Head coach hopes a week to prepare to face Man Utd can rejuvenate beleaguered squad with injury crisis to be eased at same time

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.

Tottenham have suffered their second cup exit of the week as Ange Postecoglou's side lost 2-1 at Aston Villa. Spurs were brushed aside in their Carabao Cup seemifinal second leg at Liverpool in midweek as Arne Slot's side easily overturned a 1-0 defeat in North London with a 4-0 win on Merseyside.

Tottenham Hotspur's miserable week continued as they crashed out of the FA Cup with a 2-1 defeat at Aston Villa on Sunday evening. The loss comes just four days after their EFL Cup exit at Liverpool,