Ange Postecoglou has set out his plan for a rare down week for Tottenham, which includes some time off for his jaded squad and “a full week” working with players returning from injury. Spurs need to regroup after a damaging week in which they were knocked out of both the Carabao Cup and the FA Cup.

Two cup exits have left Tottenham staring at the prospect of another trophyless season and Ange Postecoglou facing perhaps his biggest crisis at the club.

Ange Postecoglou watched on shaking his head for most of the game as Tottenham Hotspur lost at Aston Villa in the fourth round of the FA Cup. The hits just keep on coming for Spurs. After losing 4-0 at Liverpool on Thursday as they were knocked out of the League Cup at the semifinal stage,

Ange Postecoglou watched his Tottenham side fall to another defeat as Spurs lost against Aston Villa in the FA Cup on the same day Liverpool was stunned by Plymouth Argyle

Pressure is mounting on Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou after Spurs crashed out of both the Carabao Cup and FA Cup in the same week. Spurs held a 1-0 lead over Liverpool from the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final, but their advantage was quickly wiped out as the Reds ran out 4-0 winners at Anfield on Thursday.

This was always going to be a huge week for Spurs and Postecoglou - the manner of the soulless performance at Anfield was alarming

Ange Postecoglou looked very tired heading into Hotspur Way on Friday morning after Tottenham's loss to Liverpool.

Tottenham may be exhausted but they looked weak, flimsy, compounding their difficulties with a capacity to give the ball away, further hampered by Pedro Porro’s propensity to be out of position. But it was testament to Villa’s brilliance.