiting his options earlier, he was keen to utilize a recovering squad, benching key players like Son Heung-min and Dejan Kulusevski. Despite a disappointing first half, Spurs showed improvement after substitutions. Postecoglou emphasized the importance of giving his starters a break, stating the strategy allows other players to gain valuable game time and prepares the squad for upcoming challenges in the Europa League and Premier League.
I can't be sitting here bemoaning not having a squad and then not use it... Deki, Sonny and Djed have played an enormous amount of time.
Having them have a little bit of a recovery and a breather... We're going to have some real options which we're going to need.
Spurs suffered through a wretched first half, and were fortunate to trail by just a single goal, but rallied after the break.
Postecoglou was able to give some of his over-worked starters a much-needed break, a point he was keen to bluntly remind everyone of.
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