Ange Postecoglou has just made Julen Lopetegui look extremely silly and out of touch with 17 simple words

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Ange Postecoglou and Julen Lopetegui will go head-to-head when Tottenham Hotspur take on West Ham United in the Premier League this afternoon.

West Ham won last time out, so will be heading into the Premier League clash with Tottenham with extra confidence.

The opposite can be said of Spurs, after they let a two-goal lead slip to lose 3-2 against Brighton two weeks ago.

The West Ham fans will be treated to an all Tottenham punditry cast on TNT – what a joke that is by the way.

Hopefully we turn them over on their own patch. We’ve won at their stadium three times since 2017 after all – not a bad record at all.

However, the worry I have is that Postecoglou has drummed into his players how important this game is, whilst the same can’t be said for Lopetegui.

Ange Postecoglou has just made Julen Lopetegui look silly

There is no overstating just how important this game is for the Hammers and Spurs fans.

They are our fiercest rivals in the Premier League, and the fact that we took four points off them last season gave us real bragging rights.

However, Lopetegui didn’t seem to grasp the rivalry when he spoke to reporters on Thursday.

The Spaniard suggested that the London derby is just another game:

“I know about this derby but we have to put the focus on the football. We have to put our focus only on the play and the ball and that’s no different from all the matches.“

Meanwhile, the Tottenham boss proved that unlike Lopetegui, he understands what this one means.

Postecoglou spoke to reporters at his pre-match press conference yesterday, and responded when asked by Football.London what the clash with West Ham means to him and his players.

The Spurs boss said, “I was made very aware of it last year (how important the game is). I know what it means. An important game.“

Ange Postecoglou has made Julen Lopetegui look silly here if you ask me.

The Spurs boss has made it clear that he gets how much this means to the fans, whilst the unrelateable Lopetegui has done the complete opposite.

The Tottenham vs West Ham clash kicks off at 12:30 this afternoon, and if our players aren’t up for this one, it will be very clear to see where that lack of motivation has stemmed from.