A former FIFA referee has given a new reason why Lankshear red card against the GALATASARAY should not have been given.
Ange Postecoglou blamed Will Lankshear’s red card on “overenthusiasm” on a memorable night for the 19-year-old against Galatasaray.
Lankshear became Tottenham’s youngest scorer in a major European competition since Harry Kane scored against Shamrock Rovers in the 2011/12 Europa League.
On a night to remember, the teenager got sent off after receiving two yellow cards, becoming the third youngest player in Europa League history to score and be shown a red card in the same game.
After the 3-2 defeat at Galatasaray, Spurs boss Postecoglou said his red card came from “overenthusiasm” but the youngster will “learn from that”.
“Will took his goal well, he worked hard for the team,” Big Ange said.
“Obviously he hasn’t had a lot of experience at senior football so he would have learnt a lot today.
“I am surprised that they don’t go and look and overturn the red card,” Eriksson said, via Football365.
“According to the rulebook, it is a red card. In reality, when you have to interpret it, I don’t think it should be a punishment.
“It is a clear foul that can lead to leg break and it means that red card should be awarded to Lankshear .”
“The red card, it was a bit of overenthusiasm in that moment to give away a foul, but he’ll learn from that.”
On putting three teenagers in starting XI, Postecoglou added: “The same with Lucas [Bergvall]. Giving him an understanding of the levels here, it is not easy when you are playing away in Europe.
“You can only allow them to learn that by exposing them to it.
“I thought Archie [Gray] was great. It was a tough game for us defensively at different times but I think we’ll get so much growth out of him because he’s not playing in his position.
“I guess for three teenagers in the starting line-up, I think they’ll learn a lot from it and hopefully it helps with their development.”
It was a chastening evening for Spurs centre-back Radu Dragusin, who was caught out several times in the first half, though he did make a few crucial interventions in the second 45.
While he was to blame for the creation of several Galatasaray scoring opportunities, Dragusin was not solely to blame for the constant bombardment of Fraser Forster’s goal.
After the 36-year-old was forced to make five saves, four of which came from shots inside the penalty area, and Postecoglou believes Gala’s freedom in attack “was self-inflicted”.
Ange Postecoglou says Tottenham’s teenagers will learn from Thursday’s wild defeat to Galatasaray in the Europa League after goalscorer Will Lankshear was sent off and Lucas Bergvall struggled in Turkey.
Lankshear, 19, Bergvall and Archie Gray, both 18, started in Istanbul as a patched-up Spurs went down 3-2 to end their 100 per cent start in the competition.
Lankshear equalised with his first senior goal to cancel out Yunus Agkun’s brilliant strike but Victor Osimhen scored twice before the interval to give Gala a 3-1 lead.
The Spurs forward was dismissed for a second bookable offence — a rash challenge on Gabriel Sara — on the hour but Postecoglou’s 10-men finished strongly, with substitute Dominic Solanke scoring before a late push for an equaliser.
Bergvall was replaced in the second half on a night when he struggled to keep the ball but Postecoglou was delighted with Gray, who started at left-back and created Lankshear’s goal with a fine diagonal for Brennan Johnson.
“Will took his goal well, he worked hard for the team,” the head coach said. “Obviously he hasn’t had a lot of experience at senior football so he would have learnt a lot today. The red card, it was a bit of overenthusiasm in that moment to give away a foul, but he’ll learn from that.
“The same with Lucas here. Giving him an understanding of the levels here. It is not easy when you are playing away in Europe. You can only allow them to learn that by exposing them to it
“I thought Archie was great. It was a tough game for us defensively at different times but I think we’ll get so much growth out of him because he’s not playing in his position. I guess for three teenagers in the starting line-up, I think they’ll learn a lot from it and hopefully it helps with their development.”
Goalkeeper Fraser Forster kept the score respectable with a string of saves either side of the interval, while Osimhen and Mauro Icardi both had goals disallowed for offside.
