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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Ewan Paton

Spurs hero warns against getting carried away by Angeball

Tottenham fans are quite right to be pleased about their side's prospects for the season ahead.

Ange Postecoglou has made a flying start to life as a Premier League manager.

But former Spurs fans' favourite Dimitar Berbatov has warned his old club against getting too carried away with 'Angeball'.

Postecoglou has earned 10 points out of a possible 12 during his four EPL games so far.

This includes a 2-0 win over Manchester United. His side's latest victory came away at Burnley on Saturday, with Spurs running out 5-2 winners.

The fans are enjoying watching the team play again, with the Australian's attacking football philosophy already shining through.

Berbatov, who scored 42 goals in 107 appearances for Spurs, is delighted to see his former club on the up once more. 

But the Bulgarian has issued a message of caution to the club's fans.

He told the US Sun: "We had this start before when Tottenham was in and around first place and all of a sudden a drop in form. So I sincerely hope that's not going to be the case this year.

"If we leave Spurs out of the spotlight a bit and not put too much expectation on them, I think they'll perform better. Just leave them be and they will play better.

"With a new coach who is flowing and playing attacking football - the fans were singing the other day 'We have our Tottenham back' - which is great to hear. You want to have entertaining football, but still get the points."

Meanwhile, Ally McCoist has branded Don Robertson's decision to rule out Kemar Roofe's goal during yesterday's Old Firm match as "appalling".

The referee initially allowed the goal to stand, however, a short while later was advised by VAR to check for a potential foul in the build-up.

Cyriel Dessers dispossessed Gustaf Lagerbielke deep inside Celtic territory. The Rangers striker broke clear with the ball before playing in Roofe, who slammed home to send the packed Ibrox crowd wild.

VAR Alan Muir called Robertson over to the pitchside monitor. As is normally the case, the on-field official changed his mind, and a foul was awarded to Celtic, with the score remaining 0-0.

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