Postecoglou relaxed about Cristian Romero and Emerson Royal's half-time clash as Roy Keane says: 'I don't care'

Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou believes the fight between Cristian Romero and Emerson Royal at half-time at Anfield “shows they care”.

The Spurs manager was asked about the incident following Tottenham's 4-2 defeat to Liverpool and he refused to criticize his players even though they needed to be separated by their teammates.

speaking to be in sports Of the crash, he said: “The boys care, that's why they were frustrated.

“They are not happy with the current situation and want to solve it.

“It just shows that they care, so I don't need to address it.”

Romero and Emerson had to be forcibly separated by Tottenham goalie Guglielmo Vicario.

With the Spurs trailing 2-0 at half-time, Romero burst in to the Brazilian to have a word with him after the Brazilian, playing at left back, endured a horrible first 45 minutes after losing Mohamed Salah in Liverpool's first game.

However, the former Barcelona player began to get closer and closer to his teammate.

Before the matter could escalate, Vicario lunged from his goal to separate him, taking out a visibly furious Romero.

It was a strange moment and did nothing for Spurs, who found themselves trailing 4-0 before adding some respectability to the scoreline with goals from Richarlison and Heung-min Son.

And Postecoglou wasn't the only man who didn't care, according to the Sky Sports pundit. Roy Keane also deciding not to condemn him.

Speaking on Sky Sports' coverage of the match, he said: “I generally don't mind that kind of behavior because it means you care about the game, but they should have that kind of aggression in their defense and in their play.

“Spurs have been poor, I don't care about that, but you have to bring that aggression to your overall game, something we haven't seen from Spurs.”

Overall, it was an afternoon to forget for Tottenham, who have now lost four consecutive league games.

Mohamed Salah opened the scoring by heading in an excellent cross from Cody Gakpo.

It was 2-0 just before half-time when Andy Robertson scored after Salah's shot was saved by Vicario.

Spurs failed to get a shot on target in the first 45 minutes, and were soon 3-0 down in the second half when Gakpo headed in Elliott's cross.

Elliott then scored the goal of the game when he unleashed a stunning shot from the edge of the box.

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Postecoglou then made changes and Richarlison made the difference.

The Brazilian put Spurs on the scoreboard when he latched onto Brennan Johnson's low cross past Alisson Becker.

He then set up Heung-min Son to create a nervy finish at Anfield, but in reality, a powerful Tottenham comeback was never likely.