Give Ange a break.

Spurs fans have got to cut big Ange a bit of slack. I love watching his team play. Right now Spurs and Brentford are the teams to follow if you want the sort of excitement that Postecoglou talked about in his press conferences last week.

He’s right. Absolutely spot on. There are plenty of teams to watch that play sideways and backwards. Guardiola loves coming up against disciples that sit off City and let them play. Teams like Southampton. He’ll talk glowingly about coaches like Russell Martin because they slavishly follow his lead, despite the fact their own teams aren’t good enough to play like City.

Postecoglou doesn’t. Nor does Frank. Spurs’ fans weren’t happy watching their side drop points against Fulham and actually booed them off - but what do they want ffs?

Spurs were brilliant at City. I said - tongue in cheek - in my last blog, they’d started a trend that would never catch on - they passed the ball forward and ran forward. It’s so refreshing to see.

Brentford play like it as well - taking risks and occasionally paying a price for it - but the excitement that style of play generates is what we pay to see isn’t it?

Yes, Spurs can be frustrating at the same time as being entertaining, but they’re good value. Tottenham have tried everything during the PL years and nothing has worked so why not give Postecoglou backing until he runs out of steam?

Would Spurs fans prefer Mourinho? I’m an admirer, but they weren’t. Would they prefer to have Conte back? Nunes? No. Of course not.

My advice is give Postecoglou time and support. He’s the best chance I’ve seen of someone producing ‘push and run’ football at Spurs again - and maybe, just maybe he’ll win a trophy to go with it.

Liverpool were terrific again Sunday. They’re breaking the mould now as well.

I read a piece by Oliver Brown in the Telegraph Saturday suggesting Slot is Bob Paisley to Klopp’s Shankly. Strange Oli - I said exactly that to Andy on beINSPORTS a few weeks back. Were you holidaying in our region or do great minds think alike?

I had my doubts about Slot as regulars know, but I’m more and more impressed by what he’s doing.

Paisley inherited a good side from Shankly - and made it better. He ‘softened’ Liverpool. Shanks liked rock and roll football - crosses and long balls for Toshack and Keegan - whereas Paisley’s mantra was ‘get it - give it - go’. As long as the passing was crisp and smart he was happy. And boy did it bring success.

Slot’s Liverpool are taking on that mantle. The three in midfield played as well as I’ve seen them v City. In fact, they were all good - front to back.

Van Dijk was imperious. Salah a box of tricks. Liverpool can’t afford to lose either of them.

When Salah stroked that pen in - and it took some bollocks to step up - it didn’t win the title for Liverpool but I believe it ended City’s ambitions.

Guardiola has got trouble. Big trouble. His three in midfield were poor. Now we know why Gundogan wasn’t starting for Barca. He’s gone. Silva is toiling. And Lewis isn’t ever going to win you a game.

He can’t tackle. He doesn’t open teams up. He can’t head a ball nor does he get goals. He’s neat and tidy in a tippy tappy team, but he needs incisive players around him.

I said last week we’d know when Guardiola named his team at Anfield whether De Bruyne had a future at the club. It would appear he hasn’t.

If he did - surely he’d be starting games by now? That’s seven consecutive times he’s been on the bench. That - allied to the fact that Guardiola was talking publicly about De Bruyne knowing when the time would be right to leave, suggests he’s done as well. I read Guardiola's comments as an invitation to De Bruyne to leave now.

Thank goodness Arsenal have found a bit of form or Liverpool would be nailed on to win it. We’ve got to hope the Gunners keep winning if that’s what Liverpool are going to do. We need a race not a procession.

Chelsea won’t win it but they might just be good enough to have a say in who does. They swept Villa away almost without breaking sweat.

Emery says teams have worked Villa out. I agree. They’re too slow. They’re another team determined to try and pass the opposition to death. It’s hard to work out why when you think back to the way they swept Arsenal and City away in consecutive home games last season.

If Emery wants a side that play possession football he’s got to impress on his players that it’s got to be with a purpose. Pissing about with the ball in their own half isn’t going to win games. If I had Postecoglou’s number I’d ‘pass’ it on.

Fair play to Amorim. Although United didn’t have to work too hard to beat Everton, I sensed a totally different feeling around OT. Punters were smiling again.

Let’s hope the brains trust have got this one right. I still believe big money is going to be needed in the long run, but beating poor teams well is a good start.

And Everton are poor. It’s a worry. They’ve gone four games without scoring now. They’re a hard watch. There’s no sign of the proposed take-over and I fear a long, hard winter lies ahead at Goodison.

They’re only two points outside the drop zone again and if Wolves beat them this week there might just be another full blown crisis at the club. In recent seasons they’ve never been far away from the next one.