December 22nd 2023.
Dejan Kulusevski has been in top form recently and Ange Postecoglou has been full of praise for the 23-year-old forward. Kulusevski's man-of-the-match performance against Nottingham Forest last Friday saw him score a goal and an assist, helping Spurs to their back-to-back wins following a six-game drought.
Kulusevski has been thriving in a more central role, having had a disappointing season last year in which he only scored twice in the Premier League. Postecoglou is delighted with the player's progress but believes there is still room for improvement.
At his pre-match press conference, the Australian boss said: “I think there’s more to come with Deki, he’s still fairly young age-wise as well. I’ve been really pleased with him because he’s played in a number of positions for us. Irrespective of the position, Deki has been a real impact player for us the whole season. I really like him playing inside, it gives us another dimension in terms of our attacking threats. He’s such a hard worker that wherever you put him you know you’re going to get some output, irrespective of the position.”
Postecoglou further encouraged the forward to be more of a goal threat and to continue striving for improvement. He said: “But there’s more to come and he’s a willing participant in that; he really works hard at his game, we’ve asked him to be more of a goal threat this year and he’s definitely doing that, he’s getting into those positions more and that shows me he still wants to improve and I’m sure he will.”
This Saturday, Spurs host Everton, a team they have not lost to in their last 20 league games. Everton, who have recently been on a resurgent form with five wins in their last six matches, have climbed up to 16th after their ten-point deduction. Postecoglou was full of praise for the Toffees' manager, Sean Dyche. “He has done an outstanding job,” Postecoglou said. “When you get hit with something like that, it’s often a measure of the playing group and the manager how they respond to adversity and you’ve got to say the response has been first class.”
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