Liverpool 4-3 Tottenham: Brad Friedel shares what he heard from Ryan Mason in Anfield dugout

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Brad Friedel says Ryan Mason was ‘very calm’ on the Tottenham Hotspur touchline despite his team being 3-0 down to Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday.

The former Tottenham goalkeeper shared that he was sat behind both dugouts during yesterday’s 4-3 thriller.

Spurs pulled a goal back towards the end of the first half through Harry Kane, with many, including Jurgen Klopp, expecting the away side to come at the Reds during the second period.

Instead, they sat back, allowed Liverpool to have the ball and waited to hit them on the counter-attack, which led to Son Heung-min scoring his side’s second.

Despite Ryan Mason’s inexperience, it was put forward by Friedel that he was telling his players to continue to sit back, rather than go for it, from that perspective, it worked because they made it 3-3 through Richarlison in stoppage-time.

But this is the crazy nature of football, with Diogo Jota producing his Stan Collymore moment after pouncing on Lucas Moura’s mistake, with Friedel sharing his thoughts on the man in Tottenham’s dugout, as he told Premier League Productions (01/05/23 at 2:05 pm).

“I had a foot in each camp,” said Friedel. “I was sitting right down between both of the benches. I didn’t want to even look to my left, at first, because it was 3-0. Players were starting to walk on the pitch.

“Ryan Mason, a very inexperienced manager, was saying that on the touchline (sit back and wait for the counter-attack in the second half).

“He was very calm. Stay exactly how you are doing. Tottenham are very good at counter-attacking. Liverpool aren’t very good at stopping the breaks when you are on top.”

SAME OLD TOTTENHAM

There may have been a comeback against Manchester United, that second-half performance on Merseyside, but the same old issues are still being showcased by Spurs.

The quicker Daniel Levy gets a new face in the dugout, the better it is for him.

Mason has put his name forward to be the club’s permeant manager, whilst he will bring attacking football to the club, it has to be questioned if he has the minerals to fix their problems because a rebuilding job is needed.